India, Sept. 30 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate 19 projects related to the water and sewerage sector on Tuesday from the Keshopur sewage treatment plant (STP). These projects mostly involve the upgradation of existing STPs, laying new sewer lines under the 'Sewa Pakhwara' events, are constructed at a cost of Rs 1816.69 crore.
The inauguration of mega Okhla STP which was earlier in the list of events, touted to be Asia's largest such facility, has been postponed. According to a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) official, the main inauguration event will take place at Keshopur where the board is augmenting two of its existing STPs at the cost of Rs 504.12 crore. These plants will serve to the full sewage load of West Delhi catering to a...