The Union Government granted Rs444 crore for the Phase-2 work of the Sabarmati river Conservation Project. It will help beautify Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet Sabarmati Riverfront Project, where he invited the President of China Jinping during September this year.
The National River Conservation Director has given nod for the purification of the Sabarmati river. As per the approval, 70 per cent of the cost (Rs311.72-crore) would be borne by the Government of India (GOI), and the remaining 30 per cent (Rs132.72-crore) jointly by Government of Gujarat (GOG) and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).
According to sources, GOI had earlier granted Rs90-crore for the Phase-1 of the project under which 22-km of sewage network, two terminal pumping stations and two sewage treatment plants, besides two crematoria and five toilets were to be constructed.
The project would be executed as per the provisions of Central Public Health Engineering Environment Organisation's Revised Guidelines. After the completion of Phase-2 of the River Conservation Project, no untreated or half-treated gutter water could be released into the Sabarmati. Similarly, industrial waste waters could also be released into the sewage line only after primary treatment as per the
provisions.