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Sewage Treatment Plant To Reduce River Pollution

In order to save river Hindon from further contamination, the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has planned to set up a sewage treatment plant (STP) for the city. Also, in the same context in neighbouring Ghaziabad, around four STPs have been proposed. GNIDA deputy chiefexecutive officer (DCEO) PC Gupta said the authority has selected a site near Kasna nursery area, and a detailed project report was under preparation for an estimated project of R200 crore. "The sequential batch reactor (SBR) technology-based sewage plant will be ready in another year," Gupta said. Officials said the project would prove to be a boon for the much-polluted river, which passes through Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar districts. "Industrial waste from Ghaziabad and Noida and sand-dust from building material godowns set up near embankment have converted the river stretch near Chijarsi into a drain. Sewerage is also discharged into the river which further pol