PRSENTATION ON

DRAINAGE SYSTEM

OF

DELHI
EAST DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

25.07.2014
MAP OF DELHI SHOWING MCDs,
NDMC & DCB
 ABOUT DELHI
DELHI MANIFESTS
UNCONTROLLED URBANISATION
POPULATION
INDUSTRIALISATION
TRADE
COMMERCIALISATION
CONCRETIZATION
MIGRATION FROM ALL CORNERS OF COUNTRY
DAILY INFLUX FROM SATTELITE TOWN
RESULTING IN OVER STRESSING OF
SERVICES
AREA & POPULATION OF DELHI

S.N Organisati Area Population Population

O. on (in Sq Km) (in Lacs) Density
2012 census (No.Per sq.
km.)
1 NCT 1484.46 180 12129
DELHI [Approx]
2 MCD 1399.26 173.2 12378
(94%) (96%)
3 EDMC 105.98 40.0 (22%) 37743
(7%)
4 SDMC 656.91 56.0 (31%) 8525
(44%)
5 NDMC 636.37 74.2 (43%) 13231
(43%)
 FACTS ABOUT DELHI
DELHI is the second largest City in the world
next to Tokyo
It serves an area of 1484.99 sq kms, over 18.0
million people in urban and rural Delhi.
Its reach covers :
Urban colonies 2750
Rural villages 192
Urbanised villages 135
75% of the colonies are unauthorised regularised
or unauthorised.
 Geography of Delhi
Situated on North west part of Country
Location Latitude 28.68N
Longitude 77.21E
Plain area Bangar (old alluvial plain),
Khadar (New Alluvial Plain)
Hills Southern Ridge
Central Ridge (Aravali Mountain)
Water StreamYamuna River
 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT
WATER SUPPLY Delhi Jal Board
SEWERAGE Delhi Jal Board
STORM WATER
MCDs FOR MCDs AREA
NDMC FOR ITS AREA
Delhi Cant. Board FOR ITS AREA
Irrigation and flood FOR DRAIN/NALLA
Control department Discharge > 1000 cusecs
Drains Outfalling in River Yamuna
NAJAFGARH DRAIN
MAGAZINE ROAD DRAIN
KHYBER PASS DRAIN
MORIGATE DRAIN
TONGA STAND DRAIN
DELHI GATE DRAIN
SEN NURSING HOME DRAIN
 ABOUT DRAINAGE
Existing master plan prepared in year 1976
Over 1500 Storm water drains to collect runoff during rainy
season
Total length Approx.1550 Km
Estimated quantity of silt is 5.50 lac cum
22 drains outfalling in river Yamuna.
Over 100 pumping stations for pumping out storm water
The design parameter for storm water drainage system is
1 cusec /acre
 PRESENT SCENARIO
No master plan of these drains with the current scenario
Drainage plan has been given least priority
Natural drainage system/courses disturbed
Unplanned and illegal urbanization causes damage to the
lining/ pitching of drains
Impervious surface increase lead to the increase in runoff
Inadequate design of drains causes lot of siltation due to less
self cleansing velocity.
Old drainage system
Lack of Awareness among the general public
 Drains Flooding - Reasoning
Uneven rainfall resulting in flash flooding
Average annual rainfall of Delhi 670 mm
Out of which 450 mm during monsoon period
200-250 mm rainfall in one day atleast once in
every monsoon resulting in flooding
Global Warming has resulted in unusual high
rainfalls and dry seasons recent examples are
rainfalls in Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam, Jaisalmer,
Delhi, Uttarkhand etc
 Existing Drainage Problems

Inadequate Access to
Drains makes day to
day maintenance
extremely difficult
Encroachments on
drain ROW
Solid Waste along
with plastic bags
going in drains/ that
chokes the drain
 Existing Drainage Problems
Contd.
Drainage System
designed for an intake
of 1.0 cusecs per acre
of catchment area in
the year 1977
With urbanization the
open areas and local
depressions have
depleted and runoff
has increased
considerably
 Existing Drainage Problems
Contd.
Inadequate Place for
Desilting
Untreated Sewage
going into drains
because not more than
50% of Delhi is
connected to Sewers
resulting in water
pollution in River
Yamuna and
imbalance in
environment
Existing Drainage Problems Contd.
Drains designed for
carrying storm water
runoff run full during
off season primarily
carrying sewage and
solid waste
Thereby drains cannot
carry surface runoff
during monsoons
resulting in overflows
and water logging
 Existing Drainage Problems
Contd.
Unauthorized
covering/
encroachment of
drains
Effluents from the
industries also flow
through the drains
 Existing Drainage Problems
Contd.
The sewage in the
drains becomes a
source of Public
Health problem and
also endangers
surface and sub
surface water sources
Water logging during
monsoon results in
increase in epidemics
Photograph of the drain showing the
inaccessibility and solid waste in the
drain
Photograph showing quality of storm
water and the Public health danger it
poses to the citizens
Photograph showing a big storm water
drain during off season
Services Passing Through Drains
Obstructing Flow
Service crossing through drains

