6 mini STPs to come up in Ambala

Nitish Sharma

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Tribune News Service

Ambala, January 3

The Ambala Municipal Corporation has come out with a plan to set up six mini sewage treatment plants at six locations in the city area at a cost over Rs 6 crore. The drain and pond water treated by the mini STPs will be utilised in different parks of Ambala City. Besides managing the wastewater, the civic body is also eying better marks in the next swachh survekshan.

As per the information, the STPs will come up near the PWD rest house, on Old Delhi Road, Police lines, near Old Officers’ Colony, Mahavir Park, and Navrang Rai Talaab. Each STP will cost from Rs 90 lakh to Rs 1.10 crore.

Project to help in Swacchh Survekshan

• It takes a period of nearly two months to set up a mini STP.
• The estimated cost of each STP is around Rs90 lakh to Rs1.10 cr
• The tender will be floated soon. The project will also help the corporation in the upcoming Swacchh Survekshan too as the corporation will get marks for managing and utilising the waste water.

Locations where these will come up

STPs will come up near the PWD rest house, on Old Delhi Road, Police lines, near Old Officers’ Colony, Mahavir Park, and Navrang Rai Talaab.

The Chief Engineer, Ambala Municipal Corporation, Mahipal Singh, said, “The corporation has decided to set up six mini STPs (sewage treatment plants) for which six locations have been identified in the city area. The water treated from these STPs will be utilised in the parks. Of the six, two mini STPs will be installed at Mahavir Park and Navrang Rai Talaab to clean their ponds and for boating purposes as well. The Mahavir Park has a big pond but it is located in the low-lying area due to which it receives rainwater from nearby areas. So, the rainwater will be treated through the mini STP and utilised in the pond and park.”

“It takes a period of nearly two months to set up a mini STP. The estimated cost of each STP is around Rs 90 lakh to 1.10 crore. A tender will be floated soon. The project will also help the corporation in the upcoming Swacchh Survekshan too as the corporation will get marks for managing and utilising the waste water”, he added.

Improving its national ranking, the Ambala Municipal Corporation had secured 90th rank in the category of civic bodies with 1 to 10 lakh population in the ‘Swachh Survekshan-2021’.

Ambala Municipal Commissioner Dhirendra Khadgata said, “Special emphasis is being given to wastewater management. The Public Health Engineering Department and Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran have their STPs and they work at their own level, but the corporation has decided to set up mini STPs to utilise the drain water and reuse the water in city parks. No fresh water will be used in the city parks and it will help us in saving the groundwater as well.”