JOIN USJal Board's sewage plan still stuck
Even as waste water and raw sewage is choking Yamuna, the Delhi government’s plan to set up sewage treatment plants in at least six colonies is stuck as the tender for it has not yet been approved.
In its plan to decentralise the treatment of sewage water so that it doesn’t directly flow into Yamuna, the Delhi Jal Board had planned to set up sewage treatment plants (STPs) at six locations – Gautampuri near Aali Gaon, Aya Nagar village, Sai Nagar, Kair village, Sonia Vihar A-Block and Begam Vihar B-Block.
However, four months after it was announced, no work has been started in this
direction yet as the tender for setting up the plants was rejected in meeting in
October.
“There were two tenders meeting all the conditions for the project but the board felt that they are not enough, so it rejected the proposals,” an official of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said.
The tenders were made for setting up plants in three locations – Sonia Vihar, Village Kair, Begum Vihar.
“The tenders have been called again but we can’t say how many are we going to get this time,” he said.
According to the project, the waste water would be treated in the colony itself and would be used for non-drinking purposes through double-piping.
The sludge produced would be used as manure towards greening efforts in the respective areas.
The estimated cost of the projects is Rs 95.32 crore, expected to benefit around 50,000 people living in these areas.
Delhi Jal Board Chairman Kapil Mishra had recently announced that the government is serious about cleaning Yamuna and will make sure the city has a number of such plants within two years which will prevent the sewage water flowing directly into
Yamuna, which provides 70 per cent drinking water to Delhi.