Uttarakhand: Centre sanctions 36 Sewage Treatment Plants under 'Namami Gange' project

central government in one of its flagship projects, 'Namami Gange', has sanctioned 36 Sew Treatment Plants (STPs) in Uttarakhand so far, in a bid to clean India's biggest river. It's important to te that in order to rejuvenate Ganga, concept of STP is critical. To improve water quality of Ganga, it's necessary to prevent untreated wastewater of drains from joining river by intercepting those having ir outfalls in Ganga, and divert m through sewers to Sew Treatment Plants (STPs)  to make sure only treated sew is discharged into Ganga.

Centre thus far has approved 364 projects worth Rs 30,853 crore under 'Namami gange' mission, out of which 183 projects have been completed.

key projects include interventions to divert major drains towards STPs than allowing m to directly flow into Ganga reby polluting river.  

Enhancing capacities of Sewer network

In Uttarakhand, capacity of 184-km sewer network was upgraded by setting up 36 STPs costing Rs 1,373 crore, with a capacity to treat 195 million litres per day (MLD). A total of 34 projects have been completed so far and two projects will also be commissioned soon.  

"We have w attained a very high quality of purification of water so re is sew going into Uttarakhand sector and it is much beyond standards in Uttarakhand. We intend to keep pristine river flow continuously as a part of 'aviraldhara'. And, government of India has also been very sensitive to eco-sensitive zones in those areas. We as are committed to ensuring that pristine water flows in Uttarakhand and to a large extent we have achieved it also," said NMCG director G Asok Kumar.

One of STPs has been deployed in Chamoli district, which recorded a surge in untreated wast in last few years. It w has a 1.12 MLD STP in Gopeshwar. plant runs on technique of electric coagulation.    

"Sew which was earlier flowing directly into river is w being treated with help of 1.12 MLD STP as Deendayal Park STP at Gopeshwar. This plant is based on electro-coagulation where with help of adine and cathodine process," said Uttarakhand Pey Jal Nigam dal Officer Jagdish Kanderi.

Six STPs have also been installed at Rudraprayag, which has adopted system of electro-coagulation system, which separates wastewater with help of adyne and cathodyne processes.

Im: ANI