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6 CMs to sign Renukaji Dam project agreement tomorrow
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SME Times News Bureau | 11 Jan, 2019
The Chief Ministers of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand,
Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan will sign an agreement for the Renukaji
Multipurpose Dam Project here on Friday, which is being built to meet
the drinking water needs of these states, the government said on
Thursday.
The agreement will be signed in the presence of Union
Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Nitin Gadkari.
The dam is conceptualised as a three-way project
to be constructed along the Yamuna and two of its tributaries, the Tons
and Giri. Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh are the two states involved.
The
projects were conceived in 2008. Most of irrigation cost and the
drinking water component of these projects will be funded by the central
government. The six beneficiary states would chip in with 10 per cent
of the expenditure.
"The Renukaji Dam project has been conceived
as a storage project on Giri River in Sirmour District of Himachal
Pradesh. The project envisages construction of 148-metre high
rock-filled dam for supplying 23 cubic metres per second water to Delhi
and other basin states.
"The project will also generate 40 megawatt of power during peak flow," the government said in a statement.
"After
the construction of the dam, the flow of river Giri will increase by
about 110 per cent which will meet the drinking water needs of Delhi and
other basin states up to some extent in the lean period," it added.
Another agreement will be signed for construction of sewage system for areas in the city of Prayagraj (earlier Allahabad).
The
agreement will include two projects for sewage management and will be
signed under the 'One City One Operator' concept' among U.P. Jal Nigam,
National Mission for Clean Ganga and Prayagraj Water Pvt. Ltd.
"The
trans-Ganga/Yamuna areas in Prayagraj (Naini, Phaphamau & Jhunsi)
currently do not have any sewage treatment facility and pollute Ganga
and Yamuna.
"Prayagraj town already has a comprehensive sewerage
and sewage treatment facilities. However, these are with different
operators and without long-term sustainable mechanism for Operation and
Maintenance (O&M)," said the Ministry of Water Resources, River
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
The government has
sanctioned Rs 908.16 crore for the two projects, which will include
construction of three sewage treatment plants of total capacity 72
million litres per day (MLD) (Naini: 42 MLD, Phaphamau: 14 MLD and
Jhunsi: 16 MLD).
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