CM gives nod for installing MIS at sewerage treatment plants

To ensure effective monitoring of cleaning river waters in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today gave a nod to install Management Information System (MIS) at all sewerage treatment plants.
A decision to this effect was taken in a high level meeting held under the chairmanship of the chief minister here, an official spokesman said.
Presiding over the meeting, the chief minister, while underscoring the need for an effective mechanism to ensure zero discharge of polluted water in the rivers, said that the ultra-modern MIS could play an instrumental role for this purpose as it would enable the officers to monitor the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) level in treated waste water daily.

Badal said that though a network of Sewerage Treatment Plants (STPs) has been set across the state but regular monitoring of the BOD level in treated water of these plants was must.
He said that the state government has already prescribed the BOD limits in water, which could be strictly monitored only with the help of an advanced system like MIS as it would give daily report of BOD limits in treated water to the state government.
In another decision aimed at reducing wastage of water, the chief minister also gave approval to install meter connections for all urban households with volumetric based charging in cities across the state so that consumption of water by every household is checked.

It was apprised in the meeting that the city residents were getting more water supply than 135 litre per capita prescribed by the Centre thereby resulting in wastage.
The chief minister asked the local government department to explore the feasibility of collecting the waste water from kitchens, washrooms and toilets of the houses at a same place so that they could be properly treated in the STPs.
He also asked the officers to ensure that work of upgrading the existing STPs and the construction of new STPs was completed at the earliest to ensure zero discharge of polluted water in rivers.