The Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board will monitor water, air and noise pollution during Simhastha to be held at Ujjain from April 22 to May 21. The Board will ensure online measurement of water quality in Kshipra river from April 12 to May 21, 2016. For this, the Board will set up water quality monitoring stations at Triveni Sangam, lalpur, Ramghat and Mangalnath. A sum of Rs 65 lakh will be spent on online monitoring.
Results of online monitoring of water quality will be sent to Board's lab. These results will be displayed at public places. Board will undertake minute study of parameters to be set up at main bathing sites in the river. The tests will be conducted a day before and after holy baths. Analysis of PH Norms, biological oxygen demand, dissolved oxygen, total collyform, organisms, colour, odour, hardness of sulphur, calcium, magnesium, nitrate, sulphate, fluoride and chromium hexavalent will be undertaken.
Madhya Pradesh Western Region Power Distribution Company is undertaking electrification works for Simhastha. So far, Rs 79.50 crore has been spent on electricity arrangements. For the company, 47 works were assigned of which 32 have been completed and work is underway rapidly for remaining 10 works.
The works done mainly by the company include capacity increase of power sub-stations, installation of additional transformers, control room, laying of 132 KV lines and 33/11 KV lines.
Ujjain may become the first city in India to implement Google's prestigious Project loon that uses high altitude balloons to provide internet connections, if a request made by the Simhastha 2016 organisers is considered by the Centre. The administration has sent a request to the communications and IT ministry, urging it to rope in Google to implement Project loon during Simhastha 2016, when over 5 crore people from different parts of the world are expected to converge in the holy town, Ujjain municipal corporation commissioner and Simhsatha mela officer Avinash lavaniya said.