Directing the officers to submit an action plan in two weeks regarding setting up of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) and Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) under Namami Gange Programme in the State, Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal on Wednesday said that State Government is ensuring laying of sewerage lines, construction of sewerage treatment plants among others to control the pollution level in rivers and to rejuvenate them.
The Chief Secretary, while reviewing the River Action Plan in Chandigarh directed the officers to lay sewer lines and ensure operation of sewerage treatment plants at the earliest. He said that water pollution will not be tolerated under any circumstances. It is the moral obligation of the officials to protect the canals and rivers from getting contaminated. He directed that there should be a complete ban on the release of water contaminated by various factors in the canals and rivers and keep strict vigil.
The Chief Secretary said that the work of increasing the sewerage capacity of the STP being built at Manesar, Naharpur Kasan should be monitored by the concerned officers every week and report to the headquarters. To prevent misuse of public money, if any contractor is negligent in the work, immediate action will be taken against him.
He directed the Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, for the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) being constructed by HSVP at Kundli, Sonipat, to visit the site and hold a meeting with the concerned officers and get the work done by removing the difficulties in the work.
Kaushal said that 8 STPs of 61 MLD capacity are being built in the state by Public Health Engineering Department, Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran, Urban Local Bodies Department and Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority for pollution control in the Ghaggar river which will be completed by January 2023. Similarly, 17 STPs of 380.5 MLD capacity are being built in Yamuna catchment.
The Chief Secretary said that there was a proposal to lay 589 km long sewerage line in various cities in Ghaggar catchment, out of which 544 km line has been laid. The work of laying sewerage lines in 3 cities will also be completed by the month of December. Similarly, 1,472 km of the line has been laid in Yamuna catchment out of 1,652 km. The work of laying sewerage lines in the remaining 6 cities is also going on at a fast pace.
In the meeting, Member Secretary, Haryana State Pollution Control Board, S Narayanan informed that 3 Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) of 19 MLD capacity are being installed in Yamuna catchment. By the month of December, 2 CETPs will be operational. In addition, it is proposed to set up 6 more CETPs of 120.5 MLD capacity. Their DPR is being prepared. Similarly, 3 MLD 2 CETPs are being installed in Ghaggar catchment, the work of which will be completed soon.
He said that 277 villages have been identified for making STP in the villages in Yamuna catchment, in which the work of STP will start soon. Similarly, 45 villages have been identified in the Ghaggar catchment.
