Sewage treatment plants for UP and Bihar.

The Executive Committee of National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved seven projects worth Rs.425 crore for sewage infrastructure, Ghat development and research.

The first three approved projects are for interception, diversion and Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao, Shuklaganj and Ramnagar.

The three projects aim at creation of sewage treatment capacity of 29 MLD (Unnao- 13 MLD, Shuklaganj- six MLD and Ramnagar- ten MLD) at a total cost of Rs.238.64 crore.

The three projects, costing Rs.175 crore have been approved for Sultanganj, Naugachia and Mokama in Bihar.

These projects will create additional sewage treatment capacity of 27 MLD (Sultanganj- ten MLD, Mokama- eight MLD and Naugachia- nine MLD).

All the six projects will be provided with Operation and Maintenance cost for 15 years by Central Government with 100 per cent central assistance.

The Unnao and Sultanganj projects will be taken up under Hybrid Annuity based on Public Private Project (PPP) model in which 60 per cent of the capital cost will be paid to the STP contractor over a period of 15 years on the basis of his work performance on the achievement of desired norms of treated waste water.

The committee has approved Rs.4.96 crore for research study to understand non-putrefying properties of river Ganga in both water and sediment.

The study will be an extension of a research carried out by National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to identify the special properties of river’s waters.

This research would focus on finding out the science behind these special properties in order to formulate a strategy to retain these characteristics, said a government release on 31 July 2017. fii-news.com