New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Saturday inaugurated a Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Bawana Industrial Estate here for treating effluents and polluted water discharged from industrial units.
"The effluent will be pumped to the plant through raw effluent pumping station situated in various sectors of industrial area by way of rising mains. The treated water will be used for horticulture purposes and help in making entire area green," Dikshit said.
The plant at Bawana, in north Delhi, has been set up with an investment of Rs.53.74 crore over a 53 thousand sq metres area. It will sedrve more than 20,000 industrial units.
Industries Minister Ramakant Goswami, who was also present on the ocassion, said that based on the state-of-the-art plant was conceptulaised by the Delhi Industrial and Infrastructre Development Coorporation (DSIIDC).