What Is This Campaign About?

There is a plan to construct a fancy bridge to be
called as a Signature Bridge (see picture )at an
estimated cost of around Rs 450 crores over almost
exactly the place where the the infamous Najafgarh
drain meets the river. (Date of Photograph: 28
January 200)
Now the irony is that while the government of India is seeking loan from the JBIC (Japan Bank for International Cooperation) to clean up
the river Yamuna through activities to be implemented by the Government of Delhi, on the other the Government of Delhi has the luxury
to plan for and erect a fancy bridge in the name of a future landmark (as if this ancient city of ours is short on landmarks to market it to
tourists and others?) of the city.
NB: If such money (at the tax payer’s cost) is indeed available then why can’t it be better
utilized to clean up on a priority basis the very drain on which this bridge is proposed to come
up?
A BIRD IN HAND IS BETTER THAN THE TWO IN THE BUSH
Augmentation of water availability in Delhi
S.No. Source of Raw Water Name of the Plant Installed Capacity in 2021
1 River Yamuna Chandrawal I & II 90 MGD
2 River Yamuna Wazirabad I, II, & III 120 MGD
3 Bhakra Storage Haiderpur I 100 MGD
4 Yamuna Haidepur II 100 MGD
5 Bhakra Storage Nangloi 40 MGD
6 Upper Ganga Canal Bhagirathi 100 MGD
7 Sub-Surface Water Ranney Wells/Tubewells 125 MGD
8 Upper Ganga Canal Sonia Vihar 140 MGD
9 Saving from seepage losses Dwarka 40 MGD
with the constructionof new
parallel lined channel
10 Saving from seepage losses Bawana 20 MGD
with the constructionof new
parallel lined channel
11 Saving from seepage losses Okhla 20 MGD
with the constructionof new
parallel lined channel
12 Recycling of wastewater at water - 45 MGD
treatment plants
TOTAL
940 MGD