Overview
- Ashish Sood, Delhi’s urban development minister, inaugurated the cleanup on Wednesday between Jail Road and the Keshopur Sewage Treatment Plant.
- Officials said the roughly 1.5-metre trunk had accumulated nearly 65% silt after years without proper maintenance, driving overflows in Virender Nagar, Shiv Nagar, Hari Nagar and Janakpuri.
- The tendering is complete and crews are diverting sewage through temporary bypass lines while extracting compacted silt with specialized equipment.
- Authorities expect completion in about six months, and the minister plans to return in ten days to review progress.
- A separate 200-metre sewer is being laid beneath the District Centre metro station to bolster Janakpuri drainage, with damaged local lines to be replaced once the trunk is restored.