Punjab govt approves Rs 270cr project to upgrade Ludhiana STPs

Punjab government today approved a Rs 270 project crore to upgrade sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Ludhiana.
The decision was taken by Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal while reviewing the Satluj river cleaning project. It was also decided in a meeting to construct a new STP with capacity of 70 million litre disposal (MLD) at Jamalpur with a cost of Rs 90 crore and another at Bhattian of 100 MLD capacity with an outlay of Rs 130 crore, a spokesman said.
Badal gave his nod to the upgradation of the existing STP of 48 MLD at Jamalpur, 111 MLD STP at Bhattian, 152 MLD STP at Balloke in Ludhiana.

The Chief Minister also gave his consent to connect the disposal of municipal sewage at Tibba road to the STP at Bhattian to reduce the pollution levels in Budha Nullah.
He also approved the construction of a new biogas plant in the dairy cluster of Tajpur area to be executed by PEDA by making optimum utilisation of the cow-dung, which, as of now, was being discharged into the Budha Nullah.
Likewise, the existing biogas plant at Hebowal dairy complex would be upgraded at a cost of Rs 7 crore with capacity expansion to increase the intake of cow-dung from nearby dairies.

The CM directed the Ludhiana municipal corporation to take necessary steps for decongestion of streets choked with cow-dung and ensure that the dairy waste effluents were discharged into dysfunctional treatment system after making it functional, he said.
He also asked the concerned authorities to speed up the construction work of CETP (Common Effluents Treatment Plant) near Ludhiana jail so that the industrial effluents could be treated scientifically and put to use for agriculture.
In another decision, the Chief Minister approved installation of two new generator sets of 350 KV at a cost of Rs 5.70 crore at Bhattian to make the STP fully operational during period of power disruption.