NEW DELHI: South Delhi Municipal Corporation has come out with an in depth plan to irrigate over 700 neighbourhood parks using water from sewer remedy vegetation by the end of this year. The move comes after NGT’s direction to civic bodies closing month to take care of public parks, falling within 5km of an STP, with treated water moderately than groundwater.
The NGT-appointed Yamuna Pollution Monitoring Committee also directed civic businesses to post motion plans on how they're going to do so. An SDMC authentic mentioned the dept has proposed at least five new STPs this year, in addition to those under pipeline for previous year or two. These included 3 new STPs at Jangpura Extension, Nizamuddin West and Siddhartha Extension by April end. Each of them will generate moderate 1 lakh litre of treated water on a daily basis. These STPs will irrigate 80 neighbourhood parks unfold over an area of 40 acres.
For irrigation of the recently-inaugurated Wonders of the World Park at Sarai Kale Khan, SDMC has proposed to determine a STP plant at a vacant land close to the park, mentioned an authentic.
“The procedure for laying pipelines from those vegetation to neighbourhood parks has already been completed. After they develop into absolutely operational, we will be able to shut down all tube wells currently being used to supply water in those parks,” the authentic from SDMC’s horticulture division mentioned.
Currently, half of the town’s parks have borewells however maximum of them are non-functional because of the depleting floor water level.
In November 2018, SDMC had signed a maintain Hotel Hyatt Regency to supply treated water in 10 neighbouring parks in November. Prior to this, in 2016, SDMC had signed identical contracts with Select Citywalk and Jaypee Vasant Continental at Vasant Kunj.
Besides, work on laying supply lines from 4 DJB’s STPs at Keshopur, Vasant Kunj, Okhla and Pappan Kala is predicted to be completed by the year end. “Through those 4 STPs, we will be able to supply water to 626 parks and close 153 tube wells. Though correspondence started on those initiatives in 2016, we got finances sanctioned in stages and numerous time used to be consumed in finalising the proposal with DJB,” mentioned the authentic.
The NGT-appointed Yamuna Pollution Monitoring Committee also directed civic businesses to post motion plans on how they're going to do so. An SDMC authentic mentioned the dept has proposed at least five new STPs this year, in addition to those under pipeline for previous year or two. These included 3 new STPs at Jangpura Extension, Nizamuddin West and Siddhartha Extension by April end. Each of them will generate moderate 1 lakh litre of treated water on a daily basis. These STPs will irrigate 80 neighbourhood parks unfold over an area of 40 acres.
For irrigation of the recently-inaugurated Wonders of the World Park at Sarai Kale Khan, SDMC has proposed to determine a STP plant at a vacant land close to the park, mentioned an authentic.
“The procedure for laying pipelines from those vegetation to neighbourhood parks has already been completed. After they develop into absolutely operational, we will be able to shut down all tube wells currently being used to supply water in those parks,” the authentic from SDMC’s horticulture division mentioned.
Currently, half of the town’s parks have borewells however maximum of them are non-functional because of the depleting floor water level.
In November 2018, SDMC had signed a maintain Hotel Hyatt Regency to supply treated water in 10 neighbouring parks in November. Prior to this, in 2016, SDMC had signed identical contracts with Select Citywalk and Jaypee Vasant Continental at Vasant Kunj.
Besides, work on laying supply lines from 4 DJB’s STPs at Keshopur, Vasant Kunj, Okhla and Pappan Kala is predicted to be completed by the year end. “Through those 4 STPs, we will be able to supply water to 626 parks and close 153 tube wells. Though correspondence started on those initiatives in 2016, we got finances sanctioned in stages and numerous time used to be consumed in finalising the proposal with DJB,” mentioned the authentic.
STPs' treated water to irrigate 700 Delhi parks
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