Gurugram, June 11 -- The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) on Wednesday directed officials to ensure that all under-construction sewage treatment plants (STPs) in the city be completed within the next 18 months and tenders for those which are proposed, be issued at the earliest. Also, GMDA officials have been asked to ensure 100% use of tertiary treated water within the next six months. The directions were issued in a review meeting held by GMDA CEO PC Meena. Meena stressed to ensure that no tertiary water is diverted to drain number 8, which comes from Haryana's Rohtak. He informed that 143 million litres (MLD) of tertiary treated water from the Dhanwapur STP is currently being utilised for irrigation purposes everyday and around 70 MLD of treated water from Behrampur is being reused for industrial purposes, groundwater recharge, maintenance of green belts, parks and water bodies. A senior GMDA official, who was present in the meeting said, "Directions have been issued that sewage treatment and tertiary treatment plants, which are under construction should be completed within 18 months. Tenders for STPs which are planned -- such as 100 MLD at Dhanwapur, 100 MLD in Sector 107, 100 MLD in Behrampur, and 40 MLD in Manesar -- be floated at the earliest and constructed as per stipulated timelines."...