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Consultant Submits DPR for New 100 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant at Panjapur, Tiruchirappalli

As per the DPR, the project will cost ₹220 crore. The plant will have a capacity to process 100 Million Litres a Day (MLD) of sewage.

WD News: The consultant appointed by Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation has submitted the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for establishing a new Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in Panjapur.

The Tamil Nadu Water Investment Company, which was asked to prepare the DPR in August 2022, deployed its team of experts to study the proposed site and carry out field inspections. After analysing various aspects, the company has submitted its report to the Tiruchi Corporation.

Sources said that the project would be implemented under the financial pattern of Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM). While 40% of the total estimate would be sourced from the Atal Mission for Urban Infrastructure and Transformation (AMRUIT) 2.0, the developer (the construction company) would invest the remaining 60%. After the commissioning of the plant, the corporation would repay the investment cost to the company in 15 years with 13% interest.

Similarly, the company would be given the rights of operation and maintenance of the plant for 15 years from the date of commissioning, and it was estimated that it would cost Rs. 185 crores for it, and the amount would be settled with the contractor in 15 years.

The DPR had been sent to the Commissionerate of Municipal Administration for the administrative sanction.

An official said that the implementation of phase-II and phase-III underground drainage projects had been expedited. The contractors were expected to complete the projects within June this year. By the time the projects were completed, the STP should also be ready so that sewage collected from households could be processed.

The corporation has already identified about 50 acres of land at the southern-east corner of its 575 acres of land at Panjapur to set up the new STP.

Source: The Hindu
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