Bangalore to get 20 more sewage treatment plants

Karnataka Government has decided to set up 20 more Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in the city at a cost of Rs 800 crore, Minister for Information and Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) Katta Subramanya Naidu said today.

The city has currently eleven STPs and out of them three were under repair, he told reporters here.

The government has plans to treat 700 MLD (Million Litres Daily) sewage and supply it for non-domestic purposes at 50 per cent rates of drinking water, he said. The work on the projects was expected to start by this month end. Another Rs 300 crore project to replace old drinking water supply pipelines will be also taken up shortly.

 

Bangalore City required 1250 MLD of drinking water and now gets only 850 MLD. On allocation of 18 TMC ft by the Cauvery Tribunal to meet the drinking water needs, Naidu said the City needed at least 50 tmc ft allocation.

This has been pointed out in the SLP filed by Karnataka before the Supreme Court,he said.

Minister for water resources Basavaraj Bommai, who was also present, said it has been decided undertake a survey of the 40 km stretch of the Arkavathi catchment area from Nandi hills upto Thippagondanahalli (T G Halli) reservoir to identify encroachments and clear them. T G Halli reservoir now supplies about 30 MLD of drinking water to parts of the city.