Meanwhile, the general body approved a proposal tocarry out maintenance
and repair works of the STP at old Ganeshwadi at a cost of Rs 42.28
lakh for a period of three years. Corporators demanded that all treatment plants be oprated by the municipal corporation.

Mayor Yatin Wagh
said, “The contractors who have not done a good job will be barred from
the tender process during the distribution of contracts for maintenance
and repairs of the STPs of the civic body.”

Earlier, Kavita Kardak
said, “During our recent visit to the Ganeshwadi STP, we found
irregularities in the work of the contractor. He had not maintained the
register and had handed over his work to another contractor.”

Leader of the house Shashikant Jadhav
said, “The NMC built the STPs for crores of rupees, but did not make a
firm policy on how to run them. The contracts of agencies failing to run
STPs as per pollution norms should be cancelled.”

Former deputy mayor Devyani Pharande (BJP) said, “The NMC must run the plants on its own instead handing them over to the corporators. We still don’t have the capacity to treat all the sewage generated in city. Efforts should be made to construct proposed STPs.