The Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company Ltd (CSPGCL) will get done a Hydrological study as per the requirement of Central Ground Water Board for extraction of Ground Water at 2x500 Mw Marwa Tendubhata Power Project in Janjgi-Champa district.
CSPGCL will also construct a 2.0 MLD sewerage treatment plant (STP) with elevated storage reservoir and pipeline for treated water utilization scheme for its housing colony at Korba East Thermal Power Station (TPS), officials informed.
It is installing ‘Continuous Stack Emission Monitoring System' at all its thermal power stations in Korba district.
The Monioring System will be installed at 4x210 MW HTPS Korba West, 2x250 MW DSPM TPS, Korba East and 2x120 MW & 4x50 MW KTPS Korba East, officials informed.
Notably, earlier, three large thermal power plants in Chhattisgarh were asked by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to upgrade their pollution control systems , the Central Government informed.
The power plants are NTPC, Korba and Korba (East) & West units of Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company Ltd (CSPGCL).
The compliance with environmental norms in Thermal power plants is monitored by CPCB, State Pollution Control Boards and Pollution Control Committees. Based on the inspections carried by CPCB under Environmental Surveillance Squad (ESS) and SMS alerts are generated, they informed.
The ground water potential of Chhattisgarh as per State government assessment in 2016-17 stood at 13.68 billion cubic metres (BCM).
Out of 13.69 BCM , 60% of water (i.e 10.67 BCM) is safe and usable, inform officials.
Notably, the ground water development in Chhattisgarh is restricted to the shallow aquifer zone, within 50 m depth and mostly through both in public and private sector. The shallow ground water structures include dug wells and bore wells in hard rock areas and dug wells, shallow tube wells and filter point tube wells in alluvial terrain.
A total of 54 villages had been selected from 27 districts of Chhattisgarh for 'Jal Kranti Abhiyan' in the State.
Two villages in each district have been selected and a master plan has been drafted to conserve and make community use of water for the welfare of the entire village.
The State Government had already issued guidelines to various departments as to how to preserve and regulate maximum utilisation of water. The villages had been coined as 'Jalgram' villages. People's participation will be encouraged in these villages.
Water Resources Minister Brijmohan Agrawal earlier said that Union Water Resources Ministry had launched 'Jal Kranti Abhiyan' to conserve water in all the districts of the country.
He said the gap between supply and demand will be assessed in all the 54 selected villages. Efforts will be made to spread awareness among the masses regarding the conservation of water.
Women in the Panchayats will be encouraged to become 'jal mitra' in all the 'Jalgram' villages. To augment the supply of water 'Neer Nari' and 'Jal Mitra' will be made.
The Minister added that defunct water tanks and lakes will be made functional by repairing them to augment water supply to the rural areas.
Steps will be taken to raise the water-table by channelizing the rain water harvesting in all the villages. Modern technology will be used to conserve water. The villagers will be encouraged to adopt traditional methods of conserving water and harvesting rain. Reeva and Chedia villages have been selected in Raipur for the Water conservation Mission.