• Road will be built from Chhawla to Basai Darapur. The cost of the project is ₹350 crore.
To clean the Najafgarh drain, the biggest contributor to pollution in the Yamuna river, the Delhi government has announced the construction of a 27 km road between Chhawla and Basai Darapur for development. The cost of the project is ₹350 crore.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government is working on a "war footing" to clean the Najafgarh drain.
Sisodia said the 27 km road would be connected to the Inner Ring Road in Basaidarpur, Outer Ring Road at Keshavpur, Pankha Road in Vikaspuri, Najafgarh Road in Kakrola, Dwarka Expressway and several important roads leading to the airport.
Sisodia said that the proposed project would benefit lakhs of people living in colonies including Punjabi Bagh, Paschim Vihar, Nilothi, Baprola, Kakrola, Najafgarh, Dwarka, Vikaspuri, Chhawla.
According to the minister, the Delhi government is constructing sewage treatment plants and laying sewer networks in unauthorized colonies to ensure complete treatment of sewage flowing into the drain.
During the meeting, the officials said that 36% of the total pollution in Najafgarh drain is contributed by three other drains coming from Haryana. Also, Delhi's 32 drains contribute 44 per cent of the pollution in the drain.
The Delhi Jal Board will completely treat the water of these drains by upgrading its various sewage treatment plants.
According to the plan of the Delhi government, about 10 lakh cubic meters of silt will be removed from the Najafgarh drain in the first phase. The AAP government has sanctioned Rs 55 crore to complete the first phase of the project.
Two silt humps developed at two places in Najafgarh drain will be cleaned to improve water flow as well as provide relief from vector-borne diseases. “The accumulation of silt in the Najafgarh drain is due to untreated sewage, contaminated water from industries, animal dung from dairy colonies and solid waste,” said an official of the Irrigation and Flood Control Department.
A Delhi government official said that the Najafgarh drain is actually a river named Sahibi.
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