With the inauguration of four Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) that can treat 136 million litres of sewage daily, the city can now treat 69% of the waste generated, ranking it second in the country.
On Saturday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the plants at Bellandur-Ammanikere (90 MLD), Doddabele (20 MLD), Horamavu Agara (20MLD) and Kadugodi (6MLD). These plants will processes sewage from Kudlu, Parappana Agrahara, Bellandur, Panathur and Mahadevapura. At present, much of this flows into the beleaguered Bellandur and Vathur lakes.
This is part of a 339MLD project, including 11 STPs, for the treatment of waste water in the city. The project is funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and eight STPs capable of treating 261 MLD have already been completed.
“The capacity to treat sewage has been increased to 982 MLD, and by 2020, more than 1,577MLD will be treated,” said Mr. Siddaramaiah.
Now, up to 470MLD continues to remain untreated and will make its way to lakes and river valleys.
“Only Mumbai, with 74% of sewage treatment, is ahead of Bengaluru,” said Mahendra Jain, Additional Chief Secretary (Urban Development). Delhi treats 60% while Chennai treats a little more than half of the sewage produced.
