New Delhi: Yamuna, almost a dead river in Delhi with 22 channels of waste water into it across a 22km stretch in the city, maybe getting another shot in salvation.
Decade after the first cleaning effort, CM Arvind Kejriwal launched the plan of six main points on Thursday to clean the river in February 2025.
He said he would swim in the river before the next assembly selection.
The plan includes preparing a new waste processing plant, increasing the existing STP capacity, hanging out in new technology to ensure no pollutants enter the river, go for in-situ treatment from the main water channel in the city and divert all industrial waste to care plants.
Drain the public toilet in the JJ group will be connected to a greater sewer network to completely stop stormwater waterways from contaminated.
The government also plans to connect every household to a gutter network so that there is no waste from the household toilet flowing into the water channel.
The entire Delhi gutter network will be deliileded and rehabilitated, he said.
It’s a high order but the main minister said the work was carried out on a war footing.
He will personally monitor the whole exercise.
Overcoming a press conference, Kejriwal said his government had a fixed time line.
“We aim to fully clean Yamuna in February 2025.
I will continue to review the progress of the plan every 15 to 30 days,” he said.
He then tweeted: “I did what I said.
I always give my promises.
Will definitely clean Yamuna before the next election.” The urban stretch of 22-km river, from Wazirabad to Okhla, was very polluted, as reported recently by TOI.
The latest report on water quality by the Delhi Polution Control Committee in October this year, based on data from eight monitoring stations, revealed that it did not meet the standards set for dissolved oxygen (DO) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD).
According to the report, do it, namely the amount of oxygen in the river water, it has failed to meet the criteria of 5 mg / L or more at all eight stations.
The higher BOD shows that the number for species demands oxygen to be fulfilled less.
The standard specified for the directors on Yamuna is 3mg / L or less but it is 34 mg / l on the ISBT bridge, 40mg / L in Agra Canal (Okhla), 58mg / L in Downstream Okhla Barrage and 54mg / L in Asgarpur.
Toxic foam that covers the river often makes headlines and has recently led to political thumbs during the Chhat Puja.
CM then said that the Buck stopped with him and that his government would clean the river.
“The current state of the river is the result of 70 years of pollution – bringing all Delhi waste – and cannot be canceled in two days,” Kejriwal said.
“Many untreated sewers end up flowing into Yamuna, bringing a large number of chemicals and pollutants, so that they are polluted.
At present, we are equipped to treat around 600 mgD when we need our capacity of around 850 mgd,” CM said.
“For this, the work will improve the treatment and cleaning of gutters in three fronts – Build a new sewer processing plant such as those in Coronation Park, Okhla, Kondli and Rithala; increase the capacity of existing treatment factories; and finally, adopt new technology for processing plants because of mechanisms Being outdated now gives polluted waste even after treatment.
We will ensure the output ratio of 10:10 after treatment, “he said.
The government said it would also ensure the treatment of in-situ water in four major drains in Delhi, namely cleaning work will be carried out in place, using new technology.
“Kejriwal said the government would take action against industries that did not treat industrial waste.” On paper, industrial waste is treated before being discarded, but in reality there is not much substance for it.
We will ensure that all waste treatment plants work according to their capacity.
If an industry is found not sending waste to a treatment plant, it will soon be closed by the authorities.
There will be no compromise, “he said The stairs will be connected to the gutter network.
After years of trying, plan to clean Yamuna with ‘2025’
