New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday chaired a high-level assembly with Water Resources Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj, Forest Minister Gopal Rai, and different high-ranking officers of the federal government to make sure ample water provide for all households within the nationwide capital.
During the evaluation assembly, Kejriwal underlined the significance of accelerating the supply of ingesting water within the Capital. More water is wasted as a result of provide chain disruptions than the dearth of water itself, the CM stated additional, as he underscored the significance of fixing the availability chain to minimise wastage.
The CM instructed the division to make sure that tube wells are put in inside six months of acquiring land. He harassed that each one tube wells needs to be in working situation and all obtainable water needs to be provided to customers.
The chief minister harassed additional that each tube properly needs to be monitored to make sure it’s operating easily. He additionally directed officers to rope in an company for sustaining tube wells for 5 years and perform repairs inside 24 hours within the occasion of breakdowns.
The CM made it clear that no tube properly needs to be left unutilised, as he instructed officers to carry engineers accountable if a tube properly stays out of order for greater than 4 days. The water extracted from tube wells can be transported to the UGRs from the place it could be provided additional, he stated.
He additionally directed officers to finish the set up of water move meters on underground reservoirs (UGRs) to curb the wastage of water. Flow meters may also be put in on all of the tappings to precisely measure the quantity of water getting used. The set up of reverse osmosis (RO) techniques and move meters would additionally assist establish which tube wells are practical and which of them are usually not, he stated.
The chief minister additionally introduced up the challenges confronted in buying land for sewage remedy vegetation (STPs), directing officers to resolve the problem expeditiously.
He assigned the duty of coordinating with related departments to Bhardwaj to make sure swift decision of land-related points. He instructed all ministers involved to prioritise the availability of land for STPs.
During a dialogue on lakes within the metropolis, the CM known as for the necessity to create an ordinary working process (SOP) to manage water influx and outflow from the lakes. He additionally expressed concern over the dearth of coordination in water extraction from lakes and harassed the necessity for consistency in water extraction throughout all areas.
Kejriwal requested officers to arrange RO vegetation alongside lakes to scrub and deal with the water earlier than supplying it to households. The deadline for organising RO vegetation alongside lakes was set for September 30, this 12 months.
CM Kejriwal directed that the availability of water from all sources needs to be by underground reservoirs (UGRs). “This would ensure that tube well water is also utilised properly in the process. Officials have designed a reverse osmosis (RO) plant for this purpose, and the CM will be reviewing the design himself,” he stated, urging officers to finalise the design quickly and expedite the commissioning of the plant.
He additionally harassed the significance of utilising handled wastewater, asking officers to speed up work on the brand new Chandrawal plant and set up filter vegetation that may deal with and recycle wastewater.
“Additionally, an ammonia removal plant is to be established in Wazirabad, which would supply water to the major localities of the city,” he stated.
The CM has directed officers to organize a complete plan for the plant inside per week and prioritise its implementation.
The matter of Delhi’s water our bodies was additionally taken up within the assembly. The CM urged officers to finish the re-survey of the water our bodies inside per week, together with these within the DDA space the place sewage and soiled waters are flowing. Saying that about 250 water our bodies have been discovered beneath the DDA alone, he directed officers to work with the authority to make sure that these water our bodies are correctly handled and their water is made obtainable for public use.
The CM known as for a plan to handle roughly 600 water our bodies in Delhi whereas proposing growing water availability as much as 100 MGD from groundwater. He additionally instructed officers to examine websites and mark appropriate land for this objective.
He additionally directed officers to improve Kondli STP and to supply water from Kondli STP to Sanjay Lake and parks. He proposed taking water from Rithala STP to Iradat Nagar and DDA’s useless lakes as soon as the Rithala STP is prepared within the subsequent three months. Water may also be provided to different lakes, together with these in Bhalswa, and their water our bodies can be recharged beneath the plan.
The CM has additionally instructed officers to organize a separate plan for Dwarka WTP and to discover the potential of utilizing water from roughly 135 STPs to recharge lakes. He praised the DSTP plan for small parks and urged officers to discover its potential to be used in 200 to 300 parks, the place handled water can be utilized.
Anticipating an elevated demand for water within the upcoming summer season months, the CM known as for a rise in water provide and for the readiness of water tankers as a backup to make sure that there are not any points.
Currently, there are 1200 water tankers in Delhi, however the CM has proposed additional growing their quantity to fulfill the rising demand for water. Officials have reported a scarcity of drivers for 100 water tankers owned by the Delhi Jal Board.
The CM, in response, has requested officers to rent drivers as quickly as potential to make sure that no tankers stay idle. To guarantee efficient monitoring of water tankers, the CM has instructed officers to put in GPS trackers on all tankers.
Kejriwal scheduled the subsequent assembly with the Delhi Jal Board on March 25 throughout which he’ll evaluation the choices taken in earlier conferences. The CM emphasised the necessity for efficient planning and execution to make sure that Delhi has a enough and dependable provide of water, particularly through the summer season months.
Sharing additional particulars concerning the assembly, Bhardwaj stated a lot of the water coming from Haryana by the Yamuna at current is industrial wastewater.
“Untreated water is being released directly into the Yamuna. The quantity of ammonia in this water is so high that it cannot be treated in the treatment plants of Delhi. In the meeting, the chief minister asked to take steps so that arrangements could be made to treat ammonia coming in larger quantities,” he stated.
He knowledgeable that work can be achieved on this course as quickly as potential and inside 6 months, such remedy vegetation can be made obtainable which may deal with ammonia in giant portions.
He stated that areas with excessive water tables can be recognized and groundwater can be extracted from there. This water can be handled and provided to households. (ANI)