New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) on Thursday held the forty seventh assembly of the Executive Committee of NMCG by which 9 initiatives value Rs 1278 crore had been authorized, in response to an official assertion.
Out of the 9 initiatives, seven pertain to the abatement of air pollution within the Ganga Basin and two to ghat improvement.
The assembly was held beneath the chairmanship of G. Asok Kumar, Director General, NMCG.
In the principle stem of River Ganga, a undertaking in West Bengal value Rs 123.02 crore was authorized for the creation of a 13 MLD STP and a 300 KLD decentralized STP at Chakdaha Municipal Town.
In Uttar Pradesh, three initiatives had been authorized value Rs 422 crore.
These embody a undertaking to intercept and divert 13 drains by augmenting the sewage therapy capability of Salori STP by 43 MLD in Prayagraj.
The development of 1 20 KLD faecal sludge co-treatment facility can also be a part of this undertaking.
Another undertaking in Uttar Pradesh pertains to the rejuvenation of River Kali East by the event of an in-situ Constructed Wetland System at eight places in Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Hapur and Bulandshahar was authorized costing Rs 95.47 crore.
The wetland development consists of creating preparations for horizontal and vertical filtration by growing oxidation, filtration segments in addition to plantation contained in the waterway at one location.
The advantage of the methodology to be adopted isn’t any change within the morphology of the river and no obstruction within the waterway through the flood.
For ghat improvement, one undertaking value Rs 2.84 crore was authorized for Nageshwar Dham Ashram ghat in Fatehpur.
A undertaking for the event of two Sewage Treatment Plants (10.91 MLD and 10.66 MLD) for air pollution abatement in River Ganga at an estimated price of Rs 94.12 crore was authorized for Lakhisarai city in Bihar.
For ghat improvement in Bihar, one undertaking for the event of Atal Ghat Manjhi, Saran, Bihar was additionally given a go-ahead at an estimated price of Rs 10.04 crore.
Atal Ghat undertaking contains the event of the ghat space for bathing, amenities, house for Pooja and different non secular actions, consuming water factors, flood lights for the evening, a spot for ‘shraad’ pooja and ‘mundan’, landscaping and moist and dry dustbins for segregation of waste on the supply.
Two initiatives had been positioned earlier than the Executive Committee for Madhya Pradesh for approval, out of which a significant undertaking costing Rs 511.15 crore was authorized to abate air pollution in Rivers Kahn and Saraswati in Indore.
The undertaking envisages the development of two STPs of 120 MLD, 40 MLD and 35 MLD capacities.
An necessary element of this undertaking is the creation of the handled water reuse community with 120 MLD and 35 MLD capability STPs.
Another proposed undertaking in Madhya Pradesh was for the development of a 22 MLD STP and a pair of.35 MLD Effluent Treatment Plant in Ujjain city at an estimated price of Rs 92.78 crore for air pollution abatement in River Kshipra. This undertaking, nonetheless, was referred to for additional clarification.
For the monitoring of commercial air pollution, a undertaking titled ‘Pollution Inventorization, Assessment and Surveillance on River Ganga Basin (PIAS) piloted by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) had been authorized at an estimated price of Rs 114.42 crore.
The undertaking envisages annual updation of stock, annual inspection of Gross Polluting Industries (GPIs) by a Third Party, annual inspection of GPI by CPCB, monitoring of Recipient Drains of ExtremelyPolluting Industries and Industrial Clusters, monitoring of drains, monitoring of STPs, monitoring of CETPs, Online Continuous Emission MonitoringSystem (OCEMS) /Dashboard/IT portal.
A primary-of-its-kind undertaking titled ‘Survey, Investigation for Rejuvenation and Conservation of Shahdara Drain with nature-based therapy – Soil Biotechnology (SBT) was additionally authorized value Rs 1.9 crore. The undertaking envisages drone survey, bathymetric survey, area survey/knowledge assortment and investigation of Inlet Drain Discharge, Water Quality and Testing and Soil/Sludge Properties.
Himansu Badoni, Executive Director (Projects), NMCG, S.P. Vashishtha, Executive Director (Admin.), NMCG, Bhaskar Dasgupta, Executive Director (Finance), NMCG, D.P. Mathuria, Executive Director (Technical), NMCG, Richa Misra, Joint Secretary and Financial Advisor, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, senior officers from the states involved additionally attended the assembly. (ANI)