Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has initiated the process for Pollution Abatement of Pohra River, a tributary of the famed Nag Nadi, as part of its commitment to revive the water bodies in Nagpur.
In a New Year gift to almost 8.50 lakh population of South Nagpur, NMC on Thursday floated tenders for executing Pohra river pollution abatement project of Rs 810 crore under the Central Government’s AMRUT-2.0 Mission. The timeline for the completion of work has been estimated to be two years.
The aim of the project is to restore the original look of the river through construction of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) along the length of the river. NMC has got funds for the river cleaning project from the Central Government as well as from the State Government under the AMRUT- 2.0 Mission.
The Public Health Engineering Department of NMC is going to oversee the implementation of Pohra River Pollution Abatement project through process of sewage for South Sewerage Zone and Hudkeshwar and Narsala within Nagpur city. The project has been divided into five packages and the total outlay earmarked is Rs 810.28 crore.
As per the outline of the tenders, Package-I pertains to construction of 45 TMC sewage treatment plant, within which a pumping station, a wet well, and pumping main has been planned. The cost for this is pegged at Rs109.29 crore. Similarly, under Package-II for Sewerage Sub-zone-1, Rs 175.40 crore have been earmarked. For Package III that would cover Sewerage Sub-zone-2 and 3, the budget is of Rs 254.63 crore. In Package-IV for sewerage Sub-Zone 4, a sum of Rs 115.50 crore is allocated and for Package- 5, it would cover Hudkeshwar and Narsala areas Rs 155.46 crore would be spent.
NMC is going to contribute 50 percent of project cost through internal resources. The Detailed Project Report (DPR) of this project had pegged the total cost at Rs 957.01 crore (including GST) as per the technical approval given by the Chief Engineer, Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran (MJP), Regional Division, Nagpur, and same was approved by the State Level Technical Committee at its recently held meeting.
“The face of Pohra River, which is the one of the main rivers in the city, will change in the next two years under the project,” said Municipal Commissioner Abhijeet Chaudhari. NMC has already started the campaign to clean the river.
