CETP project to Kanpur water pollution

In the 9th Executive Committee meeting of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved on 22 Feb 2018 projects worth nearly Rs.4,000 crore including a 20 MLD Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) for tannery cluster at Jajmau in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

The 3-phase CETP project, of about Rs.629 crore, includes pre-treatment unit in 380 individual tannery units, a 20 CETP with physical, biological and tertiary treatment, installation of Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD)-based pilot plant of 200 KLD capacity among other components.

The central share of this project is Rs.472 crore.

The project is a major step in controlling pollution from Kanpur industrial flowing into Ganga.

The project will be executed by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) – Jajmau Tannery Effluent Treatment Association.

Another Kanpur project, costing Rs.967.23 crore, is for rehabilitation and integration of sewage treatment infrastructure in Jajmau, Bingawan, Sajari zones under Hybrid Annuity-PPP mode.

The project also includes construction of a 30 MLD STP at Pankha. The central government will do capital investment and 15 years Operation and Maintenance.

In Allahabad, a Rs.904 crore project has been approved for rehabilitation and integration of sewage treatment infrastructure in Naini, Salori, Numayadahi, Rajapur, Ponghat, Kodra sewerage zones under Hybrid Annuity-PPP mode.

An online monitoring system for all STPs and SPS for proper implementation has also been approved. The central government will do capital investment and 15 years Operation and Maintenance.

Also approved is Rs.410 crore project of in-situ/ex-situ bio-remediation treatment of drains going into river Ganga.

Twenty drains are to be rehabilitated in the first phase of the project.

Garden Reach STP (57 MLD) and Keorapukur STP (50 MLD) in West Bengal will rehabilitated with Operation & Maintenance of 15 years under Hybrid Annuity. It is estimated cost of Rs.165.16 crore. The central government will do capital investment and 15 years Operation and Maintenance.

Besides, approvals have been revised for three sewage infrastructure projects in Begusarai, Hajipur and Munger in Bihar. These are to cost of Rs.230.06 crore, Rs.305.18 crore and Rs. 294.02 crore, respectively.

The central share in these three projects is Rs.161.04 crore, Rs.213.63 crore and Rs.205.81 crore, respectively. The central government will do capital investment and 15 years Operation and Maintenance. fii-news.com