Mayor Sudheer Shetty Kannur visited the Pachchanadi Sewage Treatment Plant and inspected its engaged on November 27, in Mangaluru.
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Mangaluru Mayor Sudheer Shetty Kannur on November 27, mentioned the Mangaluru City Corporation will set up two 60 HP pump-sets at its Pachchanadi Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to pump secondary treated sewage downstream the Maravoor Vented Dam constructed throughout Phalguni (Gurupura) river.
Speaking to reporters throughout his go to to the STP, from the place appreciable amount of treated/ untreated sewage was flowing into the vented dam, Mr. Kannur mentioned the Corporation has already laid a pipeline from the STP to downstream of the dam to discharge secondary treated sewage.
However, the sewage was not flowing by the pipeline by gravity and therefore MCC determined to assemble a pump-house with two 60 HP pumps to pump about 2.5 million litres per day (MLD) of treated sewage into the river. Once the pumps are commissioned, there can be no criticism of the treated sewage becoming a member of the vented dam, a supply of ingesting water for a lot of villages round Mangaluru.
Mr. Kannur mentioned Pachchanadi STP obtained about 6.5 MLD major treated sewage from the metropolis. Of this, four MLD was despatched to the tertiary therapy plant at Pilikula. The remaining 2.5 MLD secondary treated water was becoming a member of the vented dam thereby giving rise to many complaints. The Corporation subsequently deliberate a separate pipeline to the river downstream to let out the secondary treated water.
Round-the-clock upkeep of STP
The Mayor mentioned in the latest MCC Council conferences, members of the ruling in addition to opposition events have urged the Council to take efficient steps to forestall circulation of sewage into the riverine system round the metropolis. Consequently, he has been visiting numerous STPs to chalk out appropriate technique.
Mr. Kannur additional mentioned the Corporation has invited tenders for sustaining the Pachchanadi STP spherical the clock, at an estimated value of ₹1.three crore. Such a measure ought to forestall any circulation of treated/ untreated sewage into the river, he mentioned.
The National Green Tribunal had taken cognisance of The Hindu’s report, dated April 26, 2022, about the fish kill in Phalguni river due to air pollution and initiated a suo motu case towards MCC and others. The Tribunal had constituted a committee to look into the methods to forestall circulation of untreated home and industrial sewage into Phalguni and Netravathi.