India, Sept. 20 -- After decades of delay, abandoned drafts and monsoon chaos, the Delhi Government on Friday unveiled a new Drainage Master Plan - a landmark blueprint designed to solve the national Capital's recurring urban flooding and waterlogging issues for the next 30 years. This comes nearly half a century after the last one was prepared in 1976.
The drainage master plan has divided the city into three basins - Najafgarh Basin, Barapullah Basin and Trans-Yamuna Basin - and hired consultants to redesign the drainage network, at an approximate cost of '57,362. 85 crore. The Najafgarh basin, which covers nearly 918 sq km, will require '33,499.15 crore while the Barapullah basin (376 sq km) will need '14,546.76 crore.
The overhaul of t...