CHANDIGARH, June 9 -- Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi on Tuesday directed departments concerned to expedite sewage treatment, industrial effluent management and pollution-control projects aimed at improving the water quality of the Yamuna and its tributary drains.
Chairing a high-level review meeting on the Yamuna Action Plan, Rastogi said the Haryana government is committed to keeping the river clean through a coordinated, technology-driven and time-bound approach. He instructed officials to ensure that all ongoing and proposed projects are completed by December 31, 2027.
The review highlighted progress on new sewage treatment plants (STPs), common effluent treatment plants (CETPs), micro-STPs and infrastructure for tapping untreated wastewater before it reaches natural water bodies.
Haryana State Pollution Control Board Chairman Vinay Pratap Singh informed the meeting that projects involving more than 425 million litres per day (MLD) of additional sewage treatment capacity and over 150 MLD of industrial effluent treatment capacity are at various stages of approval, tendering and execution. Among the major initiatives is the upgradation of the 10-MLD STP at Jattal Road in Panipat to treat both domestic sewage and industrial effluents. Plans for six micro-STPs in Karnal villages were also reviewed to curb the discharge of untreated grey water into drains.
Officials discussed proposed CETPs at Nathupur and Kundli in Sonipat and expansion of the Rathdhana STP.
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