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NDMC TO BUILD 8 SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS, NDMC’s green cover amid limited freshwater availability.
RECYCLED WATER TO MAINTAIN DELHI’S GREEN COVER. The civic body has set 15 April as the last date for bid submissions,
The New Delhi Municipal Council has issued a Request for Proposal with a pre-bid meeting scheduled for 1 April. Selected private
(RFP) to set up eight decentralised sewage treatment plants (STPs) developers will execute, operate, and maintain the STPs for a 12-
under a public-private partnership (PPP) model, aiming to reuse year period. The tender does not specify a fixed project cost,
treated water for horticulture, fountains, and water bodies across requiring bidders to propose their own financial models. An initial
the city. The initiative is expected to reduce dependence on security deposit of `10 lakh and a performance security of `40
freshwater for maintaining Delhi’s green cover. lakh are mandated. The concessionaire will be selected based on
The proposed STPs, with capacities ranging from 500 to 1,000 the lowest “treated water rate” quoted during competitive bidding.
kilolitres per day (KLD), will be located at key sites including Shanti Catering to around 3.5 lakh residents and nearly 15 lakh daily
Path, Lodhi Garden, Sanjay Lake Park, and Talkatora Garden. visitors, NDMC expects the project to conserve water and
Officials said the treated sewage water will be used to maintain strengthen environmental sustainability in the national capital.

MEGHALAYA JOINS CENTRE IN MOU FOR JJM 2.0 TO all departments are working together to address water-related
ENHANCE RURAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. challenges, including awareness generation, soil conservation,
The Jal Shakti Ministry recently signed a reform-linked and operations and maintenance, and reaffirmed the state
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Meghalaya government’s commitment to implementing the MoU provisions
government to enhance the availability of clean and safe tap to ensure both quantity and quality of water supply sustainably
water in rural areas under the National Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). Meghalaya has achieved 83.59 per cent rural tap water coverage
With this agreement, Meghalaya became the 12th state in the since the launch of JJM, a significant improvement from its earlier
country to join the Centre’s Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, approved by status among the lowest in the country. The reform-linked MoU
the Union Cabinet on 10 March 2026. aims to guarantee that every rural household has regular access
Union Minister for Jal Shakti CR Patil expressed confidence to drinking water of prescribed quality and quantity through
that Meghalaya would soon achieve 100 per cent tap water strengthened community participation, or Jan Bhagidari.
coverage, noting the state’s current achievement of 83 per cent The MoU was signed in the presence of Patil and Minister of State
coverage under the Mission. He urged the state to accelerate for Jal Shakti V Somanna, while Chief Minister Sangma joined via
implementation and complete the remaining work promptly. video conference. Marcuise N Marak and senior officials from both
Patil also highlighted that although the original deadline for JJM the ministry and the state government were also present.
was May 2024, it has been extended to December 2028, and The agreement was exchanged between Swati Meena Naik of
the Union Cabinet has approved an additional outlay of `1.51 the ministry and Praveen Bakshi. DDWS secretary Ashok KK Meena
lakh crore for the Mission, including `67,300 crore allocated in the emphasised that the MoU prioritises sustainable, community-
2025-26 Union Budget. Conrad K Sangma said Meghalaya had managed services, with gram panchayats and village water and
adopted a comprehensive Water Policy in 2019 and established sanitation committees empowered to operate and maintain in-
a climate council involving multiple departments. He noted that village water supply systems.

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