Sewerage Integration Work project worth Rs.272 cr approved for Barrackpore

Recently, the National Mission for Clean Ganga approved vide its sanction no.J-22014/I dated 30. 12. 2014 a World Bank Assisted project for Barrckpore for Sewerage  Treatment Plant (STP) and Sewerage Integration Work at an estimated cost of Rs. 272.32 crores. This includes 247 km of sewer network pipes of various widths, ten sewage pumping stations, two STPs (capacities 18 mld and 6 mld) and costs on account of five years' Operation & Maintenance costs. The project will be executed in the Design-Build-Operate mode.

The approval also talks of recycling and using 20% of the outfall water initially.Later, 50% should be reused after recycling.There will be Third Party Inspections (TPI) to ensure quality. The project is to be executed within three years.

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Here are two clippings from today's papers:

Hindustan Times dt 25 Jan 2015

Bartaman dt 25 Jan 2015

Times of India (p1) dt 25 Jan 2015