Mumbai’s sewage treatment plant gets green ministry nod

03 December 2018

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has given a go ahead to the city’s largest sewage treatment plant (STP), worth Rs 2,020 crore, to come up in Malad. The STP will come up on 35 hectares of mangrove land.

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The Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) notification stipulates re-plantation of three times the number of mangroves trees proposed to be cut or destroyed due to construction.

However, the STP, a part of the BMC’s Mumbai Sewage Disposal Project II, still needs approval from the state forest department for re-plantation of the mangroves. At present, the BMC has received clearance for re-plantation on 24 hectares between Malad to Thane creek. “For the remaining 11 hectares, the civic body has suggested a land parcel in Bhiwandi, which is awaiting approval,” said an official.