Panchkula set for second sewage treatment plant

Despite a second sewage treatment plant on the verge of becoming operational in Panchkula,residents will have to wait for more time before treated water is pumped into parks and lawns.

The new plant,constructed by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) is housed in Sector-22 and will have the capacity to treat 39 million litres per day (mld). It will become operational in a weeks time. At present, Panchkula has one sewage treatment plant in Sector-20 which treats 18 mld.

The new plant will get operational in a weeks time. And with the both plants we will have the capacity to treat 57 mld, said Executive Engineer,division II HUDA,Preet Mohan. The water treated at the plant would be released into the Ghaggar river and all the permissible parameters of disposable of water will be followed .

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Mohan said that in future authorities plan to utilise the treated water for irrigating parks and lawns.

We plan to lay pipes from the treatment plants to city parks,but it will take over a year before the treated water will be used for tertiary purposes, he said. In fact,Panchkula residents have been demanding the inclusion of the tertiary treatment provision in the sewage treatment schemes.

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