NMCG clears sewage projects for Bihar and UP

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New Delhi : The Executive Committee of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) at its 4th meeting held here on July 31, 2017, approved seven projects worth Rs 425 crore in the sector of sewage infrastructure, Ghat development and research.
In sewage sector, three projects each in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have been approved. For Uttar Pradesh, interception, diversion and Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) projects for Unnao, Shuklaganj and Ramnagar have been approved. These three projects aim at creation of sewage treatment capacity of 29 Million Litres Per Day (MLD) – Unnao- 13 MLD, Shuklaganj- six MLD and Ramnagar- ten MLD-  at a cost of Rs 238.64 crore.
In Bihar, three projects at Sultanganj, Naugachia and Mokama at an estimated cost of Rs 175 crore have been approved. These three projects will create additional sewage treatment capacity of 27 MLD (Sultanganj- ten MLD, Mokama- eight MLD and Naugachia- nine MLD), according to a PIB release.
All the six projects will be provided with Operation and Maintenance cost for 15 years by Central government and 100 per cent central assistance. It may be mentioned here that Unnao and Sultanganj projects will be taken up under Hybrid Annuity based PPP model in which 60% of the capital cost will be paid to the contractor who has constructed the STP over a period of 15 years on the basis of his work performance on the achievement of desired norms of treated waste water, according to a PIB release.

A research study to understand the non-putrefying properties of river Ganga in both water and sediment was also approved at an estimated cost of Rs 4.96 crore. 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 water.