Nagpur: This is a classic example of good things that flow, literally.
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) continues to release wastewater which is treated to Nag and Pili rivers which are polluted despite the direction of the Maharashtra pollution control board instead.
At present, Nagpur produces around 500 to 525 million liters of waste water per day and treats around 340 from it.
To take care of wastewater, NMC has two waste treatment plants in Blandewadi with capacities of 130 and 200 months each.
The civic body supplies this treated water to Koradi (230 MLD) and the Khaparkheda power plant (90) and produces RS45 Crore per year, said a senior NMC official.
Two small waste treatment plants with a capacity of 5 MLD each has been arranged with Ghat Mankapur on the Pili River and in Mokshadham.
The water treated from two STP was released on the polluted river itself.
Nagpur Everbent Trust (NIT) has proposed a small 8 STP setting that has a daily care capacity of 63.5 mld waste water.
Of the eight, five STPS – Kachimet, Sonegaon, Hazaripahad, Somalwada, and Dabha – have been in the commissioning stage, while three more will appear in Ambazari, Vitbhatti (Yashodhara Nagar) and Somalwada, said the official.
One STP NIT at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Premises has been canceled, he added.
Under the NAG River pollution reduction project, NMC has proposed to install STP to treat other 102 MLL waste water.
In addition, 20 MLD STPS has also been proposed in Hudeshwar and Narsala on the Pohra River.
Green activists expressed sadness over NMC releasing water treated in polluted rivers.
The founder of the Green Vigil Foundation Kaustav Chatterjee said the disposal of waste treated in the Nag River or Pili, carrying untreated waste, was a waste of resources and labor.
“This concept can work when there are many decentralized waste treatment plants in the line where the stretch of the river brings waste treated, thus, the pollution burden on the river decreases significantly.
Especially in the rainy season, there is no point in removing water treated in the river because of the river Rain water significantly contributes to dilution / reducing the burden of pollution, “he said.
Until the time of the entire stretch of closed, waste treated can be reused for gardening, wash the road, watering roadside plants etc.
which significantly reduce the use of fresh water or groundwater.
“Waste treatment and reuse is one of the best tools for fighting water scarcity, if planned well,” he said.