Greater Noida plans to treat village sewer

Currently, lines from at least 124 urban villages in Greater Noida area is not connected to the city’s master sewer line. As a result, it is dumped into the city’s drains that flows directly into the rivers.

The Greater Noida Authority will lay sewer lines in all urban villages and move to let only treated water flow into the Hindon and Yamuna rivers.

The authority will start by laying lines for villages like Chipyana, Haibatpur, Kheri Bhanuta, Saini, Sunpura, Ladpura, Devta, Chamroli and Kulipura among others. (Shankar Mourya/HT file photo. Representative image)

Currently, lines from at least 124 urban villages in Greater Noida area is not connected to the city’s master sewer line. As a result, it is dumped into the city’s drains that flows directly into the rivers.

“Once complete, the lines will be routed to our existing sewage treatment plant in Kasna that has the capacity to treat 137 million litres a day,” said Narendra Bhooshan chief executive officer of the Greater Noida authority.

The authority will start by laying lines for villages like Chipyana, Haibatpur, Kheri Bhanuta, Saini, Sunpura, Ladpura, Devta, Chamroli and Kulipura among others. It will then move to villages such as Sutyana, Kulesra, Malakpur and Birondi that already have sewer lines, but are not connected to the master sewer line.

“The authority has been talking of laying sewer and connecting it with master plan for a long time but nothing has happened so far. We hope that the authority will provide basic civic amenities in villages at par with sectors,” said Mukesh Chaudhary of village Khedi Bhanauta.