Experts call for decentralised sewage facilities
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Experts call for decentralised sewage facilities

Experts urged government to abandon its centralised approach towards sewage treatment facilities and has asked it to build sanitation capacity by coupling it with decentralised treatment of sewage generated from it.

Centralised sewage treatment means treating all the sewage in a centralised location by building centralised sewage treatment plants. Whereas decentralised sewage treatment means onsite sanitation, disposal of excreta at the place of emanation itself. Centralised approach for sewage treatment creates crisis situation for sanitation and also brings back the inhuman practice of scavenging.

According to a 2008 survey by United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 54 per cent of IndiaÆs total population does not have access to clean and safe toilets.

Meanwhile, it is learnt that the Military Engineer Services, Pathankot, Punjab plans to engage a contractor for repair and replacement of sewage treatment plant and various sewage pumping installations in the town.

Also, the Public Health Engineering Department of Haryana government is looking for a contractor for setting up a 3.5 MLD capacity sewage treatment plant at Yamunanagar.

Experts urged government to abandon its centralised approach towards sewage treatment facilities and has asked it to build sanitation capacity by coupling it with decentralised treatment of sewage generated from it. Centralised sewage treatment means treating all the sewage in a centralised location by building centralised sewage treatment plants. Whereas decentralised sewage treatment means onsite sanitation, disposal of excreta at the place of emanation itself. Centralised approach for sewage treatment creates crisis situation for sanitation and also brings back the inhuman practice of scavenging. According to a 2008 survey by United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 54 per cent of IndiaÆs total population does not have access to clean and safe toilets. Meanwhile, it is learnt that the Military Engineer Services, Pathankot, Punjab plans to engage a contractor for repair and replacement of sewage treatment plant and various sewage pumping installations in the town. Also, the Public Health Engineering Department of Haryana government is looking for a contractor for setting up a 3.5 MLD capacity sewage treatment plant at Yamunanagar.

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