India, Feb. 27 -- New Delhi

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will develop effluent treatment plants (ETPs) at dhobi ghats in areas under the civic body, and use treated water for horticulture, senior civic officials said. In the first phase, five plants with 20-70 kilolitres per day (kld) capacity will be set up, they said.

An NDMC official said that the treatment plants will be set up on Dhobi Ghat No 5 near Pt Pant Marg; Dhobi Ghat No 4 near Talkatora Road; Dhobi Ghat No 15 near South Avenue Lane; Ghat at Hailey Lane near Ugrasen Baoli and Ghat at Princess Park Part-II, near Bhagwan Das Road.

"These plants will be developed on public-private partnership (PPP) on hybrid annuity model," the official said.

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