Delhi govt started working on rejuvenation of 26 lakes, says CM Kejriwal

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday stated his authorities has began engaged on the rejuvenation of 26 lakes throughout the town with a complete space of over 300 acres to enhance water availability within the nationwide capital.

The Delhi authorities has accomplished the rejuvenation of 35 water our bodies. A complete of 380 water our bodies are to be introduced again to life, he stated throughout a go to to a synthetic lake at Pappankalan.

“We’ll flip Delhi right into a metropolis of lakes, improve groundwater ranges and provide ingesting water to each family,” Kejriwal stated whereas detailing his authorities’s imaginative and prescient of creating the nationwide capital self-sufficient in ingesting water.

The groundwater desk round Papankalan has risen by 6.25 metres because of the lake. Quickly, 20 MGD (million gallons per day) of water drawn by way of tubewells shall be provided to households, he stated.

The water shall be purified by way of ROs and saved at underground reservoirs earlier than supplying it to the residents, the chief minister stated.

“Whereas now we have been making an attempt to persuade our neighbouring states to produce us extra water, we’re additionally doing our greatest to maximise Delhi’s potential to supply water by itself.”

He added the federal government is engaged on recharging groundwater ranges and recycling water to make the state self-sufficient to an extent.

The Delhi authorities has give you a course of the place it rejuvenates water our bodies with handled water to recharge the water desk.

“We deal with water to the very best ranges of purity, ie, 10:10 BOD:TSS after which pour it out into lakes. This water then percolates into the bottom and recharges the water desk,” Kejriwal stated.

The federal government has taken a step in direction of conserving and recharging groundwater by developing two lakes throughout the premises of Pappankalan Sewage Therapy Plant Section II.

These two lakes have a mixed space of 11 acres and a holding capability of 49 million gallons (MG). The handled effluent from the Section-II sewage therapy plant, which has a organic oxygen demand (BOD) of lower than 10 mg/L and conforms to the prescribed norms, is used to recharge the groundwater.

Kejriwal additionally stated the Delhi authorities has began engaged on the rejuvenation of 26 lakes throughout the town, with a complete space of over 300 acres.

Out of those lakes, 16 are synthetic and the remaining pre-existing lakes have both dried up or obtained polluted over time. It’s deliberate that 230 million gallons per day (MGD) of handled water from DJB STPs can be used to refill these lakes.

In-situ therapy methods shall be put in in all lakes to extend the dissolved oxygen ranges above 5 mg/L, which is a vital parameter for measuring the well being of any waterbody, stated a authorities assertion.

The holding capability of those lakes is estimated to be round 462 million gallons, and the federal government plans to put in piezometers to measure the rise in groundwater ranges. Complete landscaping can even be carried out in all Delhi government-owned lakes, it stated.

Water Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj stated Kejriwal takes inventory of the lakes with all departments involved each 15 days.

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