In a first of its kind for Nagaland and Dimapur in particular where two major rivers, Dhansiri and Diphu run through the district, a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) for “Interception, Diversion and Treatment of waste water,” was unveiled at Shozukhu village by the Public Housing and Engineering Department (PHED) Minster, Jacob Zhimomi on January 14.
Located within an area of 13.6 hectares, the STP was built under the National River Conservation Plan project which was sanctioned and approved in the year 2005 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) at a total cost of Rs 78.65 crores.
The project consists of the Sewage Treatment Plant including five Waste Stabilisation Ponds (WSPs), laboratory and equipments, administrative buildings and staff quarters, low cost sanitation, afforestation and public awareness programme.
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