DJB sewer project figures in top 100
The Delhi Jal Board’s interceptor sewer project has been listed in the KPMG’s list of 100 most innovative infrastructure investment projects in the world. The KPMG is one of the largest professional services companies in the world and a major auditor.
“The list is an end- result of a careful scrutiny of various infrastructure projects by a global panel of industry experts who identified 100 of the world’s most innovative infrastructure investment projects,” the DJB said in a statement on Monday.
Appreciating the water board, Delhi’s lieutenantgovernor Najeeb Jung said the recognition of the DJB’s project on global platform was a matter of pride. “I commend the initiatives taken by the Delhi Jal Board in improving the water and wastewater infrastructure in the city.”
Delhi’s chief secretary D. M. Spolia also complimented the DJB officers on the achievement.
About 100 projects have been selected from all over the world on the basis that they demonstrate excellence through one of the key criteria — scale, feasibility, technical or financial complexity, innovation and impact on society. A total of six projects from India have been included in the report. The other projects from Delhi/ NCR are the Delhi Metro and the Yamuna Expressway. The
● The project involves interception of sewage flowing in around 190 subsidiary small drains and conveying it to the nearest waste water treatment plant to ensure that only treated sewage is discharged into major drains
remaining three projects are from Gujarat.
The DJB’s interceptor project aims to improve the quality of water flowing into the Yamuna, by commissioning waste water intercepting sewers throughout its 59- km length along the three major drains in the city — Najafgarh, Supplementary and Shahdara.
The project involves interception of sewage flowing in around 190 subsidiary small drains and conveying it to the nearest waste water treatment plant to ensure that only treated sewage is discharged into major drains. This would ensure that approximately 70 per cent of the pollution load going into the river Yamuna is prevented.
It has many innovative features. The entire work of laying sewers as deep as 80 feet underground is being done through micro- tunnelling so that there is no traffic disruption and public inconvenience is minimised. The interceptor sewers will also function as trunk sewers for the respective catchment areas in the future.