Five more sewage treatment plants proposed in city
The Hindu
They will come up at catchment areas of major canals
Five sewage treatment plants (STP) have been proposed at the catchment areas of major canals running through the city even as four projects announced earlier are yet to take off.
The new plants, with a total installed capacity of 31 million litres per day (MLD), have been proposed at the catchment areas of Perandoor, Chilavannoor, Thevara Market and Edappally canals as part of the Integrated Water Transport System. Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) is implementing the projects.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had earlier asked local bodies to set up treatment facilities to prevent coastal pollution. The tribunal had also warned of penal action against civic bodies that failed to set up such plants and those found releasing untreated sewage into the sea and other waterbodies.