Najafgarh drains to be cleaned, but most ‘don’t have water’

The committee had earlier cited a CPCB report which had claimed the projects to be unnecessary. The issue came up again during a meeting with Union water minister Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Written by Aniruddha Ghosal | New Delhi | Published: January 27, 2018 2:06 am

A Delhi Assembly committee last week found that a number of drains at Najafgarh — where three projects are to come up as a part of a plan by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) — have “no remaining water flow” to clean up.
The Assembly’s Estimates Committee has been probing alleged irregularities amounting to Rs 776.7 crore in three Delhi Jal Board projects — a charge the DJB has denied.

The committee had earlier cited a CPCB report which had claimed the projects to be unnecessary. The issue came up again during a meeting with Union water minister Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.