Mission For Clean Ganga: Rs 2,700 Crore Sewerage Treatment Projects Approved For Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand And Bengal

The 46th meeting of the executive committee of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) approved sewerage infrastructure projects worth more than Rs 2,700 crore.

These projects are planned in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. Afforestation Programme for the year 2022-23 for Uttarakhand and Bihar were also approved at an estimated cost of Rs 42.8 crore.

In West Bengal, a big project for rejuvenation of River Adi Ganga, a tributary of Ganga, in Kolkata was approved at an estimated cost of Rs 653.67 crore.

It includes construction of three Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) of ten Million Litres per Day (MLD), 11.60 MLD and 3.5 MLD capacities, respectively.

In Uttar Pradesh, a total of three projects were approved. It includes a project pertaining to development of sewerage infrastructure in Prayagraj costing Rs 475.19 crore.

The Prayagraj project envisages construction of 90 MLD STP along with 20 KLD (kilo litres per day) Faecal Sludge co-treatment facility and effluent station of 90 MLD, interception and diversion works etc.

Two other projects approved in Uttar Pradesh includes construction of a 50 MLD STP, I&D works etc. at an estimated cost of Rs 264.67 crore at Lucknow for River Gomti and 24 MLD STP, I&D works etc. at Hathras town for Rivers Sengar and Karwan costing Rs 128.91 crore.

In Bihar, one project each for Daudnagar and Motihari towns have been approved at estimated costs of Rs 42.25 crore and Rs 149.15 crore respectively.

For Daudnagar, construction of a 10.50 MLD STP along with I&D works and for Motihari, four STPs of 4.6, 6.3, 5.8, 6.3 MLD capacities and I&D works etc. is envisaged. Also in Bihar, four projects of cost enhancement were approved. 

In Jharkhand, the approved projects include construction of five STPs of total 192 MLD capacity (18+21+75+60+18), interception and diversion and other works at an estimated cost of Rs 808.33 crore in Dhanbad town.

This project is for pollution abatement in River Damodar, an important tributary of River Ganga and aims to tap all the drains falling into Damodar from the town, which indirectly pollutes River Ganga. With the approval of this project, all projects required for abatement of pollution in River Damodar in Jharkhand have been approved.