New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): Delhi Government, below the management of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, has taken a significant and far-reaching step to strengthen the town’s drainage system as a part of its resolve to develop Delhi into a contemporary, international and developed capital.
Four main drains, Mundka Halt-Supplementary Drain, MB Road Storm Water Drain, Kirari-Rithala Trunk Drain, and the Storm Water Drain alongside Rohtak Road (NH-10) are being developed as key parts of the ‘Drainage Master Plan’.
The Delhi authorities has accelerated the development and growth work of those main trunk drains.
The Chief Minister knowledgeable that the ‘Drainage Master Plan’ for Delhi’s sewerage and drainage system was initially ready within the Seventies. Despite speedy inhabitants progress and large-scale development exercise, the plan didn’t bear the required revisions, leading to an more and more extreme drainage state of affairs over time.
She stated that the current authorities has launched efficient adjustments retaining in view Delhi’s geographical situations, recurring waterlogging and inhabitants stress, and drainage infrastructure is now being constructed accordingly, in order that the nationwide capital doesn’t face waterlogging and associated issues sooner or later.
CM Gupta believes that the true id of any metropolis lies in a sturdy, scientific and forward-looking drainage system. With this imaginative and prescient, the Delhi Government has prioritised these areas of the capital the place residents have lengthy suffered from waterlogging, overloaded sewer traces and associated points. These long-standing issues will now be resolved, bringing aid to the folks of Delhi.
To tackle drainage points within the Kirari, Mundka, Bawana and Nangloi Assembly constituencies of West Delhi, a 4.5-kilometre-long trunk drain is proposed to be constructed parallel to the railway line. The venture is being applied by the Irrigation and Flood Control Department.
The estimated price of the drain is Rs. 220.93 crore, and it’s designed to deal with rainwater from a catchment space of 1,520 acres. The discharge capability of the drain has been fastened at 760 cusecs to make sure uninterrupted drainage even throughout peak monsoon rainfall.
The drain will originate close to Mundka Halt Station and can run alongside the railway hall earlier than merging with the Supplementary Drain. A key characteristic of this venture is the water from a number of secondary drains alongside the route may also be built-in into it, making a unified and streamlined drainage system for all the space.
The work is proposed inside railway land limits, for which an MoU has already been signed with the Railways. Administrative and monetary approvals are anticipated shortly, after which the venture is focused to be accomplished inside 15 months.
Waterlogging has been a persistent and critical challenge in South Delhi, notably within the stretch from Lado Sarai T-Point to Pul Prahladpur. Keeping this in view, the MB Road Storm Water Drain venture has been included into the ‘Drainage Master Plan’. Under this venture, the full highway size is 11.38 kilometres, whereas the mixed size of drains on either side might be 22.76 kilometres.
The estimated price of the venture is Rs. 387.84 crore, and it’s scheduled to be accomplished inside 2.5 years, together with six months of pre-construction and two years of development. The venture is being executed by the Public Works Department (PWD) of the Delhi Government.
This venture is especially necessary as present stormwater drains in a number of places are both insufficient in capability or have been broken throughout different development actions. Additionally, provisions have been made for the transplantation or felling of round 500 bushes, development of footpaths, and shifting of electrical energy, Delhi Jal Board and different utility companies.
Another vital venture is the development of a 7,200-metre-long trunk drain from Kirari to Rithala (close to Rohini) in North-West Delhi. This Delhi Development Authority (DDA) venture has an estimated price of Rs. 250.21 crore, with a designed discharge capability of 1,160 cusecs. At current, roughly 600 metres of development work has been accomplished. The remaining work had been stalled as a consequence of pending permission for the felling of 84 bushes, a problem that has now been resolved.
In addition, enchancment work on the stormwater drain alongside Rohtak Road (NH-10) is being carried out on a struggle footing to strengthen the drainage system. Under this PWD venture, development and enchancment of drains on either side are underway from Kirari Suleman Drain close to Nangloi Railway Metro Station to Hirankudna Drain (from Metro Pillar No. 428 to 626), and from Tikri Border to Hirankudna Drain (from Metro Pillar No. 753 to 626).
The estimated price of this venture is Rs. 184 crore, out of which the Government of India has supplied Rs. 105 crore in 2025-26 below the ‘Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI)’ scheme. The venture is focused for completion by March 2026.
The Chief Minister said that Delhi’s ‘Drainage Master Plan’ has been ready retaining in view the town’s speedy urbanisation, local weather change and inhabitants stress. Its goal is to reinforce the capability of main trunk drains to make sure secure and swift discharge of rainwater into the Yamuna, scale back stress on the sewerage system, and supply a everlasting resolution to the issue of waterlogging.
She added that these efforts signify a concrete and decisive step in the direction of making Delhi’s drainage infrastructure future-ready. Once accomplished, these initiatives will present lasting aid to massive elements of the capital from recurring monsoon waterlogging. (ANI)