Tag: Yamuna

New panel to observe nature of industrial discharge, says Haryana chief secretary

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A joint committee of officers from various departments and the state pollution control board will be set up to observe the nature of effluents discharged from various industrial setups, said Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal. The step is being taken to treat the waste according to the nature of the discharge. The committee will include officers from the Haryana State Pollution Control Board, Haryana State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation, urban local bodies and the Public Health Engineering department. Kaushal was presiding over a meeting here regarding pollution in the…

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

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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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