India, Jan. 9 -- The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it has intercepted and diverted sewage from 10 out of 43 identified drains that were polluting the Barapullah drain. Work to similarly "trap" another 25 drains is targeted for completion by June 30, 2026.

In a new status report submitted to the green court on January 1, DJB said that work on setting up 34 new decentralised STPs to handle Delhi's sewage waste is also in progress, with 13 of these expected to be completed by the end of next year and the remainder by the end of 2028.

The process of "trapping" involves containing all pollutants from a drain and diverting the flow to a sewage treatment plant (STP) instead of letting it discharge in...