The Maharashtra state cabinet has approved the Rs.990.26 crore Mula-Mutha river restoration project. Called `Pollution abatement of rivers Mula-Mutha in Pune', it will be the biggest sewage treatment and river restoration project sanctioned under the National River Conservation Plan.
The project will receive 85% funding (Rs.841.72 crore) from the Union government, while the Pune Municipal Corporation will have to make a provision of Rs.148.54 crore.
While approving the project, the state made it clear that it will not shoulder responsibility of any additional expenditure which is not mentioned in the proposal and clarified that the civic body will have to bear the same.
The project was approved in 2015 during a meeting of officials from the Union government, PMC and the Japan international cooperation agency . The agency will give loan to the Union government which will then be transferred to the PMC as grant.
The project aims to treat city's sewage and restrict its direct release into the rivers.Major works under the project include 100% treatment of sewage, installation of sewage treatment plants, construction of toilets to stop open defecation, setting up a botanical garden and creating awareness among citizens to keep rivers free of pollution.The project is expected to be completed by January 2022.
The civic body will establish a dedicated cell for implementation of the project and conduct a third party audit of the works to be taken up under the project.
The project was recently discussed in PMC's general body meeting wherein the corporators of Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress expressed strong disappointment over the delay in release of funds for the project by the state government.
The Central Pollution Control Board has identified the two rivers among the 302 polluted rivers in the country.
The major components proposed under the project include construction of 11 sewage treatment plants, which will result in creation of an additional treatment capacity of 396 MLD over the existing treatment capacity of 477 MLD, laying of 113.6 km of sewerage lines and renovation of four existing intermediate pumping stations. Once the project is completed, the total STP capacity available in Pune will be 873 MLD, which will be sufficient to treat sewage generated in the city till 2027.
The project will receive 85% funding (Rs.841.72 crore) from the Union government, while the Pune Municipal Corporation will have to make a provision of Rs.148.54 crore.
While approving the project, the state made it clear that it will not shoulder responsibility of any additional expenditure which is not mentioned in the proposal and clarified that the civic body will have to bear the same.
The project was approved in 2015 during a meeting of officials from the Union government, PMC and the Japan international cooperation agency . The agency will give loan to the Union government which will then be transferred to the PMC as grant.
The project aims to treat city's sewage and restrict its direct release into the rivers.Major works under the project include 100% treatment of sewage, installation of sewage treatment plants, construction of toilets to stop open defecation, setting up a botanical garden and creating awareness among citizens to keep rivers free of pollution.The project is expected to be completed by January 2022.
The civic body will establish a dedicated cell for implementation of the project and conduct a third party audit of the works to be taken up under the project.
The project was recently discussed in PMC's general body meeting wherein the corporators of Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress expressed strong disappointment over the delay in release of funds for the project by the state government.
The Central Pollution Control Board has identified the two rivers among the 302 polluted rivers in the country.
The major components proposed under the project include construction of 11 sewage treatment plants, which will result in creation of an additional treatment capacity of 396 MLD over the existing treatment capacity of 477 MLD, laying of 113.6 km of sewerage lines and renovation of four existing intermediate pumping stations. Once the project is completed, the total STP capacity available in Pune will be 873 MLD, which will be sufficient to treat sewage generated in the city till 2027.
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