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In a bid to rejuvenate the Yamuna river, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has invited tenders for 13 of the 34 projected decentralised sewage attraction plants (DSTPs) aimed astatine treating wastewater from unauthorised colonies and peripheral villages, a elder authorities authoritative told The Hindu.
The long-pending DSTP project, conceived to tackle untreated sewage flowing into the river, has been delayed chiefly owed to onshore availability issues. Officials said the DJB has present secured onshore for 30 of the 34 projected sites, portion the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), nether the Central government, is expected to allot the remaining plots soon.
More tenders coming
“The DJB is besides successful the process of floating tenders for 15 much DSTPs and estimates for the remaining six are nether way. Once completed, astir areas presently discharging untreated sewage into the Yamuna volition person section attraction systems,” the authoritative said.
The decentralised plants are designed to dainty sewage adjacent its source, dissimilar the city’s 37 ample attraction plants that necessitate wastewater to beryllium pumped crossed agelong distances done extended pipelines. Each DSTP volition service 3 to 5 adjacent villages oregon unauthorised colonies, reducing some conveyance costs and leakages.
The thought of decentralised attraction archetypal took signifier successful 2015 nether the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. However, the task was stalled owed to aggregate hurdles, particularly the non-availability of land. The archetypal program for 48 DSTPs was subsequently reduced to 40 and aboriginal to 34.
During her Budget code successful March, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta reiterated the government’s committedness to the river’s revival.
“On the time the Delhi predetermination results were announced, the Prime Minister had said cleaning the Yamuna would beryllium our apical priority. To execute this, we volition conception 40 DSTPs astatine a outgo of ₹500 crore to dainty sewage astatine the source,” she had said.
The DSTPs signifier a important portion of Delhi’s broader sewage absorption plan. In July, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level gathering connected Yamuna cleaning and directed the Delhi authorities to astir treble its sewage attraction capableness to 1,500 cardinal gallons per time (MGD) by 2028.
According to the official, adjacent though the fig of DSTPs has been reduced to 34, their “combined capableness has been accrued to 160 MGD” to guarantee the aforesaid catchment areas are covered.
Deadline set
“We person onshore for 33 of the 34 DSTPs. For 3 of them, we request a spot much land,” the authoritative said, adding that the DJB aims to implicit the archetypal 13 DSTPs by March 2027 and each 34 by December 2027.
