Gujarat Govt mulls policy for recycling urban waste water

Realising the importance of saving water, the Gujarat Government has decided to come out with a dedicated policy for purification and recycling urban waste water.

The policy would be announced during the current month said Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday at a function related to deepening of a pond at Akhadol village of Kheda district in Central Gujarat. The work for deepening of ponds is being undertaken as part of the ongoing Sujalam Sufalam Water Conservation Campaign – 2018.

“Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) is evolving strategy to make rules stricter for wasting or polluting precious water resources. We need to understand without water development wouldn’t be possible,” said Rupani.

Appreciating contribution of Hindu religious place Santaram temple for deepening of Akhdol village pond the Chief Minister said that taking inspiration from Nadiad based Santaram temple more number of religious places, educational institutions and social organisations should join the campaign. He appealed to the people to devote at least four hours daily on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays for the campaign. Rupani also performed the ground breaking ceremony of a government health centre at the village to be built at a cost of Rs 3.25-crore.z

CM Rupani said the campaign is to increase the storage capacity of 13,000 water bodies in the state by 11,000 cubic feet during this month before the onset of monsoon. Nearly 4,000 JCB machines and 10,000 tractors have been deployed for the work. The Bhadbhut barrage downstream SSP Dam on the Narmada River and Desalination Plant with capacity to produce 10-crore litre per day potable water near Jodiya in Jamnagar district are the two major water conservation projects on the anvil.

In Kheda district alone nearly 50 lakes will be deepened during the month of May.  For the purpose private donors will spend  Rs 192.78 lakh while under the MANREGA scheme works worth of Rs. 668-lakh would be spent. The cost includes revival of two rivers also. On Saturday the Chief Minister will review water conservation work worth worth of Rs. 427-lakh for the North Gujarat district Banaskantha which was affected badly due to heavy rain  during the last monsoon.