GMDA Completes Jahajgarh STP, to Build Flyover in Sec 86

6 mld sewage is generated in the area and the number is going to increase as the population is rising. We are planning to get this plant inaugurated by the chief minister early next year. GMDA OFFICIAL

- Abhishek Behl

NEW DELHI: The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) on Friday said that it has completed construction on a 20 mld (million litres per day) sewage treatment plant (STP) in Jahajgarh village, which will treat sewage from nearby colonies and condominiums.

The STP, built at a cost of ₹25 crore, will direct treated water to Leg Two drain in the city, which comes from Chakkarpur, Signature Tower, Sheetla Mata road, New Palam Vihar and Jahajgarh, before meeting the Najafgarh drain.

"We have constructed the 20 mld plant at a cost of ₹25 crore and it will treat sewage generated in Jahajgarh and its vicinity. Six mld sewage is generated in the area and the number is going to increase as the population is rising. We are planning to get this plant inaugurated by the chief minister early next year," said a senior GMDA official.

NGT had directed GMDA to build STP plants across the city to treat sewage so that untreated water does not pollute the river Yamuna. Najafgarh drain, into which most of the storm water and sewage water of the city is released, takes it to the Yamuna in Delhi.