India, Sept. 11 -- The Uttar Pradesh government in an affidavit has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday that the sewage treatment plants (STPs) in the Hindon basin will have a capacity of 1236.5 million litres per day (MLD) by 2027.

The tribunal was informed this while apprising that there is a gap of 285.43 MLD in the installed and utilised capacity of the 20 STPs in seven districts, including Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Ghaziabad, Baghpat, Saharanpur, and Gautam Budh Nagar, for which STPs are proposed and work is on for laying sewer lines and household connections.

"To bridge the gap of 285.43 MLD, seven STPs of total capacity of 283 MLD are proposed, and also works related to the laying of sewer lines and household...