Category: Regulars

Vijayawada: Eight sewage treatment plants to be renovated to reduce pollution

Vijayawada: Eight sewage treatment plants to be renovated to reduce pollution

To reduce pollution levels under its ambit, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) is exploring possibilities to renovate eight sewage treatment plants (STPs). According to VMC officials, Vijayawada is one of the 28 cities in the country to have been selected for the Swachh Bharat Mission by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).As part of it, the city was selected as a pilot project and was one among the five cities in the country under the Sustainable City category. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has released norms asking the VMC…

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Work begins on INR166-crore sewage treatment plant at Fort Kochi in Kerala

Work begins on INR166-crore sewage treatment plant at Fort Kochi in Kerala

Cochin Smart Mission Limited (CSML) began work on the ₹166-crore vacuum sewer network and treatment plant at Fort Kochi on Monday, after over 18 months of teething troubles in kick-starting work owing to opposition from a section of residents. The work began with the help of the district administration, amid a security blanket provided by the police.The 6.50 million liters per day (MLD) Vacuum Sewer Network System (collecting system) and Plant (treatment plant), which will be established in a 45-cent plot near the Fort Kochi Taluk Hospital, will treat sewage…

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Work on Dahisar, Oshiwara Rivers to begin, and BMC to award contracts

The BMC project for the rejuvenation of the Dahisar and Oshiwara rivers is set to take off after the finalization of contractors. The Rs 1,000-crore project is expected to be completed in the next three years.Proposals of awarding contracts for rejuvenation of Dahisar and Oshiwara-Walbhut rivers will be tabled before the BMC Standing Committee for approval. The work includes the construction of sewage treatment plants (STPs) at the bank of both rivers, laying of sewer and stormwater drain lines, construction of interceptors to prevent sewage discharge if sewer lines are…

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Record 80m rural households have piped drinking water under Jal Jeevan Mission

Record 80m rural households have piped drinking water under Jal Jeevan Mission

Official data show there has been a four-fold increase in the rate at which functional piped water is being provided to households in India’s 117 so-called aspirational districts, home to some of the poorest Indians, overtaking the pace at which piped water is bring provided nationally under the flagship Jal Jeevan Mission.Over a third of all households in aspirational and Japanese-encephalitis-endemic districts of the country now have piped water under the Mission. According to Niti Aayog’s classification, aspirational districts are those with a lower than the national average of socio-economic…

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Telangana Govt Sanctions Rs 5,000 Crore to make Hyderabad India’s First City to Treat 100 Percent Sewage

Telangana Govt Sanctions Rs 5,000 Crore to make Hyderabad India’s First City to Treat 100 Percent Sewage

In a step that would make Hyderabad the first city in the country to treat 100 percent of its sewage, the Telangana government on Thursday (23 September) approved two mega projects worth over Rs 5,000 crore to undertake drinking water and sewerage works within Greater Hyderabad limits.The two projects include establishing 31 Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs), in addition to the existing 25 STPs, at an estimated cost of Rs 3,866 crore, constructing additional service reservoirs for 137 MLD, and laying a new pipelines network at Rs 1,200 crore.

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Three sewage treatment plants at Katihar soon

Three sewage treatment plants at Katihar soon

The bidding process for the construction of storm drains and three outfalls to end the perennial problem of waterlogging in the town, especially during the monsoon, is likely to start soon. The project, according to the district administration, entails an expenditure of Rs 193 crore.Katihar DM Udayan, who is also officiating as the administrator of the municipal corporation, said three sewage treatment plants would be constructed in the town. “The project will be executed in three different phases in three years, keeping in mind the onset of monsoon. We are…

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India supplies install 1500 hand pumps in Cambodia for augmentation of rural water supply

India supplies, installs 1500 hand pumps in Cambodia for augmentation of rural water supply

A virtual ceremony to hand over the final phase of the Project for “Supply and installation of 1500 hand pumps for augmentation of Rural Water Supply in Cambodia” was held on 27th September. The ceremony was presided over by India’s Minister of State of External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh and Cambodian Minister of Rural Development Dr. Ouk Rabun. The implementation of the project was financed by the Government of India through a 100 percent grant. This entailed supply and installation of 1500 hand pumps in 2 Provinces of Cambodia, namely…

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18% GST on treated sewage water for industrial use

18% GST on treated sewage water for industrial use

The Maharashtra Authority of Advance Rulings has said purified or treated sewage water for industrial use will be charged goods and service tax at18%, triggering yet another classification issue as natural water is tax-exempt.The authority has reasoned that the treated water here is purified water. It is used within the applicant’s factory – Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers Ltd in this case – and the excess is sold to Bharat Petroleum for industrial use.

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India’s biggest sewage plant in Delhi to be ready by 2022-end

India’s biggest sewage plant in Delhi to be ready by 2022-end

NEW DELHI: Delhi will soon get India’s Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Okhla, which will be able to treat 564 million liters per day (MLD) of sewage and wastewater. Water minister and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) chairman Satyender Jain visited the construction site of the project that is expected to be completed by 2022-end.Once completed, the STP will be able to help trap a large chunk of sewage currently flowing into the Yamuna and can treat sewage to biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and total suspended solids (TSS) levels of 10…

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