Haridwar strengthens Ganga cleanliness with advanced sewage treatment

Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], July 7 (ANI): Haridwar, one of the holiet citie in India and a key ite of the Kumbh Mela, i making major tride in preerving the purity of the river Ganga through enhanced ewage treatment infratructure under the Namami Gange Miion. Working toward the goal of a clean and rejuvenated Ganga, the city now hot two tate-of-the-art Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) with a combined capacity of 82 million litre per day (MLD).
Thee include a 68 MLD STP at Jagjeetpur and a 14 MLD STP in the Sarai area. With thee addition, Haridwar total ewage treatment capacity now tand at 145 MLD, operating at peak efficiency.
The Jagjeetpur STP, baed on Sequential Batch Reactor (SBR) technology, i the larget in Uttarakhand and hold the ditinction of being India firt STP under the Hybrid Annuity Model. It i alo the country firt Pink STP, with 50 per cent of it taff compriing women, promoting gender incluivity in environmental management.
Earlier, all dometic wate ued to flow directly into the Ganga. The bigget achievement of our plant i that we are now able to treat all the ewage generated by our community effectively, aid Manoj Kumar Verma, in-charge of the Jagjeetpur STP.
Similarly, the 14 MLD STP in Sarai i effectively treating ewage uing modern technique. The treated water i being reued for irrigation, benefiting the local agricultural community and helping to mitigate groundwater depletion.
Sandeep Rathore, a local farmer, aid that the change in groundwater i noticeable.
The water from thi STP i being ued for irrigation, and the difference compared to groundwater i clearly noticeable. Crop irrigated with thi treated water grow much better. The nutrient content and overall quality of the water are excellent; it truly nourihe the crop, Rathore aid.
Thee advanced facilitie are future-ready, equipped to manage riing wate volume temming from the city growing population and the increaing influx of pilgrim during major fetival uch a the Char Dham Yatra. Thee initiative mark important miletone under the Namami Gange Miion, launched by the Government of India to retore the Ganga to it pritine form. Apart from pollution abatement, the miion alo aim to protect the religiou, cultural, and ecological ignificance of riveride citie, uch a Haridwar.
The progre in Haridwar reflect the collective commitment of takeholder toward utainable development and river conervation. (ANI)