Projects worth Rs. 700 crore sanctioned for Namami Gange programme

National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved eight projects worth Rs. 700 under Namami Gange Programme.

Out of the eight projects, four pertain to sewage management in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, three are related to treatment of drains through bio-remediation and one of inventorisation and surveillance of river Ganga.

On sewage management front, a project for pollution abatement in river Ganga at Bally in West Bengal has been approved at an estimated cost of Rs.200.07 crore that would include construction of a 40 MLD STP under Hybrid Annuity based PPP model among other works. Similarly, construction of a 65 MLD STP under Hybrid Annuity model has been approved for Bhagalpur in Bihar at an estimated project cost of Rs. 268.49 crore. In Uttar Pradesh, sewage treatment related works at an estimated cost of Rs. 213.62 crore have also been approved that includes construction of two STPs (28 MLD + 05 MLD) in Farrukabad and one 2 MLD STP at Bargadiya drain in Fatehpur. Pollution abatement works for river Ganga like interception, diversion and treatment of sewage in Bithoor have also been approved at an estimated cost of Rs. 13.40 crore.

Three projects of treatment of drains using bio-remediation technology have also been given a green signal at an estimated cost of Rs. 4.29 crore. These are for Rajapur drain and Digha drain in Patna and Laksar drain in Haridwar.

One project for pollution inventorisation, assessment and surveillance on river Ganga has also been approved at an estimated cost of Rs. 42.9 crore. Continuation of an ongoing exercise, the project aims to strengthen environmental regulation and water quality monitoring vis-à-vis river Ganga.

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