India, Dec. 31 -- The New Delhi Municipal Council has initiated the process to set up five new sewage treatment plants on a public-private partnership basis to meet its water requirements for horticulture, senior civic officials said on Tuesday.

The five STPs will come up at Nehru Park, near the intersection of Ashoka Road and Rajendra Prasad Road, Bharti Nagar, the INA Metro station and the Bapu Dham housing complex. Officials said four of the plants will supply around 500 kilolitres per day of treated water each for gardens, while the Bapu Dham unit will be smaller with a capacity of 250 KLD.

"Together these five units will supply around 2250 kilolitres of water daily. Several of our borewells have been closed down after the NGT order...