Centre to provide Delhi 800cr for sewers
Officials said the money will be spent on strengthening the sewage network in the city's unauthorised colonies. They added that Delhi govt has planned to install around 2.5 lakh sewer connections in unauthorised colonies and other residential areas. The money will also be spent on other initiatives such as recycling and reusing 50 million litres of water per day and increasing sewage treatment capacity.
The proposal aims to curb the flow of untreated water into the Yamuna coming from over 410 unauthorised colonies and over 100 urban villages across seven assembly constituencies in the capital, benefiting approximately 35 lakh residents.
"While the Centre will provide Rs 804 crore under the scheme, the rest of the funds for the project will have to be arranged by DJB from its own funds," an official said.
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Increasing the overall sewage treatment capacity to prevent untreated discharge falling into the Yamuna is one of the major plans of the Rekha Gupta-led BJP govt. Officials said the expenditure finance committee under the Union ministry of finance recently approved DJB's proposal for the construction of 40 decentralised sewage treatment plants and the extension of sewer lines in Outer Delhi at an estimated cost of Rs 3,105 crore.
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Officials said the Centre has asked Delhi govt to conduct audits of sewage treatment plants to ensure optimum utilisation. "Delhi was also advised to work holistically for Yamuna rejuvenation and septage management, and to have a clear sludge processing strategy to work out its reuse and processing," the official said.
Delhi govt has allocated Rs 9,000 crore in the 2025-26 budget to the water and sewerage sector. Another Rs 500 crore has been set aside for the repair of STPs.
There are 37 STPs under DJB, of which 18 are under degradation for increasing the overall treatment capacity of sewerage treatment.
A senior Delhi govt official said DJB has also been working on the Interceptor Sewer Project, which is aimed at trapping all the drains and diverting the wastewater to the closest STP.
There are several drains that have not been trapped yet, resulting in a large amount of sewage entering the Yamuna directly.
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