Proposal for JICA assisted Yamuna Action Plan Phase - III project at Delhi under National River Conservation Plan
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved the proposal of "Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) assisted Yamuna Action Plan (YAP) Phase - III project at Delhi", under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National River Conservation Plan at an estimated cost of Rs 1656 crore. The project will be implemented on 85:15 cost sharing basis between the Government of India and the Government of NCT of Delhi for a period of 7 years.
Under the YAP-III, it is proposed to rehabilitate the damaged trunk sewers to maximize the utilization of available treatment capacity and modernize the Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in three catchment areas of Delhi namely Okhla, Kondli and Rithala, Construction of a new state of art STP in place of old STP of 136 million litres per day capacity at Okhla and to equip them with tertiary level treatment facilities to achieve treated effluent quality of 10 mg/1 for Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Total Suspended Solids (TSS) so as to improve the water quality of river Yamuna. These works will be integral to the Sewerage Master Plan being prepared by Delhi Jal Board (DJB). The project will be implemented by DJB under the supervision of the Department of Urban Development, Government of NCT of Delhi.
The implementation of the project shall improve the water quality of the river along with improved aesthetics of the area through tackling of sewage generated from identified catchments of Delhi.
Government of India has been implementing Yamuna Action Plan (YAP) with assistance from Japan International Cooperation Agency, Government of Japan since 1993 to supplement the efforts of State Governments in addressing the problem of pollution of river Yamuna. A total of 276 schemes including 38 sewage treatment plants have been completed in 21 towns of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi and 753.25 million litres per day of sewage treatment capacity has been created so far.
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