Agri Min inaugurates sewage treatment plant at
IARI
02/07/2014 13:55
An eco-friendly sewage water treatment plant was inaugurated today by Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh at the IARI campus here with an aim to address water shortage at the government farm research fields, reported PTI. The water treatment plant, an innovative initiative of government agri-research body Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), has been set up in four acres with an investment of Rs 1.2 crore, as per the media reports. "The plant will treat sewage water of a residential colony of IARI without using any chemicals. It has a capacity to process 2.2 million litres per day. The treated water will be used to irrigate farm fields in the campus," said Ravinder Kaur, Project Director at Water Technology Centre of IARI. The IARI campus is spread over 500 hectare. It has 290 hectare of agri-land for research purpose. Of this, 200 hectare is irrigated, while the rest of the farm fields face water deficit of 520 million litres per year, she said.
02/07/2014 13:55
An eco-friendly sewage water treatment plant was inaugurated today by Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh at the IARI campus here with an aim to address water shortage at the government farm research fields, reported PTI. The water treatment plant, an innovative initiative of government agri-research body Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), has been set up in four acres with an investment of Rs 1.2 crore, as per the media reports. "The plant will treat sewage water of a residential colony of IARI without using any chemicals. It has a capacity to process 2.2 million litres per day. The treated water will be used to irrigate farm fields in the campus," said Ravinder Kaur, Project Director at Water Technology Centre of IARI. The IARI campus is spread over 500 hectare. It has 290 hectare of agri-land for research purpose. Of this, 200 hectare is irrigated, while the rest of the farm fields face water deficit of 520 million litres per year, she said.
