India, May 2 -- A project for tapping of seven untapped drains flowing into and polluting river Hindon in Ghaziabad is being revised and would now require funds from the Centre's Namami Gange Programme.

Officials of UP Jal Nigam, agency preparing a revised detailed project report (DPR), said that the initial DPR was of about Rs.422 crore while the project as per revised DPR estimates may involve a cost of about Rs.650 crore.

Overall, there are nine untapped drains flowing intor Hindon under the municipal corporation area namely -- the Karhera drain, Arthala drain, Kaila Bhatta drain, Nandgram drain, Hindon Vihar drain, city forest drain, Sarvodaya (Pratap Vihar) drain, Rahul Vihar drain, and Dasna drain.

Together, these drains have an ...