The Hindu 02.07.2013
Sewage treatment plants for Gulbarga
The Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board
(KUWSDB) has submitted a Rs. 13 crore proposal for diverting untreated
sewage water now being let into the Bhima at a point from where drinking
water for Gulbarga is drawn.
According to KUWSDB
officials, who also informed Municipal Administration and Wakf Minister
Qamar-ul Islam, untreated sewage was mixing with the river water near
Saradagi Barrage, from where 55 MLD (million litres per day) is being
lifted. The Minister visited the spot.
A blueprint
has been prepared, detailing a 2.8 km-long underground pipeline, which
will ensure that the sewage is let into the river far below the barrage.
Expressing his concern over the problem, the Minister said it was not
right that untreated sewage was being dumped into the Bhima near the
point where drinking water was being lifted. He told KUWSDB officials to
find a permanent solution to the problem.
Officials
suggested establishing a full-fledged sewage treatment plant at a cost
of Rs. 32 crore, which could treat 32 MLD of sewage at a time.