The Times of India             05.06.2013

Nashik Municipal Corporation to construct 25 MLD sewage pumping station

NASHIK: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) will be converting its unused water pumping station at Old Gangapur Road into a 25 MLD sewage pumping station to divert the sewage in that area to Tapovan Sewage Treatment Plant (STP).

Explaining about the need to construct this sewage pumping station, superintending engineer of the underground sewerage department U B Pawar said, "Through this sewage treatment plant, we will be taking the sewage from the right bank to the left bank and will divert this to the sewage pipeline in Makhmalabad. From this pipeline, the sewage will be taken to the Tapovan STP for treatment. This is the solution for carrying excess sewage in this pipeline to the STP".

The Makhmalabad pipeline is big but often filled to capacity. This necessitated the construction of the sewage pumping station. The other option is to minimise the load on this pipeline through a parallel pipeline, which it is very difficult proposal.

"The pipeline would have to start from Goda Park and go downstream. It would damage the park and the construction works at Godavari river, the temples, etc. So we are diverting the sewage to the left bank. The sewage will be carried from Anandwalli village to Gangapur sewage pumping station that is coming from upstream," he said.

The earlier plan was to construct a new sewage treatment plant. But, the civic body has saved Rs 60 lakh by making use of the jack well at this spot to build the sewage pumping station.

The NMC has invited e-tenders of Rs 3 lakh from competent contractors for the civil and allied work for the sewage treatment plant. The detailed tender notice will be available on the NMC website from June 10.