Projects worth Rs 4,000 crore approved for cleaning Ganga

The executive committee of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has reportedly approved  projects worth nearly Rs 4,000 crore in a meeting recently held. The approved projects include a 20-MLD common effluent treatment plant (CETP) for tannery cluster at Jajmau in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. This three-phased project, at an estimated Rs 629 crore, includes pre-treatment unit in 380 individual tannery units, a 20-CETP with physical, biological and tertiary treatment, installation of zero liquid discharge (ZLD)-based pilot plant of 200 kld capacity, among other components. The central share for this project is reportedly Rs. 472 crore. Further, another project in Kanpur has been approved at an estimated Rs 967.23 crore for rehabilitation and integration of sewage treatment infrastructure in Jajmau, Bingawan, Sajari zones under Hybrid Annuity-PPP mode. This project also includes the construction of a 30-MLD STP at Pankha. In Allahabad, a project worth Rs 904 crore for rehabilitation and integration of sewage treatment infrastructure in Naini, Salori, Numayadahi, Rajapur, Ponghat, Kodra sewerage zones in Allahabad, have also been approved under the Hybrid Annuity-PPP mode. An online monitoring system for all STPs and SPS for proper implementation has also been approved. Besides, three sewage infrastructure projects have been accorded revised approvals in Begusarai, Hajipur and Munger in Bihar at an estimated Rs 230.06 crore, Rs. 305.18 crore and Rs 294.02 crore, respectively. The central share in these three projects is Rs 161.04 crore, Rs. 213.63 crore and Rs. 205.81 crore, respectively. In all projects, the Central Government will make a capital investment, with operation and maintenance (O&M) for 15 years.