Waste water treatment plant at Cubbon Park opens

More funds sought for City infrastructure: CM
Deccan Herald

The waste water treatment plant at Cubbon Park is the first of its kind in South Asia.

Chief Minister N Dharam Singh announced that he would hold a meeting shortly with all the local legislators to discuss the construction of 15 additional flyovers in Bangalore and about the infrastructure needs of the City.

Speaking after inaugurating the Rs 3.5 crore, 1.5 MLD tertiary waste water treatment plant at Cubbon Park commissioned by the Bangalore Development Authority, Mr Singh said the coalition government was working in phases to solve the infrastructure woes of Bangalore.

“The coalition government has sought more funds from the Centre in order to improve basic infrastructure in the IT City,” he said, adding that the development programmes of the State are not limited to Bangalore alone. “The State has distributed Rs 397 crore of the Rs 400 crore granted by the Centre for temporary flood relief,” he said, adding that officials have been directed to carry out relief works at a fast pace.

Speaking after releasing a Citizen’s Charter, Deputy Chief Minister M P Prakash said that if one looks at things from a common man’s point of view, the development works undertaken by the ruling government will come into picture.

BJP Legislator Katta Subrahmanya Naidu, urged the State government to sanction around 10,000 acres of land for the purpose of waste disposal. With the City growing at the rate of 3.6 per cent, there is a need to ensure that efficient waste disposal mechanisms are in place, he said.

Water treatment plant

The plant is said to be the first of its kind in South Asia in making use of the Canadian membrane bio-reactor technology to treat waste water. Established at a cost of Rs 3.7 crore by M/s Degremont, the plant seeks to provide uninterrupted irrigation facility to Cubbon Park and other government gardens in the vicinity throughout the year. Cubbon Park will be irrigated with the treated water at night with the help of 2,000 sprinklers in order to ensure economical use of water.