Under our national government’s initiative to clean the river Ganga and under the name ‘Namami Gange’, a deal has been signed in July 2018 by Dharmendra Pradhan, the Petroleum Minister and the city of Mathura. The deal states an agreement to develop India’s first integrated sewage wastewater treatment plant, spread across the whole city.
This project has a unique concept of one city and one operator that effectively advocates the use of treated sewage water. It will help in having less water pollution and conserve our nature and environment efficiently while rejuvenating the river Ganga.
The project is being planned to be carried out through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and hybrid annuity. The plan has almost reached the final stage and according to the government, the work of building these integrated sewage water treatment plants will shortly commence. At the eve of signing Pradhan took to Twitter and thanked the IOC (Indian Oil Corporation) who have joined their project. According to his tweet, the Mathura sewage water treatment plant will provide about 20 million litre water per day which will be completely treated and ready to use for the Indian Oil Corporation. It will be used for all purposes, other than drinking. Mathura already has three existing sewage wastewater treatment plant thus this project will also rehabilitate these plants while improving their operations.
Mathura will also benefit in another way. The integrated water treatment plant will also generate the Methane gas. This gas will be sent to many households around, providing them with cooking gas. This surely is an exceptional by-product of these plants.
Not only will these plants help providing cooking gas to the households and treated water to refinery around, but it is also said to improve the economy of Mathura. The officials have been stressing its importance to drive more employment for the people of Mathura, thus improving its financial state. Due to this, the government has planned to set up a skill centre for the people to have the required skills to work at these plants and be a part of the rapid improvements and developments of the river Ganga and the state.
At this event, the centre also announced the launch of a joint campaign between the ministry of water resources and the ministry of petroleum, to save the river, Ganga. The NMCG (National Mission for Clean Ganga), is an initiative that has granted about 97 wastewater treatment plants, falling under the budget of approximately 14,200 crore rupees. This is aimed to control the water pollution of the 2525 kilometres long river, Ganga. This will help to increase the treatment capacity by 1525 millions of litres per day.
A similar model can be planned and implemented in the city of Vadodara that has the river Vishwamitri, flowing through the city. The Vadodara Municipality has made several attempts in cleaning the waste from the river but all have failed.
Such plants can also be used within big companies in recycling their wastewater. This will help save our planet by conserving water. Get a sewage wastewater treatment plant suited for your facility with Cleantech Water. Call us at +91-9099915539 or drop us a mail on Info@cleantechwater.co.in to know more about our plants and get an instant quote!