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Uttar Pradesh to get country's largest sewage treatment plant
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IANS
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government Wednesday announced it would set up the country's largest sewage treatment plant (STP) in the state capital.
With its cost estimated at approximately Rs.200 crore, work on the plant will start July 20. It is expected to be completed within a year.
Making a formal announcement, state advisory council chairman and Rajya Sabha MP Satish Chandra Mishra said that 120 hectares of land had been acquired for the purpose.
"The STP will have a capacity to treat 345 million litres effluents a day and all the drains leading to the Gomti river will be linked to the proposed STP," said Mishra. Orders have been issued to install iron gates at all the drains to block polythenes and other wastes, he added.
Earlier, Mishra, along with State Urban Development Minister Nakul Dubey, inspected the 12 km long stretch of Gomti river.
In 2003, a private company was engaged to clean the river. "Nearly Rs.2.5 crore was spent on this and only 4 km of the stretch was cleaned. But this time only Rs.1 million was spent on the clean Gomti drive, and it has been completed today, one week ahead of the target," Mishra said.
With its cost estimated at approximately Rs.200 crore, work on the plant will start July 20. It is expected to be completed within a year.
Making a formal announcement, state advisory council chairman and Rajya Sabha MP Satish Chandra Mishra said that 120 hectares of land had been acquired for the purpose.
"The STP will have a capacity to treat 345 million litres effluents a day and all the drains leading to the Gomti river will be linked to the proposed STP," said Mishra. Orders have been issued to install iron gates at all the drains to block polythenes and other wastes, he added.
Earlier, Mishra, along with State Urban Development Minister Nakul Dubey, inspected the 12 km long stretch of Gomti river.
In 2003, a private company was engaged to clean the river. "Nearly Rs.2.5 crore was spent on this and only 4 km of the stretch was cleaned. But this time only Rs.1 million was spent on the clean Gomti drive, and it has been completed today, one week ahead of the target," Mishra said.
Reader's comments(2)
1
In the next two to three decades, as India becomes a developed country, it will
become impossible to fill the jobs in the sewage industry (from collection to
transmission to processing to repair and maintenance). In the West, this is not
a problem as the plumbing trade (including the sewage disposal) offers well paid
jobs and people in general do not consider it below their dignity to do such
jobs. The solution for India is not to force sections of unwilling people to do
such jobs but to be inventive in developing advanced technologies to address a
potential situation.
become impossible to fill the jobs in the sewage industry (from collection to
transmission to processing to repair and maintenance). In the West, this is not
a problem as the plumbing trade (including the sewage disposal) offers well paid
jobs and people in general do not consider it below their dignity to do such
jobs. The solution for India is not to force sections of unwilling people to do
such jobs but to be inventive in developing advanced technologies to address a
potential situation.
Posted by:
Som Karamchetty, PHD
2
It is a welcome project to set up a sewage treatment plant. India should get
technology to treat sewage and to convert it to manure. Since such manure is not
recommended for food crops, it is used for lawns and flower gardens in the US.
Since India does not have lawns and Indians offer flowers in worship, India
should use such manure for raising bio-fuel crops. The reclaimed water from raw
sewage may also be used to raise bio-fuel crops instead of discharging it into
the sacred Gomti river.
technology to treat sewage and to convert it to manure. Since such manure is not
recommended for food crops, it is used for lawns and flower gardens in the US.
Since India does not have lawns and Indians offer flowers in worship, India
should use such manure for raising bio-fuel crops. The reclaimed water from raw
sewage may also be used to raise bio-fuel crops instead of discharging it into
the sacred Gomti river.
Posted by:
Som Karamchetty, PHD
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