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07/08/23 06:52 AM IST

Devika Rejuvenation Project Nearing Completion

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  • North India's first river rejuvenation project 'Devika' carried out at a cost of over Rs 190 crore is nearing completion.
Project Devika
  • Considered the sister of the sacred Ganga river, the Devika river originates from the hilly Suddha Mahadev temple in the Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir and flows down towards western Punjab (now in Pakistan) where it merges with the Ravi river.
  • The Devika project is nearing completion. Built at a cost of over Rs 190 crore on the lines of ‘Namami Gange’, the project was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  • This project has been included in the Government of India’s National River Conservation Project (NRCP).
  • The work to rejuvenate the Devika river started in March 2019 and was scheduled to be completed in two years but missed the deadline due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • As part of the rejuvenation project, liquid waste management work is being carried out by the Urban Environmental Engineering Department (UEED) by building a network of pipes and manholes.
  • The Rs 190 crore fund allotted for the project is being shared in the ratio of 90:10 by the Centre and the Union Territory respectively.
  • The project, inter alia, includes the construction of three sewage treatment plants of 8 MLD, 4 MLD and 1.6 MLD capacity, a sewerage network of 129.27 km, development of two cremation ghats, protection fencing and landscaping, small hydropower plants and three solar power plants.
Source- PIB

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