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CLEAN TAKES

Delhi Acts on Drain Sewage Odisha Sets

ewage from seven medium-, and long-term action Clean-Up Record
assembly constituencies plans outlining remedial measures.
in Delhi, including As per its July 4 report, DJB lastic waste accumulation and
SDeoli, Ambedkar Nagar, has already laid sewerage lines poor plantation coverage had
Sangam Vihar, Chhatarpur, in 35 unauthorised colonies been persistent challenges
Mehrauli, Malviya Nagar, and across the affected constituencies. Pin Odisha’s Nuapada
Greater Kailash, has been entering Looking ahead, four decentralised district, despite its prior designation
the Barapullah drain untreated. sewage treatment plants (DSTPs) as a single-use plastic-free region. To
This is owing to gaps in sewerage are proposed at Fatehpur reinforce and scale up earlier efforts,
infrastructure. Of these, only Beri, Chandan Hola Satbari, the district administration organised
Malviya Nagar and Greater Kailash Maidangarh, and Chhatarpur an unprecedented mass sanitation and
currently have adequate sewer Extension to cover 30 unauthorised plantation drive.
connections in place. colonies and several villages. These
Responding to multiple petitions, DSTPs are part of the medium- Held earlier this month, the two-hour
including one filed by the residents’ term intervention, while a broader campaign saw participation from 1.42
welfare association of Nizamuddin expansion of the sewerage network lakh people across 3,214 locations—
West, the National Green Tribunal remains the long-term goal. making it India’s largest such effort in
(NGT) had sought an explanation The DJB has committed to a single day. Over 32 tonnes of plastic
from the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) intercepting sewage before it waste were collected, and more than one
regarding efforts to prevent reaches stormwater drains and will lakh saplings were planted. The event
untreated sewage from entering implement all necessary measures was supervised by a UNICEF team
stormwater drains that eventually to eliminate untreated discharge, and drew contributions from students,
reach the Yamuna. In response, thereby supporting the wider effort NGOs, healthcare professionals, and
DJB submitted detailed short-, to clean the Yamuna. religious groups.

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