Patna soon to have 100% Sewage Traetment Capacity

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Patna: Patna will soon be amongst the few major cities along river Ganga to have 100 percent sewage treatment capacity to ensure that no waste water gets discharged into the river. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has put in place a comprehensive sewage management plan for the city, that will replace its existing, defunct system with one that will take care of its sewage treatment requirements till 2035.

The existing Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in Patna have long outlived their utility. The old sewer lines are choked, so waste water cannot flow into the STPs for treatment.  As a result the STPs are lying defunct and sewage is getting discharged into the river.

In order to revamp the sewage management system in the city, NMCG has approved eleven projects worth Rs 3,582.41 crore that will involve laying down 1,140.26 km of sewerage lines and create sewage treatment capacity of 350 MLD. This would cover the sewage treatment requirements of the city upto 2035, when its sewage generation is estimated to be 320 MLD. The new system will also cover Digha and Kankarbagh sewerage zones which have no existing treatment facility so far.  Once these projects are completed, Patna will be amongst the few cities having 100 % sewage treatment capacity, according to a recent PIB release.

PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for four awarded sewerage projects costing Rs 738.04 crore on October 14, 2017. The ceremony took place at Mokama. These four projects together will create new STP capacity of 120 MLD and upgrade the existing 20 MLD for Beur, Karmalichak and Saidpur sewerage zones. This will also lay down sewer network of 234.84 km in Beur and Saidpur zones.

Seven other sewerage projects are at various stages of implementation of which two – Digha and Kankarbagh sewerage zones – worth Rs 1,402.89 crore are sanctioned under Hybrid Annuity-based PPP mode. Sewer network works for two zones – Karmalichak and Saidpur zones – worth Rs 708.63 crore will be awarded soon whereas three more projects in Pahari zone to create 60 MLD STP capacity and lay down sewer network of 198.38 km costing Rs 732.85 are under implementation.