Sewerage projects get inaugurated at Mathura and Moradabad

The central government inaugurated sewerage projects at Mathura and Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh on January 25, 2024. These include the Mathura Sewerage Project Zone I, which involves the construction of a 30 mld STP, the rehabilitation and upgradation of a 6.8 mld STP, the rehabilitation of 30 mld of existing STPs in the trans-Yamuna region, and the construction of a 20 mld tertiary treatment and reverse osmosis plant for Rs 4.6 billion. It also includes the Moradabad Sewerage Project Zone I, which involves the construction of a 58 mld STP, a 264 km long sewerage network and nine sewerage pumping stations for the abatement of pollution in the Ramganga river at a cost of Rs 3.3 billion.