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.
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.