Rs 5.65 crore STP to be set up near Beas

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Common among three villages

-Mandeep Singh, Executive Engineer, Water Supply Department, said this would be a common sewage treatment plant for three villages with a capacity of 2.8 MLD.

-He said with the setting up of this sewage treatment plant the sewage water would be treated and used for agriculture.

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, February 5

The Punjab Government inaugurated a sewage treatment plant (STP) near Beas yesterday, which will be constructed at a of Rs 5.65 crore.

Under this project, localities of Budha Theh village, Guru Nanak Pura and three other villages of Beas will be benefitted. This initiative of the government is being appreciated by the sarpanchs, panches and dignitaries of the villages.

Disclosing this here today, Mandeep Singh, Executive Engineer, Water Supply Department, said this would be a common sewage treatment plant for three villages with a capacity of 2.8 MLD. He said with the setting up of this sewage treatment plant the sewage water would be treated and used for agriculture. This will also solve the problem of water.

He said besides this, special efforts were being made by the Water Supply Department to ensure cleanliness in the villages and also provide canal water for drinking purposes. He said this initiative would also save ground water.

Mandeep Singh said the Punjab Chief Minister had inaugurated 15 water supply schemes in Amritsar district at a cost of Rs 507.63 lakh and would benefit 22,043 residents. He said the Chief Minister had also laid the foundation stone of 20 water supply schemes at a cost of Rs. 382 crore and 6,28,801 people of the district would be benefited from these.