Overview
- Water Minister Parvesh Verma told the Assembly that 94 water and sewer projects worth Rs 7,212 crore have been initiated over the past 11 months.
- The government set a goal to reduce transmission losses, including on the Manak canal, from roughly 40% to about 5% within two years.
- Stalled flagship schemes have been revived, with Chandrawal’s remaining work awarded in November 2025 and Wazirabad reactivated with ADB support, adding thousands of kilometres of new pipelines and multiple underground reservoirs.
- Talks are underway to boost raw water through an exchange of Delhi’s treated wastewater with Uttar Pradesh and Haryana for about 51 cusecs, and by reviving a Himachal Pradesh arrangement for 113 MGD.
- Interim measures include free septic tank cleaning with 300 government tankers, desilting 100 km of trunk sewers with Rs 170 crore, and commissioning new reservoirs and 262 tubewells to stabilize supply.