The Jharkhand government is very sensitive and serious about the liquid waste management of cities, that is why work on either sewerage or septage schemes is going on at a fast pace in most of the municipal bodies of the state. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting organized on the topic of liquid waste management, said Amit Kumar, Director of State Urban Development Agency here on Tuesday.
In a meeting with representatives of many reputed PSUs of the country, Kumar said that our government is determined to provide pure drinking water through pipeline to the homes of every urban citizen and hence we are giving free water connections to everyone, but this work is not limited to urban areas. The bodies have partial responsibility and our responsibilities are not fulfilled just by doing this. He said that we have to strengthen the natural resources and for this we have to adopt the reuse system in our lifestyle. Therefore, it is important that we re-treat the used water and use it as secondary water. He urged for maximum use of treated water instead of fresh water used in heavy industries. He said that with this we will conserve our natural resources and the revenue coming from this water will be used for the maintenance of the treatment plant.
A stakeholders meeting was organized under the joint aegis of the Urban Development and Housing Department of the State Government and the United States organization USAID, in which discussions were held between various stakeholders on behalf of the State Government here on Tuesday. A draft regulation on liquid waste management and its maintenance and user charges was tabled and opinions were sought from representatives of all companies.
On this occasion, experts from various institutions including Jharkhand Government's State Urban Development Agency, MECON, Steel Authority of India, NTPC, USAID, JUDCO Ltd., Suwasi, KPMG, Vishwaswaraj participated. Along with these, professors and scholars from many other institutions connected through online mediums and expressed their opinions.
It is noteworthy that in 49 municipal bodies of Jharkhand, pure drinking water is to be provided to every household and in those cities where sewerage system is being developed, everyone is to be given free connection. In cities where there is a system of septage, necessary equipment has to be purchased so that it can provide service on application and request. Would like to inform that septage projects have been completed in Giridih, Chirkunda and Bundu of Jharkhand, whereas septage work in Hazaribagh and Deoghar will also be completed soon. Apart from this, sewerage and septage schemes have either started in many cities or are in the tender process.
The program was organized under the chairmanship of Amit Kumar, Director of SUDA, Laia Domenech from USAID, RK Srinivasan from USAID, Kumar Saket from SUWASI, Vijay Behera from KPMG shared detailed information on the topic as expert speakers. Vijay Behera presented the draft regulation policy of the state government through power point presentation. In the consultation session, experts from SAIL, MECON, NTPC discussed the demand and supply and rate of treated water in industries. Professor V Srinivas Cherry of ASCI Hyderabad, Arindhan Talukdar from Vishwaraj Group, Chief Engineer of Rajasthan Arun Vyas, Dr Yogesh Gokhale of NJSEI, Roop Mukherjee, Saurabh Kale etc. among other experts presented their views. On this occasion, PDT of JUIDCO Gopal ji and DGM Alok Mandal, SUDA, Smart City and other officials of JUIDCO were also present.
