STP at Okhla to be completed by 2022 end
The Hindu
The capacity of the Sewage Treatment Plant is 564 MLD
Water Minister and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Chairman Satyendar Jain visited the construction site of what the Delhi government claimed was India’s largest Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Okhla on Friday.
The STP will have a capacity of 564 Million Litres Per Day (MLD) and will be spread over an area of 110 acres and will be completed by the end of 2022, following which sewage that flows into the Yamuna will get treated. This treated water will then be used for rejuvenating underground water while the rest will be discharged into the Yamuna.
“This means, after its construction, this STP will stop 564 MLD of sewage from flowing into the Yamuna by treating to the latest norms of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) 10 mg/L and Total Suspended Solids (TSS) 10 mg/L with nutrient removal,” Mr. Jain said.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.