Union Minister Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone for nine projects for rejuvenating river Yamuna in the national capital on Thursday.

A total of 11 projects have been taken up by National Mission for Clean Ganga to conserve River Yamuna in Delhi. Most of the projects are for sewerage infrastructure.

The current sewage generation for Delhi city is about 327 crore liters per day against the existing treatment capacity of 276 crore liters per day.

Since 1993 action plan has been made to clean Yamuna but not much improvement has been seen since then.

The central government has taken up 11 projects under Namami Gange Programme by National Mission for Clean Ganga to conserve river Yamuna in Delhi so that ecosystem is preserved in the Yamuna.

The government launched YAP-III with JICA assistance in Delhi at an estimated cost of Rs 1,656 crore. Delhi Jal Board is the executing agency for these projects.

A total of eight sewerage infrastructure projects in Delhi under YAP-III include the creation of 56.4 crore litres per day Sewerage Treatment Plants capacity at Okhla, rehabilitation of 38.6 crore litres per day Sewerage Treatment Plants capacity; rehabilitation of trunk sewer and Rising main of 35 km length in Kondli and Rithala zones.

Under the plan, 3 drainage systems, STP plants of 950 MLD capacity, Rs. 65 crore reservoir in Chhatarpur and Rs. 2.5 crore STP in 9 different places are being set up.