ZIRAKPUR WOULD BE DEVELOPED AS NEXT IT HUB OF COUNTRY-SUKHBIR BADAL

Sewerage Treatment Plant at Singhpura inaugurated

Widening work of Zirakpur-Patiala Highway would be started by next year starting: Sukhbir

Punjab will get surplus power state in the country 

by the end of this year: Sukhbir

ZIRAKPUR, SEPTEMBER 27:

The widening work of Zirakpur-Patiala Highway would be started from January 2014. This was disclosed by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal while inaugurating a sewerage treatment plant at Singhpura village here today.

The sewerage treatment plant has been set up at Singhpura village and around Rs 15 crore (approx) has been spent on it.

However, it was in controversies for long time as the MC failed to get the land for it. It was only finalizsed after the efforts of Dera Bassi MLA NK Sharma, the MC handed over the land to sewerage and water supply board in September 2011.

Addressing the gathering, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal announced that Zirakpur would be developed as next IT Hub of the country and a separate Electronic Industrial Cluster would also be created here.

Badal said that Mohali would be developed as one of the model district in the state, where IT and Electronics hubs would be set up. He said a total 600 acres land has been identified, where IT Hub would be established. He said that these initiatives of Punjab Government would fetch new investments in future besides securing employability for youth. Badal said that with the setting up of IT Hub at Zirakpur more than 1.5 lakh job opportunities would be there.

He said the contract of road widening would be allotted to new contractor after the completion of the process.

Badal said that Punjab has fixed a target of Rs. 10 lakh crore investments in coming years. He said that under this target, a delegation of state government led by him would visit different industrial capitals of country to educate and make aware the industrial giants about the attractive industrial policy launched by state government. He said that the delegation would leave for Bengaluru to organize a road show, where hundreds of industrial giants would participate.

 Sukhbir Badal said that Zirakpur will get sub-tehsil status after getting nod from cabinet, for this work has started. The bus terminal would be opened for public soon, he added. The deputy CM said the Punjab would be power surplus by end of this year.

Criticising congress led UPA Government at center, Badal said time has come to wipe out worlds’ most corrupt Congress led UPA Government, which was leading by a ‘weak’ Prime Minister. He said that UPA has badly failed on all fronts, which should be thrown out of power in the interests of country. He asked the electorates to elect Narendra Modi to save the country from corruption, scams etc.

MLA Dera Bassi and CPS NK Sharma, Akali leader Deepinder Singh Dhillon and other akali leaders were present at the occasion.

ZIRAKPUR SEWERAGE TREATMENT PLANT

 Sukhbir Badal to inaugurate sewerage treatment plant

Finally, the Zirakpur Municipal Council will get its sewerage treatment plant (STP) on Friday. The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal to inaugurate it.

The sewerage treatment plant has been set up at Singhpura village and around Rs 15 crore (approx) has been spent on it. However, it was in controversies for long time as the MC failed to get the land for it. It was only finalizsed after the efforts of Dera Bassi MLA NK Sharma, the MC handed over the land to sewerage and water supply board in September 2011.

Now, the sewage water generated from the urban conglomerate will be discharged in Sukhna Choe temporarily after treating from STP. Later, the treated water would be used for irrigation in the fields as per project would be set by the concerned department.

ZIRAKPUR, OCTOBER 3, 2008

Zirakpur to get sewerage treatment plant
Rajiv Bhatia

The civic amenities in Zirakpur are in for a facelift. As a step in this direction, a sewerage treatment plant is being installed here.

Official sources informed TNS that a grant of Rs 18 crore has been sanctioned for the sewerage treatment plant (STP) by the central government and the state government under the Urban Infrastructure and Development of Small and Medium Town (UIDSMT) scheme.

The town, known for its upcoming malls and real-estate business, is now moving towards urbanisation. This rapid urbanisation has now prodded the Zirakpur MC to set up a sewerage treatment plant in Singhpura village. The plant is scheduled to be commissioned in the next two years and will be built on 5 acre, near Singhpura village.

Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, executive officer of Zirakpur municipal council R.K. Mittal said the initial sum of Rs 16.79 crore has already been released by the Government of India under the UIDSMT scheme. The state government, too, has declared the grant for the same.

Mittal said the plant would be constructed under extended aeration technology. The plant would provide sewerage treatment facility to all areas in the periphery of Zirakpur.

Zirakpur municipal council president Narinder Kumar Sharma said other than solving the problem of water pollution, it would also help the farmers of the area as the water from the plant could be used for the irrigation purpose.

SDO, water and sewerage supply, R.K. Goyal confirmed that the treatment plant would be constructed under extended aeration technology that would process 17.3 million litres per day. “We had decided to invite the tenders for the treatment plant that would be open on October 23,” he added.

ZIRAKPUR, NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Sewerage treatment plant a distant dream
Rajiv Bhatia
Tribune News Service

Despite massive urbanisation followed by a heavy influx of population, Zirakpur Municipal Council (MC) has failed to put in place a sewerage treatment plant. As a result, 2.5 million gallons (approx) a day of sewage generated from the urban conglomerate is being discharged in Sukhna Choe.

The MC has already spent lakhs of rupees to lay sewerage network across Zirakpur. But in absence of the sewerage treatment plant, the untreated sewage is polluting Sukhna Choe. Sources say that MC had failed to handover the land to Punjab Sewerage Board to set up the Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP).

Recently, the Punjab Pollution Control Board had asked the MC to set up a sewerage treatment plant and set the deadline for its construction till March 2011. The board had also asked the MC that if they failed to meet the deadline it would have to pay Rs 2 lakh bank guarantee for an extension.

“The sewerage laying work is being carried out by Punjab Sewerage Department and around 85 per cent work has been completed. However, the council failed to hand over the land to the sewerage board for setting up the STP and till now the water is being released into Sukhna Choe,” said an official of the sewerage department.

MC sources said a case regarding the land in Singhpura village for the plant was pending in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The pollution control board had asked the MC to finalise another land to set up the plant till March 2011, sources added.

According to the sewerage board official, the work of sewerage laying was in progress and would be completed by year end. The department had started the installation work of the Main Pumping Station (MPS) at Singhpura village where the STP is likely to be set up. The official said the pumping station would only help to extract the untreated water and would further dispose it in Ghaggar.

Official sources informed that the cost of sewerage project under the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) was ` 52.19 crore and a grant of ` 18 crore (approx) has been sanctioned for the sewerage treatment plant (STP) by the Central government and the state government under the Urban Infrastructure and development of Small and Medium Town (UIDSMT) scheme.