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Nod to sewerage scheme for Paonta

NEW DELHI: The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved a sewerage scheme for Paonta town.



Ravi S Singh

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 21

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved a sewerage scheme for Paonta town. It is aimed at cleaning the Yamuna, the biggest tributary of the Ganga.

The NMCG meeting, which was presided over by Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari, approved the scheme for zones-II and III of the town, home to the renowned Paonta Sahib Gurdwara. The town is situated on the banks of the Yamuna. The river is the boundary between the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Most of the waste from the town is discharged into the Yamuna.

The scheme has been approved at a total project cost of Rs 11 crore and includes new 1.72 MLD STP, minor repair and a filter in the existing 0.44 MLD STP (extended aeration) and 1 MLD (extended aeration).

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