VARANSI: The city is now preparing for zero sewer discharge in Ganga and expects to complete the project by November 2019.
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) officials said, “Work on 50 MLD sewage treatment plant in Ramana is going to be completed. By November 2019, it is expected to be fully operational for treating discharge of Assi Nala. With this, the flow of the untreated sewer from Varanasi to Ganga will be thoroughly examined.” Projects for the regular cleaning of 84 ghats costing Rs 15 crore have been started and the process of the skimming of the river surface to collect floating garbage which costs around Rs 2.48 crore, have been operationalised in the city.
NMCG has sanctioned Rs 11.73 crore for repair of 36 ghats, which is expected to be completed by June. A total of 13 projects worth Rs 913 crore have been approved for Varanasi under Namami Gange Program. Officials said that besides this, sewerage projects of Rs 703.14 crore have been taken under JNNURM and AMRUT schemes.