India, Sept. 19 -- Several major infrastructure projects are set to be launched over the next week, ranging from the long-awaited drainage master plan to new mobility and safety infrastructure, officials from the Public Works Department (PWD) said on Thursday.

The capital's new drainage master plan, drafted after 50 years, will be unveiled on Friday. The plan, finalised after multiple failed attempts since 2009, is designed to address Delhi's recurring waterlogging woes and make the city's storm water management system resilient.

Officials said the 1976 plan that is still in use was prepared for a city of 60 lakh people. "The new plan factors in a population of 2.5 crore, climate change impacts, and extreme rainfall events," an official...