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 Cleaning of drains difficult due to no
access or no space to keep sludge and silt
Culvert on the drain and see the solid waste
sewage water getting into the drains
 PROBLEMS
1. SEWAGE EFFLUENT IS FLOWING IN 90%
OF THE DRAINS. THIS IS BECAUSE ONLY
50 55 PERCENT AREA IS CURRENTLY
SEWERED
2. MAJOR DRAINS CONSTRUCTED LONG
BACK SO LINING/ PITCHING
DETERIORATED
3. DRAINS ALIGNMENT/CATCHMENT NOT
COVERING ENTIRE AREA
4. SECTIONS INADEQUATE
5. MALFUNCTIONING OF DRAINS IN THE
MONSOONS.
 PROBLEMS
6. SOLID WASTE AS WELL AS LITTER FROM
THE ROAD SIDE
7. COWDUNG ETC ALL FIND THEIR WAY INTO
THE STORM WATER DRAINS LITERRALY
CHOKING THEM.
8. DRY WEATHER FLOW IS ALMOST FULL,
THEREFORE THE CONDITION DURING RAINY
SEASON IS OF MAJOR CONCERN OF THE
AUTHORITIES
9. MULTIPLICITY OF AGENCIES- THE DRAINS
PASS THROUGH DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS
 PROBLEMS
10. ALL WASTE FINDS ITS WAY THROUGH THE NATURAL
DRAINAGE SLOPE INTO THE NEARBY DRAINS.
11. PROBLEM OF DESILTING IS ALSO ANOTHER MAJOR
OBSTACLE.
12. NO ACCESS APPROACH IS THERE , HENCE IT BECOMES
DIFFICULT TO CLEAN THEM, AGGRAVATING THE
PROBLEM
13. INTERMIXING OF SEWERAGE SYSTEM AND STORM
WATER FLOW
14. PROBLEM OF DESILTIN IS ALSO ANOTHER MAJOR
OBSTACLE.
15. NO ACCESS APPROACH IS THERE , HENCE IT
BECOMES DIFFICULT TO CLEAN THEM,
AGGRAVATING THE PROBLEM
 PROBLEMS
16. IN THE RURAL VILLAGES AND THE JJ CLUSTERS NO
SEWERAGE FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE.
17. 17.ALL WASTE FINDS ITS WAY THROUGH THE
NATURAL DRAINAGE SLOPE INTO THE NEARBY
DRAINS.
18. PROBLEM OF DESILTIN IS ALSO ANOTHER MAJOR
OBSTACLE.
19. DUE TO CONSTRUCTIONAL DEFECTS, SEWAGE
SETTLES DOWN AND THERE IS DANGER OF FOULING
IF DRAINS
 REMEDIAL MEASURES
1. Need to revise the current master plan
2. Identification of catchments area and laying
storm water drain on natural slope/ creation of
channel layout
3. Identification of flood plains and resettlement of
the habitation from it
4. Rain water harvesting to minimize surface runoff
5. Construction of sump well and pumping stations
at natural depression and vulnerable points
6. Remodeling of existing major drains
 Short Term Remedial Measures
Short term remedial measures include:
Repair/Improvement of drains at the broken
stretches
Lining of the drains at the critical sections to
facilitate water movement
Providing adequate cross section at critical points
Proper desilting by using best possible technology
 Short Term Remedial Measures
Identification and provision of MS gratings at
strategic points
Identify and provide the garbage disposal system
along the drains
Resolving institutional problems
Disconnecting Sewers discharging into Storm
Water drains by DJB
Shifting of services (like cables, pipes, sewers,
water lines etc.) passing through drains by
concerned agencies like NDPL, DJB, MTNL, etc.
Public awareness
 THE NEED
To formulate a drainage master plan for Delhi
To carry out a feasibility study for areas projects
which will be finally selected as the most urgent
targets of flood control and drainage system
To upgrade the technical capability of the staff
concerned
Augmentation of sewerage system
To delink the sewerage system and the storm
water drainage system
A core group need to be constituted comprising
the Officials of MCD, DJB, Flood control, PWD
for

Studying existing system

Prepare augmentation plan
Identifying Problems
Design of future drainage system
Identification and development of natural
courses