Category: Regulars

Hoshiarpur villages to get treated water for irrigation

Hoshiarpur villages to get treated water for irrigation

Punjab Soil and Water Conservation Minister Rana Gurjeet Singh on Friday laid the foundation stone of a project, which would provide treated water to irrigate 2,264 acres of land at a cost of Rs 11.10 crore. Kick-starting the construction of the project here at Piplanwali village, Rana Gurjeet Singh said the project would cater to the irrigation needs of seven villages by utilizing treated wastewater of Hoshiarpur city through underground pipeline systems. “This project will ensure round-the-year availability of water to the farmers. Treated water being rich in nutrients, will…

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Four sewage treatment plants in Patna to be made functional by March’ 22

Four sewage treatment plants in Patna to be made functional by March ’22

The four sewage treatment plants (STPs) at Beur, Karmalichak, Saidpur and Pahadi in Patna will be made functional by the end of the 2021-2022 financial year. Sewer networks are being laid to connect all the households to the STPs so that untreated water does not get discharged into the Ganga directly.The foundation for the plants, which have a capacity to treat200 million litres of wastewater per day, was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Mokama in Patna district in October 2017. According to sources, the wastewater will be treated…

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Ozonation plant being planned at Nashik’s Ramkund

The Nashik Municipal Smart City Development Corporation (NMSCDCL) is planning to use ozonation technology to treat the Godavari River water at Ramkund. A meeting between the smart city officials,Environmentalists and officials from a Nagpur-based private firm, which manufactures ozone generators used to treat sewage, were held on in October. The smart city officials have asked the firm to give demonstrations on the ozone plant that could be set up at Ramkund. The trials are likely to be conducted before municipal commissioner Kailas Jadhav and NMSCDCL CEO Sumant More. Rajesh Pandit,…

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UP govt sets up 104 sewage treatment plants, water quality in Ganga, other rivers improve

UP govt sets up 104 sewage treatment plants, water quality in Ganga, other rivers improve

The Uttar Pradesh government has set up 104 sewage treatment plants (STP) of 3,298.84 million liters daily (MLD) in the state in a bid to clean the major rivers including Ganga. The water quality in Ganga, Gomti, Saryu, Yamuna, and Rapti has improved significantly, according to the Uttar Pradesh government. The state government has said that drains flowing in the rivers have been plugged. Due to the reduction in the amount of filth, aquatic beings are healthier. With the removal of silt, surface cleaning of rivers has become possible. Diseases…

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Varanasi Gets Advanced Sewage Treatment Plant, Only Treated Water Will Now Fall into Ganga

Varanasi Gets Advanced Sewage Treatment Plant, Only Treated Water Will Now Fall into Ganga

With the aim to conserve and rejuvenate the river Ganga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Uttar Pradesh on Monday inaugurated a new state-of-the-art sewage treatment plant of 10 MLD capacity in Varanasi. According to the Ministry of Jal Shakti, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is ensuring that a wide network of sewage treatment plants is set up to tap the flow of dirty water into the Ganga, so as to ensure the “nirmalta” (cleanliness) and “aviralta” (easy flow) of the holy river. The Namami Gange…

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Delhi Jal Board to provide household water connection to all consumers in UT

Delhi Jal Board to provide household water connection to all consumers in UT

Water Minister Satyendra Jain and Delhi Jal Board have decided that it would provide household water connection to all the consumers that including laying water pipelines and installation of meters at consumers’ premises. The water minister also approved the project of installing a 20 MGD (Million Gallons per Day) RO plant at Okhla, as per the statement. He also approved the proposal of constituting a water and sewage committee for better coordination of government with the citizens of Delhi, according to the press statement. Water Minister Satyendar Jain agreed on…

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Rajasthan: 800 textile units in Barmer told to shut shop for polluting Luni

Rajasthan: 800 textile units in Barmer told to shut shop for polluting Luni

The Rajasthan Pollution Control Board (RPCB) had ordered the shutdown of more than 800 textile units in Balotara in Barmer district for releasing effluents into Luni River till the 18MLD reverse osmosis (RO) plant begins operations. The board has also taken serious note of the delay in starting of 18MLD reverse osmosis (RO) set up to process the effluents draining into the river. The board has warned strict action will be taken against the units that flout the order. Though the RO plant is almost ready, the carelessness of the…

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BMC revives desalination plant plan to meet Mumbai’s water needs

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to revive its plan to set up a desalination plant to turn seawater into potable water through reverse osmosis, in an effort to tackle the water crisis plaguing Mumbai due to uneven rainfall. BMC is in talks with an Israel-based company and, as per preliminary reports, the civic body is considering an area near the sea in Malad for the plant. The plant will have a capacity of 200 million litres daily (MLD), requiring about 25 acres. BMC plans to set up the…

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Tamil Nadu to add 10 effluent treatment plants

Tamil Nadu to add 10 effluent treatment plants

Common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) would be established in 10 locations in Erode and Namakkaldistricts to prevent discharge of effluents from industries into water bodies, minister for environment and climate change Siva V Meyyanathan informed the state assembly on Friday. The CETPs would be established with state and Central funding, Meyyanathan said in reply to the debate on demands for grants for various departments.The move is expected to prevent pollution of Cauvery in Erode and Namakkal districts. Scores of dyeing units are functioning along the banks of the river at…

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Delhi govt plans to boost capital’s water supply through RO plants

Delhi govt plans to boost capital’s water supply through RO plants

The Delhi government plans on augmenting water supply by setting up Reverse Osmosis (RO) water purification plants in areas where groundwater is not usable, at localities that depend on water tankers, and jhuggis.In the first phase of the project, five RO plants with a total capacity of 363 million liters per day (MLD) will be set up in a year. Small RO plants are also likely to come up in areas currently serviced by water tankers. The five RO plants will be at Okhla (136 MLD), Dwarka (68 MLD), Nilothi-Nangloi…

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