HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has proposed to take up Phase-II of the Abatement of Pollution and Conservation of the Musi under the National River Conservation Directorate (NRCD-II).
The ongoing Phase-I of the project aims to prevent about 600 MLD of sewage from flowing into the Musi by diverting it to sewage treatment plants. There is still a balance of 610 MLD flowing into the river that would be addressed by the second phase. The balance raw sewage flow into the Musi happens from Hydershah Kote to Peerzadiguda (Nallacheruvu) over a length of 28 km.
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and the state government will jointly fund the Rs 750-crore project.
Officials from the MoEF have inspected the Phase-I works undertaken by the HMWS&SB recently.
Water board officials told Expresso that the project would address the pollution in the Musi in a holistic and comprehensive manner. It would regulate and coordinate activities aimed at prevention, control and abatement of pollution in the Musi to ensure water quality, conservation of river ecology and better management.
The major components under Phase-II are construction of sewage treatment plants (STPs) at 10 sub-catchments. The STPs are proposed at Amberpet (142 MLD), Nagole (140), Nallacheruvu (80), Hydershahkote (30), Attapur (70), Miralam (6), Fathenagar (30), IDPL Township (59), Nagaram, Kapra (29) and Kuntulur in Hayathnagar (24).
Conveying mains have been proposed on either side of the river over a stretch of 74 km to intercept the flows from the nalas and divert them to the proposed STPs. Eight additional I&Ds (interception and diversion lines) have been proposed adjacent to the existing I&Ds for diversion of excess sewage into the proposed conveying mains.
On completion of the project only treated sewage of river disposable standards will be flowing in the Musi. The foul smell and mosquito breeding would be be checked and the overall river-side environment will improve.
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