The Delhi Government on Thursday claimed that their ‘Palla Floodplain Project’ to recharge groundwater by harvesting the water coming through flood in Yamuna river during monsoon is success and water level is continuously improving.
Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that in the last 10 years, the groundwater level had gone down to two meters, but after the commissioning of the Palla Floodplain Project, the groundwater level has increased by half to two meters.
Following the project’s success, the city government has decided to continue this project this year. Sisodia also held a review meeting with the senior officials of the flood and irrigation department on Thursday. Sisodia further said that the project is currently spread across 40 acres, of which a pond has been created on 26 acres, where flood water is stored and used to raise the ground water level in Delhi.
According to the Delhi Jal Board, in the study conducted during the pre-monsoon and post-monsoon seasons in the years 2020 and 2021, it was found that the groundwater recharge from this project is moving towards the city from the Yamuna river, thereby increasing the groundwater of the entire city and The water level is getting better.
“The Arvind Kejriwal Government started the eco-friendly Palla project three years ago in the floodplain near the Yamuna river to collect this excess flood water passing through the river during the monsoon season. Under this, a pond of 26 acres was built, where flood water is stored,” said Sisodia.
“The government is also working on war footing to store rainwater in Delhi. In this year's rain, more than 1500 new rainwater harvesting pits are being built to collect rain water all over Delhi, which will be ready before July 15,” said Sisodia.