Punjab Government will start a rejuvenation project for the polluted Buddha Nullah in Ludhiana next month. Ludhiana Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu said that the project was started recently with a budget of Rs 650 crore.
Ludhiana’s Buddha Nullah is a 14-km stream that runs through the city and is polluted with massive quantities of toxic effluents and around 200 MLD of untreated sewage daily, throughout its passage to Sutlej River. The nullah is one of the major sources of pollution of the Sutlej River.
“The Buddha nullah accounts for 90 per cent of the pollution in Sutlej River. The contaminated water is further distributed through canals for irrigation in the entire Malwa region of the state and parts of Rajasthan,” said Sandhu.
He said that Buddha Nullah is the most dangerous and toxic water body in Punjab, which affects the lives of over two crore citizens in Punjab and Rajasthan. “Sadly, it was once a clear water stream and the centre of social life in Ludhiana,” he said.