Hyderabad to have 100% sewerage treatment facility in two years
The Hindu
State govt. sanctions ₹3,866 crore for building 31 STPs with 1,260 MLD capacity
In a major decision to improve the infrastructure for treatment of sewerage generated in GHMC limits, the State government has sanctioned ₹3,866.21 crore for establishing 31 sewerage treatment plants (STPs) with capacity of treating 1,260 million litres per day (MLD) sewerage through the hybrid annuity model. They would be completed in two years.
Giving details of the project to “make Hyderabad a global city”, Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development, IT and Industries K.T. Rama Rao told newspersons here on Thursday that the project would also help protect water bodies including lakes, tanks and ponds in the city. Once completed, the project would make Hyderabad the only city in the country to have 100% sewerage treatment facility along with the existing STPs.
He also indicated the government’s plans to remove encroachments on nalas to allow free discharge of stormwater. However, the government would take both the public and elected representatives into confidence before embarking upon the task and would also make a legislation, if necessary, to make the task hurdle-free.
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