The State Government has initiated steps to implement a mega project, Integrated Sewerage System of Bhubaneswar City, to regulate waste water and materials and not allow them enter and pollute the Kuakhai river flowing near the city.
Housing and Urban Development Minister Niranjan Pujari informed this in the State Assembly in response to a question of BJD MlA Priyadarshi Mihsra.
Stating that the water of Kuakhai is being polluted to some extent due to the mixing up of the city’s waste water and material, the Minister informed that roads at the Mancheswar Escape Chhak are being cleaned by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation and wastes are not being dumped in the river.
He said Integrated Sewerage System of Bhubaneswar City would be undertaken at a total cost of Rs 754.23 crore.