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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday announced a scheme in which people in unauthorised colonies can get their septic tanks cleaned for free. There are around 1,700 unauthorised colonies in Delhi and around 430 have sewer lines. The Delhi government will get the septic tanks cleaned for free, he said. He said the government will hire an agency to clean the septic tanks in unauthorised colonies and a tender will be floated within a month. DJB trucks will collect the sludge from these septic tanks and take it to sewage treatment plants..