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  • Hyderabad: KTR to launch Jawaharnagar leachate treatment plant

    Hyderabad: KTR to launch Jawaharnagar leachate treatment plant

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    Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) minister KT Rama Rao will inaugurate a leachate (liquid waste) treatment plant in Jawaharnagar on Saturday.

    The project aims to reduce water pollution in Jawaharnagar and adjoining localities. Malkaram Cheruvu was polluted with wastewater because of the leachate which gathered at the Jawaharnagar dump yard.

    Some water bodies in the surrounding localities too got polluted when the contaminated water overflowed. 

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    To address the situation, a mobile RO system of 2000 kilolitres per day capacity was started in the year 2017 as a temporary measure. The capacity of the RO system was subsequently increased to 4000 kilolitres, said a press release on Friday.  

    Purification of water in the Malkaram Cheruvu project was also taken up. To ensure the contaminated water from the water body does not spill over, storm water diversion drains construction was completed with the cost of Rs 4 35 crores.

    Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) completed the capping of the dump yard in 2020 to address the issue of flood water flowing from the top of the dump yard. GHMC took up the program with nearly Rs 250 Crore to treat the wastewater from Jawaharnagar and to restore nearby ponds and other water bodies in the surroundings. 

    Ramky Group took up the restoration and purification of Malkaram Cheruvu and artificial lagoons.

    Year-long efforts into the programs and initiatives resulted in purifying nearly 43% of Malkaram Cheruvu. This was confirmed by agencies, like the Pollution Control Board, supervising the programs.

    GHMC divided the Malkaram Cheruvu purification works into three phases. Under the first phase, 5.7 acres of the water body were purified. The process of purifying the legacy waste is underway. 

    After the completion of this program, the management of solid waste, as well as water waste in the Jawahar Nagar area, is said to reach a satisfactory level.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Hyderabad: Leachate treatment plant is now operational

    Hyderabad: Leachate treatment plant is now operational

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    Hyderabad: The 2 MLD (mega-liters per day) capacity leachate treatment plant, built at the cost of Rs 250 crores is now fully operational to resolve the issues associated with Jawaharnagar dump yard.

    The state government’s efforts to tackle the problem took one more leap with the capacity of the treatment plant escalating from 1 MLD to 2 MLD.

    Ramky Infrastructure Ltd was assigned the task of building the plant by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).

    “The issues at Jawahar Nagar and its vicinity have arisen due to unscientific dumping of waste for decades,” said GHMC officials.

    Special chief secretary of the state, Arvind Kumar on Sunday tweeted that the plant is processing the leachate into acceptable Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) levels.

    Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao retweeted the update and said, “One more progressive step in containing the problems of legacy dump at Jawahar Nagar. We had completed capping with a cost of Rs 140 crore and now Leachate treatment plant also completed.”

    The BOD and COD are the parameters that assess the efficiency of leachate treatment and are used to recognise the solid waste stabilisation stage in landfills.

    Since Jawaharnagar has been the site of unscientific waste dumping for decades, those living in the vicinities have been facing problems due to the dump yard and airing their grievances which were paid no heed to.

    However, the state government’s efforts to find a lasting solution for the problem is expected to wave off the isssue of foul smell, groundwater pollution, and other hazards triggered from the dump yard.



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )