RAJKOT: Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has designed a project in which electricity will be generated through methane gas emanating out of sewage treatment plants proposed to be set up at Raiyadhar and Bedigam.
RMC commissioner Ajay Bhadoo told reporters that the plants in Raiyadhar and Bedigam will be of the capacity of 56 MLD and 76 MLD respectively.
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Sunday, 2 March 2014
Rs 242-cr tender for sewage works floated
NASHIK: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has issued e-tender for various sewage-related works to the tune of Rs 242.06 crores to be done through a private agency in the city.
The sewage-related works include laying RCC (reinforced cement concrete) pipes, gutters, drainage lines, repairing chambers, in various prabhags of the city through a contractor. The tender for the works was floated on Sunday and the bids will be opened this month-end.
"The private agency should be approved by the state government, central government or semi-government and should have experience of working in this field," said an NMC official. "In some places, new pipes have to be laid, in others, they have to be replaced or repaired as they have become old," he said.
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The sewage-related works include laying RCC (reinforced cement concrete) pipes, gutters, drainage lines, repairing chambers, in various prabhags of the city through a contractor. The tender for the works was floated on Sunday and the bids will be opened this month-end.
"The private agency should be approved by the state government, central government or semi-government and should have experience of working in this field," said an NMC official. "In some places, new pipes have to be laid, in others, they have to be replaced or repaired as they have become old," he said.
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MPCB proposes tougher sewage treatment norms
PUNE: Stringent and uniform standards for sewage treatment in residential buildings and industries with more than 20,000 sq m built-up area is in the offing.
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has proposed that all sewage treatment plants should meet inland freshwater discharge standards to promote recycling and reusing of treated waste. The pollution control board has invited suggestions for and objections to the proposal.
MPCB officials said all residential buildings and industries with over 20,000 sq m built-up area must have a sewage treatment plant (STP). In industries, reuse and recycling of water is being promoted. For residential buildings, according to revised environmental consent norms, nearly 80% of the treated waste should be recycled.
If discharged treated water is being reused and recycled in residential projects, the officials said, wherever standards are met, such water is recycled. There is also much acceptance from the residents about reuse of treated sewage water. Such water is used for flushing, and gardening. In some areas, the treated water is released in drainage lines. Recycling of water depends on local constraints and conditions, the officials added.
The pollution control board said in the earlier treated sewage discharge standards, it was assumed that sewage after treatment will be used for agriculture. Environment clearance was granted with standards equivalent to irrigation norms. In all such environmental clearances, it has been mandatory that treated water is reused and recycled.
The pollution control board, officials said, has been given powers to prescribe more stringent standards than those specified by the union ministry of environment and forests. MPCB officials said with newer technologies for STPs, levels of treated water have improved.
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The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has proposed that all sewage treatment plants should meet inland freshwater discharge standards to promote recycling and reusing of treated waste. The pollution control board has invited suggestions for and objections to the proposal.
MPCB officials said all residential buildings and industries with over 20,000 sq m built-up area must have a sewage treatment plant (STP). In industries, reuse and recycling of water is being promoted. For residential buildings, according to revised environmental consent norms, nearly 80% of the treated waste should be recycled.
If discharged treated water is being reused and recycled in residential projects, the officials said, wherever standards are met, such water is recycled. There is also much acceptance from the residents about reuse of treated sewage water. Such water is used for flushing, and gardening. In some areas, the treated water is released in drainage lines. Recycling of water depends on local constraints and conditions, the officials added.
The pollution control board said in the earlier treated sewage discharge standards, it was assumed that sewage after treatment will be used for agriculture. Environment clearance was granted with standards equivalent to irrigation norms. In all such environmental clearances, it has been mandatory that treated water is reused and recycled.
The pollution control board, officials said, has been given powers to prescribe more stringent standards than those specified by the union ministry of environment and forests. MPCB officials said with newer technologies for STPs, levels of treated water have improved.
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Sewage overflow result of faulty infrastructure in Gomtinagar
LUCKNOW: LDA's faulty sewerage work in Vinamra Khand-I of Gomtinagar has been resulting in large sewage overflow on roads over past few years. Last two days' rains have made the situation worse with logged sewage flowing back into houses situated in low lying areas.
When people started settling in colony around 2008, little they knew about poor infrastructure being handed over to them. Locals complain that the contractor had not connected sewer connections of houses to the main trunk line hence the sewage back flowed into houses.
Ramji Lall, a senior citizen and resident of the locality said, "We could not trace the problem initially as very few families had come to live in 2009. But with time when more people came to stay in Vinamra Khand, the pipelines could not sustain the pressure and sewage started flowing back into houses."
Locals have reported about the issue to Nagar Nigam many times in the past but no action has been taken to help them. More than a thousand people live in Vinamra Khand who have to daily bear with the stinking sewage flowing on road. After much hue and cry, Jal Sansthan connected sewer pipelines to the drains to ensure sewage disposal but even that could not hold the overflow.
During excessive water flow in drains, sewage comes out and gets logged on roads. "We all cannot bathe or use water at the same time, as sewer lines get choked and water comes on the surface of kitchens and bathrooms", said residents. Besides no connection with the trunk line, the manholes are also open and covered with broken cemented lids, unable to hold water.
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When people started settling in colony around 2008, little they knew about poor infrastructure being handed over to them. Locals complain that the contractor had not connected sewer connections of houses to the main trunk line hence the sewage back flowed into houses.
Ramji Lall, a senior citizen and resident of the locality said, "We could not trace the problem initially as very few families had come to live in 2009. But with time when more people came to stay in Vinamra Khand, the pipelines could not sustain the pressure and sewage started flowing back into houses."
Locals have reported about the issue to Nagar Nigam many times in the past but no action has been taken to help them. More than a thousand people live in Vinamra Khand who have to daily bear with the stinking sewage flowing on road. After much hue and cry, Jal Sansthan connected sewer pipelines to the drains to ensure sewage disposal but even that could not hold the overflow.
During excessive water flow in drains, sewage comes out and gets logged on roads. "We all cannot bathe or use water at the same time, as sewer lines get choked and water comes on the surface of kitchens and bathrooms", said residents. Besides no connection with the trunk line, the manholes are also open and covered with broken cemented lids, unable to hold water.
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