Gurugram to lay 8 km sewer network in Sectors 77-80

The Haryana government has approved a Rs 19 crore project to build a master sewerage network across Gurugram’s Sectors 77 to 80, where rapid residential development has outpaced civic infrastructure.

The project involves laying nearly 8 km of sewer lines ranging from 600 mm to 1,200 mm in diameter, along with manholes and other supporting infrastructure.

The proposal was cleared at the 10th meeting of the High-Powered Works Purchase Committee, chaired by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini in Chandigarh on Monday.

However, residents in the four sectors may have to wait up to two years before the new sewerage network becomes operational.

The project is intended to address a long-standing problem in the New Gurgaon belt, where several residential societies are occupied but do not yet have access to a complete master sewer network.

In the absence of permanent connectivity, some housing societies depend on private tankers to transport sewage. Untreated wastewater has also been reported entering open drains and vacant plots.

Residents have raised concerns about foul odour, mosquito breeding and the risk of groundwater contamination. During the monsoon, wastewater from temporary disposal arrangements can overflow onto roads and surrounding areas.

Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) CEO PC Meena said the authority was expanding the city’s sewerage network in phases to meet existing and future requirements.

“With the approval of the Sectors 77-80 project, sewerage connectivity in New Gurgaon will be further strengthened,” Meena said.

According to GMDA, sewer lines in Sectors 1 to 57 have already been laid and are operational, while work in Sectors 58 to 67 has also been completed.

Work in Sectors 68 to 76 is under way and is targeted for completion by June 2027. Sewerage works in Sectors 104 to 115 are being executed separately and are scheduled for completion by March 2027.

In neighbouring Sectors 81 to 103, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran is laying sewer lines. Around 25 km of lines in Sectors 81 to 87 has been completed and handed over to GMDA, although about 1,700 metres remains incomplete at some locations due to litigation.

The authority has also been asked to explore alternative alignments wherever feasible.

The new Sectors 77-80 network will require adequate sewage-treatment capacity. GMDA is upgrading existing sewage treatment plants at Behrampur and Dhanwapur and developing new STPs at Naurangpur and Sector 107 to handle the city’s growing sewage load.