Delhi region under Yamuna Action Plan-II will cost Rs.387 crores which is highest among all five Reaches.During this phase Cleaning Operations and installation of Sewerage Pumping Stations – SPS and Sewerage Treatment Plants- STP will be taken up Wazirabad to Okhla Barrage which is most polluted. The activities will be carried out under five sections, namely, Physical Work Implementation, Preparation of Master Plan, Feasibility Study, Detailed Project Report for YAP-III, Public Participation and Awareness, Public Relations and Institutional Strengthening.
Under Physical works, Okhla and Keshopur sewage treatment plants will have few new process units.At Okhla, one new STP module of 135MLD capacity will be constructed along with a power generation plant. With this, the total flow would be 765MLD. The earlier three modules with total capacity of 324 MLD will be rehabilitated with new process units because they were not functioning properly. A power generation plant utilizing biogas also will be installed. Three trunk sewers namely Bela Road, Wazirabad and Ring Road Trunk Sewers will be installed with more than 30kms length.
Under Preparation of Master Plan, decentralized waste water collection and treatment of water bodies will be carried out.This scheme will see installation of decentralized wastewater collection,its treatment and affluent reuse systems to intercept polluting wastewater flow in water bodies of lakes and ponds, not served by the centralized sewage system will be studied supported by pilot implementation. This will revitalize the water bodies of Delhi, enabling the public open spaces to provide the environmental benefits including potential ground water recharge.
n the Delhi phase, Dairy Farm Waste Management, Dobhi Ghat Sudhar Yojna, Slaughter Modernization and Waste Management, Antim Niwas Sudhar Yojna and Slum Rehabilitation Study will also be carried out.The project is to be completed by the year 2009.
The YAP project commenced on Dec1, 2004 and will be completed by 2009. Delhi Jal Board is the executing agency for this project.

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