Symbolic Image Delhi Headlines Today – The Biggest Updates You Need to Know. New Delhi: The Delhi government will use nature-based solutions (NBS) to treat polluted water in various drains before it enters the Yamuna.

NBS is an environment-friendly initiative for pollution abatement that treats raw sewage on site. Under the initiative approved by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) last week, the government will use rock filters, stone masonry and aquatic plants for natural in-situ treatment of water in Shastri Park, Gaushala, Kailash Nagar and Ramesh Nagar drains. “This initiative will be taken apart from setting up new STPs and strengthening existing plants.

The success of the NBS approach in Delhi will be replicated in other cities in the times to come,” said an official from the Union Jal Shakti Ministry. The Environment Program defines NBS as actions aimed at protecting, conserving, restoring and sustainably managing natural or modified terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems in a manner that effectively and adaptively addresses social, economic and environmental challenges, as well as providing human well-being, ecosystem services, resilience and biodiversity benefits. The decision to deploy NBS measures for Delhi’s drains was taken last week by NMCG – a central nodal agency for implementing various river rejuvenation programs for the Ganga and the Ganga.

Its tributaries. NBS is considered the most cost-effective and sustainable way to restore the ecosystem.

This concept is not new to India as the government has been trying to promote it for the past few years and even the Union Budget 2023-24 has highlighted its importance. Subsequently, the government launched the Mangroves for Shoreline Habitats and Tangible Income (MISHTI) Initiative to promote and conserve mangroves as unique, natural ecosystems with very high biological productivity and carbon sequestration potential, besides serving as bio-shields.