Haryana Government will set up a 25MlD sewage treatment plant in village Narkatari of district Kurukshetra at a cost of about Rs27 crore.
After the completion of this project, wastewater of entire Kurukshetra city would be treated using sequential batch reactors, and the clean and odour-free water would be provided free of cost to people in surrounding villages, including Narkatari, for the purpose of irrigation. Besides, free fertilisers would be provided to farmers, said MlA Thanesar, Subhash Sudha, who was speaking after inaugurating the project on Sunday.
The project is likely to be completed within 18 months, he added. The MlA said that the wastewater of all colonies and localities would be collected in the treatment plant. where it would be cleaned using the sequential batch reactor technology, which would make it usable for irrigation purpose. The Public Health Engineering Department is working to strengthen and expand the sewerage and drinking water supply networks in the city, he added.