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NMCG approves Sewage Treatment Projects Worth Rs. 2100 Crore

April 8, 2017

In
a major push to Namami Gange programme, National Mission for
Clean Ganga has approved 26 projects at an estimated cost of Rs 2154.28 Crore.
This amount will be spent in the states of UP, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Delhi
for creation of new sewage treatment capacity of 188 Million Liters per Day
(MLD) (approx.), rehabilitation of 596 MLD of existing STP capacity,
upgradation of 30 MLD of existing STP capacity, Interception and Diversion
works and sewerage network of 145.05 km. The projects sanctioned are as under:

I.
Creation of new STP capacity and I&D works :

S.No

Name of the
project town

Project Cost
(Rs in Cr)

STP Capacity
(MLD)

Haridwar
(Jagjeetpur and Sarai)

273.37

Joshimath

48.43

3.78

Rudraprayag

13.15

0.525

Karnaprayag

12.09

0.15

Kirtinagar

4.23

0.6

Rishikesh

158.01

Muni Ki Reti

80.45

12.5

Chamoli,
Gopeshwar

61.63

4.37

Badrinath

18.24

1.01

Srinagar

22.51

Nandprayag

6.46

1.5

Ramana,
Varanasi

150.95

Rajmahal

50.23

3.5

Total

899.75

187.935

II.
Rehabilitation of existing STP
capacity:

S.No

Name
of the project town

Project
Cost (Rs in Cr)

STP
Capacity (MLD)

Jagjeetpur,Haridwar

14.60

Vrindavan

33.82

Okhla,
Delhi

665.78

564

Total

714.2

596

III.
Up gradation of existing STP
capacity:

S.No

Name
of the project town

Project
Cost (Rs in Cr)

STP
Capacity (MLD)

Tapovan,
Rishikesh

2.19

3.5

Uttarkashi

10.03

Sarai,Haridwar

9.63

Swargashram

4.52

Srinagar-Garhwal

15.41

3.5

Total

41.78

IV.
I&D Works :

S.No

Name
of the project town

Project
Cost (Rs in Cr.)

Jagjeetpur,
Zone A, B, C, D, E of Haridwar

85.14

Sarai,
Zone F in Haridwar

31.46

Total

116.6

V.
Sewerage Network:

S.No

Name
of the project town

Project
Cost (Rs in Cr)

Network
(Km)

Karmalichak,
Patna

277.42

96.54

Replacement
of rising mains in Kondli

59.13

8.14

Rising
main from Bharat Nagar
to Pitampura

45.40

6.16

Total

381.95

145.05

Under
Namami Gange Programme, 100% central funding is being made for new projects.
The completion of these projects will help in reducing the pollution load on
the river Ganga as discharge of untreated effluent is one of the major source
of pollution in river Ganga.

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