XXI. WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION - Planning

augmented to 469 MGD and 472 MGD respectively. By the end of the 8 th five
year plan i.e. 1992 – 97, water production was augmented to 580 MGD.
During the 9 th five-year plan period, the water treatment capacity was
proposed to be augmented to 945 MGD, but due to raw water constraints
achievement upto the end of 9 th Five Year Plan was only 650 MGD.
(ii)
For bringing raw water for Okhla Water Treatment plant from Western
Yamuna Canal, it has been decided to lay 2000 mm dia water main in a
length of 11 km from Wazirabad to Haiderpur .
(iii)
For the first time in the Board, 140 MGD water treatment plant at Sonia Vihar
is being executed on Design, Build, Operate basis with state of the art
technology. The work has been awarded. On commissioning, the operation &
maintenance period will be 10 years. The work has three components:
1. Const. of 3250 mm dia conduit from Murad Nagar to Sonia Vihar
2. Const. of 140 MGD W.T.P. at Sonia Vihar.
3. P/L/Jointing of Transmission mains from Water Treatment Plants to different
areas of Delhi.
Raw water is to be drawn from the storage of Tehri Dam where 300 cusecs water
has been reserved for Delhi. The work has been completed.
The scheme wise details for Annual Plan 2004-05 are given submit:-
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