By PTI
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh backed out from a plan to supply 140 million gallons per day (MGD) of uncooked water to Delhi in lieu of an equal amount of handled effluent for irrigation regardless of the Lieutenant Governor making a request to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in response to an RTI reply.
The plan concerned the availability of 270 cusecs (1 cusec is the same as 1 cubic toes per second) of recent water from the Murad Nagar Regulator to the Sonia Vihar water therapy plant in Delhi and the discharge of an equal amount of handled effluent from the Okhla sewage therapy plant within the Agra Canal.
Documents accessed below the Right to Information Act confirmed that the 2 states held a number of conferences on the water change plan beginning May 3, 2018, and the then LG Anil Baijal and the then chief secretary Vijay Kumar Dev had additionally requested the UP authorities to finalise the settlement.
A feasibility report the UP Jal Nigam despatched to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on July 1, 2020, mentioned the venture was workable.
The DJB had paid Rs 70 lakh for the preparation of the feasibility report and the Delhi authorities had additionally agreed to bear the price of laying pipelines and building and restore work wanted for the availability of uncooked water from UP and the discharge of handled effluent into the Agra Canal.
Baijal mentioned the problem with the UP chief minister on the telephone on June 14 final 12 months and wrote to him on June 23, requesting him to situation instructions to the division involved to supply 270 cusecs (140 million gallons a day) of uncooked water to Delhi from Murad Nagar, the paperwork confirmed.
“Delhi does not have enough water resources of its own and depends on neighbouring states to meet its drinking water needs. Amid the increasing population, Delhi needs 265 MGD of additional raw water to fulfil the requirement. The feasibility report dated July 1, 2020, says it is possible for UP to provide 270 cusecs of raw water to Delhi. Therefore, I request you to please issue necessary directions to the department concerned in this regard,” the LG’s letter learn.
On February 2 final 12 months, Vijay Kumar Dev wrote to the UP chief secretary, requesting him to finalise the pact.
“I would like to thank you for the positive steps taken towards processing the request of Delhi…The offices of both states have held various meetings, joint inspections and deliberations to take the matter forward. May I propose that the general understanding and consensus achieved by both the states till date may be formalised by way of a memorandum for understanding,” Dev wrote to UP Chief Secretary R Ok Tiwari.
However, the chief engineer of the UP authorities in a letter dated July 9, 2021, knowledgeable the DJB that the “competent authority” didn’t approve the feasibility report and “it may be treated null and void.”
The UP authorities additionally returned Rs 70 lakh that the DJB gave for the preparation of the report with out citing any motive for backing out from the plan, the RTI reply confirmed.
The paperwork confirmed the DJB later requested the Delhi authorities that “intervention and persuasion at the highest political level be done for seeking consent of the UP government” however the request didn’t elicit a response.
Delhi requires round 1,200 MGD of water, whereas the DJB provides round 950 MGD.
Haryana provides a complete of 610 MGD of water to Delhi via two canals — CLC (368 MGD) and DSB (177) — and the Yamuna (65 MGD).
CLC and the DSB are provided water from Hathni Kund through the Munak canal and the Bhakra Beas Management Board.
Besides, Delhi receives 253 MGD from Uttar Pradesh via the Upper Ganga Canal, and 90 MGD is drawn from Ranney wells and tube wells put in throughout the town.
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh backed out from a plan to supply 140 million gallons per day (MGD) of uncooked water to Delhi in lieu of an equal amount of handled effluent for irrigation regardless of the Lieutenant Governor making a request to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in response to an RTI reply.
The plan concerned the availability of 270 cusecs (1 cusec is the same as 1 cubic toes per second) of recent water from the Murad Nagar Regulator to the Sonia Vihar water therapy plant in Delhi and the discharge of an equal amount of handled effluent from the Okhla sewage therapy plant within the Agra Canal.
Documents accessed below the Right to Information Act confirmed that the 2 states held a number of conferences on the water change plan beginning May 3, 2018, and the then LG Anil Baijal and the then chief secretary Vijay Kumar Dev had additionally requested the UP authorities to finalise the settlement.
A feasibility report the UP Jal Nigam despatched to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on July 1, 2020, mentioned the venture was workable.
The DJB had paid Rs 70 lakh for the preparation of the feasibility report and the Delhi authorities had additionally agreed to bear the price of laying pipelines and building and restore work wanted for the availability of uncooked water from UP and the discharge of handled effluent into the Agra Canal.
Baijal mentioned the problem with the UP chief minister on the telephone on June 14 final 12 months and wrote to him on June 23, requesting him to situation instructions to the division involved to supply 270 cusecs (140 million gallons a day) of uncooked water to Delhi from Murad Nagar, the paperwork confirmed.
“Delhi does not have enough water resources of its own and depends on neighbouring states to meet its drinking water needs. Amid the increasing population, Delhi needs 265 MGD of additional raw water to fulfil the requirement. The feasibility report dated July 1, 2020, says it is possible for UP to provide 270 cusecs of raw water to Delhi. Therefore, I request you to please issue necessary directions to the department concerned in this regard,” the LG’s letter learn.
On February 2 final 12 months, Vijay Kumar Dev wrote to the UP chief secretary, requesting him to finalise the pact.
“I would like to thank you for the positive steps taken towards processing the request of Delhi…The offices of both states have held various meetings, joint inspections and deliberations to take the matter forward. May I propose that the general understanding and consensus achieved by both the states till date may be formalised by way of a memorandum for understanding,” Dev wrote to UP Chief Secretary R Ok Tiwari.
However, the chief engineer of the UP authorities in a letter dated July 9, 2021, knowledgeable the DJB that the “competent authority” didn’t approve the feasibility report and “it may be treated null and void.”
The UP authorities additionally returned Rs 70 lakh that the DJB gave for the preparation of the report with out citing any motive for backing out from the plan, the RTI reply confirmed.
The paperwork confirmed the DJB later requested the Delhi authorities that “intervention and persuasion at the highest political level be done for seeking consent of the UP government” however the request didn’t elicit a response.
Delhi requires round 1,200 MGD of water, whereas the DJB provides round 950 MGD.
Haryana provides a complete of 610 MGD of water to Delhi via two canals — CLC (368 MGD) and DSB (177) — and the Yamuna (65 MGD).
CLC and the DSB are provided water from Hathni Kund through the Munak canal and the Bhakra Beas Management Board.
Besides, Delhi receives 253 MGD from Uttar Pradesh via the Upper Ganga Canal, and 90 MGD is drawn from Ranney wells and tube wells put in throughout the town.
