Haryana Government has decided to formulate a policy to find ways to treat waste water and reuse it for irrigation and other purposes so as to prevent pollution of Saraswati river as a long term measure.
Making efforts to convert mythological river ‘Saraswati’ into a reality, the State Government has decided to discharge water in Saraswati from Uncha Chandana through Dadupar feeder on July 30.
The process of cleaning and digging of Saraswati riverbed is in full swing in Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra and Kaithal districts as a target has been fixed to complete this work by July 30.
“The State Government has also decided to formulate a policy and make a provision for punishment of those stakeholders who would dispose the domestic waste water and untreated water into the river. Strong measures would be taken against the violators, said a spokesman of Haryana Saraswati Heritage Development Board.
He said that it would be ensured that the treated and untreated waste water was not disposed of in Saraswati river or any other river in the state by adopting the model of waste water treatment management on the pattern of model developed by Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal’s in Punjab. This water would be diverted and reused for irrigation and other purposes to avoid pollution of Sarasvati river, said he.
The spokesman said that the maintenance and repair of holy pond at Adi Badri would be done by the Forest Department. The Department has been directed to prepare a plan for construction of reservoir along Saraswati river in Syonsar forest area by August 31.
Apart from this, the Department would expedite the clearance of project to supply canal water to Pehowa Tirath in a time bound manner.
He said that all sewage treatment plants for urban and sub urban areas should be taken up on priority basis in the first stage to control
the pollution in river Saraswati and the issue of treatment of waste water for villages polluting the river Saraswati would be taken up in second phase.
The Public Health Engineering Department would provide a sewage line and Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) for the villages where the population is more than 10,000 by August 31.
The directions have been issued to immediately start the work on STP already approved at Jyotisar in Kurukshetra district. Further, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), Kurukshetra would construct STP for urban area on priority basis.
He added that the Deputy Commissioner, Kurukshetra has been directed to submit a proposal by August 31 for the villages of Kurukshetra district discharging their waste water into Saraswati river.