Bhubaneswar: Stressing the need to keep Daya river water pollution-free, 5T and Nabin Odisha Chairman V K Pandian on Thursday directed the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to take immediate steps in this direction.
Chairing a high-level meeting in Bhubaneswar, Pandian observed that Daya river gets polluted as the Gangua nullah, which carries the city’s wastewater, flows into it.
It was decided at the meeting that a treatment plant with advanced technology would be constructed by WATCO at the confluence of Daya and Gangua to purify the water of the river, official sources said.
With the dumping of waste and release of untreated water in stormwater channels, Gangua nullah gets highly polluted. As a result, pollution in Daya River is getting worse in the capital city.
Pandian asked all the agencies concerned including Urban Development Department, BMC, WATCO and SPCB to take action in this regard.