Delhi government has already taken steps to improve the condition of major storm drains.
State Bureau, New Delhi. To overcome the waterlogging that occurs during monsoon in Delhi, the Delhi government has already taken steps to improve the condition of major storm drains. Along with cleaning the dilapidated and clogged important drains, their redevelopment has also been started. Under this, work has started on the four big drains of Delhi.
Among them, Mundka Halt-Supplementary Drain, MB Road Rain Drain, Kirari-Rithala Trunk Drain and Rain Drain on Rohtak Road (NH-10) are being developed as important components under the Drainage Master Plan. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta herself is monitoring this work. He has clearly instructed the officials that the work should be continued at a fast pace. Under the plan, construction of a 4.5 km long trunk drain parallel to the railway line has been proposed to solve the drainage problem of Kirari, Mundka, Bawana and Nangloi assembly constituencies of West Delhi. The estimated cost of this drain being built by the Irrigation and Flood Control Department is Rs 220.93 crore. The discharge capacity of the drain has been kept at 760 cusecs, so that drainage can be done without interruption even in case of heavy rainfall during monsoon.
The drain will start from Mundka Halt Station and will run along the railway corridor and join the supplementary drain. The specialty of this drain is that the water from various secondary drains coming in its path will also be absorbed into it, due to which the drainage system of the entire area will be integrated and well organized. A target has been set to complete it in a time frame of 15 months. The problem of waterlogging in the area extending from Lado Sarai T-Point in South Delhi to Pulprahladpur has remained serious for a long time. Keeping this in mind, MB Road Rain Drain Project has been included in the Drainage Master Plan. The total length of the road under this project is 11.38 kilometers, while the total length of drains on both sides will be 22.76 kilometers.
Rs 387.84 crore will be spent on this. It will be completed by PWD in two and a half years. The project also has provisions for transplantation and cutting of about 500 trees along with construction of footpaths and relocation of electricity, water board and other lines. Another important project is the construction of a proposed 7,200 meter long trunk drain from Kirari to Rithala (near Rohini) in north-west Delhi. The estimated cost of this DDA project is Rs 250.21 crore and its design discharge capacity has been kept at 1,160 cusecs. At present, about 600 meters of construction work of this drain has been completed. The remaining work was halted due to pending permission for felling of 84 trees, which has now been resolved. To improve the drainage system on Rohtak Road (NH-10), work is being done to improve the rainwater works. Under this project of PWD, drains are being constructed and improved on both sides from Kirari Suleman Drain near Nangloi Metro Station to Hiran Jump Drain (Metro Pillar No. 428 to 626) and from Tikri Border to Hiran Jump Drain (Metro Pillar No. 753 to 626).
The estimated cost of this project is Rs 184 crore. Under which Rs 105 crore has been given in 2025-26. It will be completed by next March.