Delhi's 3-Point River Rescue Strategy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
. The report laid out a three-fold strategy focused on the river's revival, removal of encroachments along the floodplain and beautification of the riverfront, sources in Delhi govt said.
Among the interventions proposed are 100% sewage treatment, tapping of all 22 drains falling into the Yamuna and laying a sewerage network in the city's 1,799 unauthorised colonies and 639 JJ clusters. Sewer lines have been laid in 1,224 colonies, work is in progress in 159, leaving 287 colonies where sewer pipes have to be laid and treatment plants erected. In another 129 colonies, a no-objection certificate is awaited for such work or the colony falls in the eco-sensitive O zone. Officials disclosed that the deadline for all this work is Dec 2026. Common effluent treatment plants will manage industrial effluents, an official said.
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Gupta presented the report at a meeting chaired by Modi on April 17.
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Delhi govt plans to construct a new sewage treatment plant at Delhi Gate and 40 new decentralised STPs besides upgrading the existing plants. According to the presentation prepared by the state govt, 10 drains had already been tapped. Najafgarh and Shahdara drains were being addressed under the interceptor sewer project, while Delhi Gate and Sen Nursing Home drains were partially tapped. Work on the eight remaining drains would be taken soon, said the official.
The report said 1,537 acres of the floodplain had been cleared of encroachments between May 2022 and Dec 2024. After taking possession of the land, DDA completed a 97-km drone survey to determine the extent of encroachment. Restoration efforts cover 11 projects across 16,000 hectares on both banks of the river. Completed projects include Asita East (93 hectares), Amrut Biodiversity Park (108 hectares) and a 16-hectare ghat area.
"Restoration of Kalindi Aviral (100 hectares) is in its final phase, with Kalindi Aviral Extension (107 hectares) and the remaining phase of Asita East scheduled for completion, respectively, by Dec 2025 and March 2025," the official claimed. Asita West second phase is expected to be completed by June 2025. Under ghat restoration, platforms were being made for devotees and scientific waste management would be undertaken. Old ghat ruins have been discovered and are being conserved by DDA. Vasudev Ghat (16 hectares) has already been developed.
DDA is also tasked with removing construction waste and debris from the floodplain. "In case of non-compliance by agencies such as DMRC, PWD, NCRTC and MCD which dump the waste, DDA will clean up the area at the cost of the defaulters," said the official. The Yamuna, stretching around 45km in Delhi from Palla to Asgarpur, has recorded fluctuating levels of biochemical oxygen demand — a key indicator of pollution. While BOD levels improved during the Covid lockdown in 2020, a sharp post-pandemic spike was observed between 2021 and 2022, followed by marginal improvement between 2023 and 2024.
During the meeting, the PM advised harnessing the best available technology to gather micro-level real-time data to measure the flows in the drains as well as monitor the functioning of the sewage treatment plants. He added that planning and implementation of pollution abatement infrastructure should be based on this data.
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