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Rajasthan: 800 textile units in Barmer told to shut shop for polluting Luni

Rajasthan: 800 textile units in Barmer told to shut shop for polluting Luni

The Rajasthan Pollution Control Board (RPCB) had ordered the shutdown of more than 800 textile units in Balotara in Barmer district for releasing effluents into Luni River till the 18MLD reverse osmosis (RO) plant begins operations. The board has also taken serious note of the delay in starting of 18MLD reverse osmosis (RO) set up to process the effluents draining into the river. The board has warned strict action will be taken against the units that flout the order. Though the RO plant is almost ready, the carelessness of the…

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BMC revives desalination plant plan to meet Mumbai’s water needs

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to revive its plan to set up a desalination plant to turn seawater into potable water through reverse osmosis, in an effort to tackle the water crisis plaguing Mumbai due to uneven rainfall. BMC is in talks with an Israel-based company and, as per preliminary reports, the civic body is considering an area near the sea in Malad for the plant. The plant will have a capacity of 200 million litres daily (MLD), requiring about 25 acres. BMC plans to set up the…

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Tamil Nadu to add 10 effluent treatment plants

Tamil Nadu to add 10 effluent treatment plants

Common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) would be established in 10 locations in Erode and Namakkaldistricts to prevent discharge of effluents from industries into water bodies, minister for environment and climate change Siva V Meyyanathan informed the state assembly on Friday. The CETPs would be established with state and Central funding, Meyyanathan said in reply to the debate on demands for grants for various departments.The move is expected to prevent pollution of Cauvery in Erode and Namakkal districts. Scores of dyeing units are functioning along the banks of the river at…

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Delhi govt plans to boost capital’s water supply through RO plants

Delhi govt plans to boost capital’s water supply through RO plants

The Delhi government plans on augmenting water supply by setting up Reverse Osmosis (RO) water purification plants in areas where groundwater is not usable, at localities that depend on water tankers, and jhuggis.In the first phase of the project, five RO plants with a total capacity of 363 million liters per day (MLD) will be set up in a year. Small RO plants are also likely to come up in areas currently serviced by water tankers. The five RO plants will be at Okhla (136 MLD), Dwarka (68 MLD), Nilothi-Nangloi…

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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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