Indian Express 20.02.2010
RMC gives nod for high-purity sewage treatment plant
Express News Service Tags : corporation, sewage treatment plant Posted: Saturday , Feb 20, 2010 at 0230 hrs
Rajkot: The Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Friday gave the go-ahead to set up a first-of-its-kind sewage treatment plant in the country, which will assure purity level up to 80 per cent.The plant will be constructed by Jindal Water Infrastructure (JWI) Limited on the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model. It is likely to be ready in two years.
The RMC has already allotted 15 acres land for the Rs 105-crore project at Madhapar, near the existing plant. JWI will operate and look after the plant’s maintenance for the first 30 years. The life of the plant is expected to be 60 years.
RMC standing committee chairman Kashyup Shukla said, “This will be the first plant to ensure such a high purity level. At present, the maximum purity level reached by such plants in Rajkot and elsewhere is 60 per cent.” He said the plant will have a capacity of 45 million litres per day (MLD) sewage water and produce 40 million litres purified water everyday for industrial and agricultural purposes.
According to Shukla, JWI will have to get a clearance from the civic body for the rates of the purified water. The RMC will have 2.5 per cent share in the net profit. Rajkot already has two plants at Raiya (45 MLD) and Madhapar (51 MLD).
At present, nearly 45 MLD untreated sewage water is released in the Aji, for which it has to pay a fine of Rs 5 lakh to the Gujarat Pollution Control Board every year.
