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Delhi Approves ₹4,500 Crore Yamuna Clean-Up With 15 New Decentralised Sewage Plants

The package aims to stop untreated sewage entering the Yamuna by expanding local treatment, widening sewer coverage, using performance-linked contracts, tracing illegal connections, improving sludge handling.

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The agency also approved an e-KYC project to trace 3 million illegal water connections, which is causing revenue loss, the minister said.
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Overview

  • The Delhi Jal Board approved the nearly ₹4,500 crore package at its 179th meeting on Wednesday, awarding 15 new decentralised sewage treatment plants with a 21-month completion timeline that add about 103.5 MGD and help raise target treatment capacity to 1,041 MGD.
  • The plan pairs the new plants with a roughly 989-kilometre expansion of sewer lines and household connections targeted at 244 colonies and 57 villages to bring lakhs of homes into the city sewer network.
  • Drinking-water and storage measures were cleared alongside sewage work, including a ₹58 crore scheme for 250 free water ATMs, new underground reservoirs at Sangam Vihar and Tughlaqabad, restoration of the Wazirabad pondage, and a pre-feasibility study by IIT Roorkee for a Munak–Haiderpur main line.
  • Operational reforms include ₹274 crore for sludge-management facilities at 10 STPs, a ₹65 crore in-situ drain treatment contract for Najafgarh and Delhi Gate drains with performance-linked payments, and an e-KYC exercise to geo-tag about 3 million illegal water connections.
  • Contracts are now in procurement and early execution with operator payments tied to performance, the projects are expected to benefit about 20 lakh residents, and success will depend on timely sewer hookups and effective long-term operation to actually stop pollution reaching the Yamuna.