New Delhi: Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar unveiled a long-term drainage master plan for Delhi on 19 September, outlining a 30-year roadmap to overhaul the city’s stormwater network and curb chronic waterlogging.
Backed by central funding, this initiative is designed to meet the Capital’s growing drainage needs amid rapid urbanisation and increasingly erratic monsoon patterns.
The plan divides Delhi into three key basins: Najafgarh, Barapullah, and Trans-Yamuna, and engages consultants to redesign the entire drainage system at an estimated cost of approximately Rs 57,000 crore.
Khattar said the Centre would work closely with the Delhi government to implement the blueprint, which aims to address both current bottlenecks and future demands.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta described the project as a “team effort,” noting that her administration began with on-site inspections of nallahs and chronic waterlogging spots rather than “working from air-conditioned rooms.” She criticised earlier governments for neglecting the city’s sewer and drainage woes.
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