Essel Infra today announced signing a concession agreement with National Mission for Clean Ganga in Delhi for development of Rs 156 crore sewage treatment plant under hybrid annuity-based PPP (public-private-partnership) mode, the first such project awarded under Namani Gange Programme.
The project will be constructed in eighteen months and operated and maintained for 15 years by Essel Infra, an official statement said. It will treat 50 million litres of sewage in Varanasi city every day. Currently, this sewage is being deposited in the River Ganga without any treatment mechanism and is a major source of pollution.
Union Minister for Water Resources, River