Vishwa.Mohan @timesgroup.com New Delhi: The Centre is now facing one of its biggest challenges in cleaning up Ganga — Kanpur’s Sisamau Nala, the dirtiest open drain of the stretch. The drain discharges the highest amount of untreated sewage (138 MLD) into the riv- er. The river also passes through one of the most pop- ulated and congested areas here. Since it is flanked by res- idential colonies and slums, the authorities at the Nation- al Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) are at a loss over how to divert the dirty water to the nearest sewage treatment plants (STPs). They cannot build any new STP closer to the drain as there is hardly any land avail- able in the area. Though they have planned to divert dirty water from the drain to exist- ing STPs at Bingawan and Jaj- mau, they have yet to figure out how to divert it without af- fecting the local population. Looking for a unique solu- tion for one of the biggest challenges on the most criti- cal stretch (Kanpur-Varana- si) of the river Ganga, the Cen- ter has asked IIT Roorkee to suggest ways to tap the Sisa- mau drain. Experts of the in- stitute will examine it and rec- ommend the best options to the ministry of water re- sources. Though officials have zeroed in at a solution in the form of constructing a parallel ‘pipe drain’, they will wait for the best possible sug- gestion from the IIT Roorkee. Elsewhere, options of ‘rubber dam’ (cylindrical rub- ber fabrics placed across dif- ferent tributaries of Ganga) will also be explored so that polluted water from such riv- ers can be diverted for treat- ment before being discharged into the river. Such dams are currently used in different parts of the world to divert water for irrigation and sew- age retention/separation. The issue of ‘rubber dam’ was flagged by the Uttar Pra- desh irrigation minister Shivpal Singh Yadav during his meeting with Union water resources and Ganga rejuve- nation minister Uma Bharti here on Thursday. Bharti is learnt to have told him that her ministry is ready to set up such dams in five-six cities across tributaries of Ganga and their ‘ghats’. For the full report, log on to www.timesofindia.com Kanpur drain hurdle for clean Ganga, IIT roped in Status of drains and sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Kanpur, Allahabad and Varanasi RAISING A STINK Kanpur Allahabad Varanasi Drains discharging into river Ganga Drains are tapped (untreated water is not allowed to get discharged into the river from these drains) Estimated Sewage Generation (till 2030) Available Treatment Capacity 23 63 28 37 21 17 481 311 348 171 311 101 Figs in MLD
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THE TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHI FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015 11TIMES NATION
Agra: In a first for militaryaviation in the country, IndianAir Force on Thursday suc-cessfully test-landed a FrenchDassault Mirage-2000 on theYamuna Expressway nearRaya village, Mathura, atabout 6.40 am. The drill waspart of more elaborate trialsto see how many other high-ways can be used for emergen-cy landing of defence aircraft.The next stretch on sight isthree km of the Agra-Luck-now Greenfield Expressway.
Better known as ‘Vajra’ or‘Thunderbolt’ in the IAF, themulti-role fighter landed onthe six-lane expressway closeto the venue of a scheduledrally on May 25 that will havePM Narendra Modi talkingabout his first year in office.
Later in the day, IAF said ina statement that the Mi-rage-2000 took off from a basein central India and made atrial approach on the highwayto explore the feasibility of us-ing it in emergency. “It camedown to a height of 100 metersbefore landing off the next ap-proach. The operations wereconducted with active supportfrom the government of UttarPradesh, Yamuna Express-way Authority, toll authoritiesof JP Infratech and the Math-ura police.” There were manysorties by IAF choppers be-fore the jet, a single seater thatcan attain a speed of 2,495 km/hr (Mach 2.3), landed on a des-olate patch that had beencleared for traffic.
Earlier this month, TOI re-ported that UP CM AkhileshYadav in a meeting with IAFand UP Expressways Industri-al Development Authorityhad approved the proposal tous the 2.5-3 km strip on theAgra-Lucknow expresswayfor the ambitious exercise.
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IAF successfully test-landsMirage on Yamuna e-way
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New Delhi: The Centre isnow facing one of its biggestchallenges in cleaning upGanga — Kanpur’s SisamauNala, the dirtiest open drainof the stretch.
The drain discharges thehighest amount of untreatedsewage (138 MLD) into the riv-er. The river also passesthrough one of the most pop-ulated and congested areashere. Since it is flanked by res-idential colonies and slums,the authorities at the Nation-al Mission for Clean Ganga(NMCG) are at a loss over howto divert the dirty water to thenearest sewage treatmentplants (STPs).
They cannot build anynew STP closer to the drain asthere is hardly any land avail-
able in the area. Though theyhave planned to divert dirtywater from the drain to exist-ing STPs at Bingawan and Jaj-mau, they have yet to figureout how to divert it without af-fecting the local population.
Looking for a unique solu-tion for one of the biggestchallenges on the most criti-cal stretch (Kanpur-Varana-si) of the river Ganga, the Cen-ter has asked IIT Roorkee tosuggest ways to tap the Sisa-mau drain. Experts of the in-stitute will examine it and rec-ommend the best options tothe ministry of water re-sources. Though officialshave zeroed in at a solution inthe form of constructing aparallel ‘pipe drain’, they willwait for the best possible sug-gestion from the IIT Roorkee.
Elsewhere, options of‘rubber dam’ (cylindrical rub-
ber fabrics placed across dif-ferent tributaries of Ganga)will also be explored so thatpolluted water from such riv-ers can be diverted for treat-ment before being dischargedinto the river. Such dams arecurrently used in differentparts of the world to divertwater for irrigation and sew-age retention/separation.
The issue of ‘rubber dam’was flagged by the Uttar Pra-desh irrigation ministerShivpal Singh Yadav duringhis meeting with Union waterresources and Ganga rejuve-nation minister Uma Bhartihere on Thursday. Bharti islearnt to have told him thather ministry is ready to set upsuch dams in five-six citiesacross tributaries of Gangaand their ‘ghats’.
For the full report, log onto www.timesofindia.com
Kanpur drain hurdle forclean Ganga, IIT roped in
Ahead of his visit toJ&K on Friday, de-fence minister
Manohar Parrikar clarifiedthat when he said “terror-ists should be neutralizedby terrorists” or “kante sekanta nikalna (remove athorn with a thorn)” earlier in the day, he did not mean covert operationsbeing undertaken by “ourown people”.
Instead, the aim is to ex-ploit the differences be-tween terror outfits for bothintelligence-gathering aswell as surgical strikes.“Many terrorists are drawninto terrorism because of fi-nancial allurements… theyare paid money for it. Ifsuch people are there, whynot use them? What is theharm in using terroristsagainst terrorists? Whyshould our soldiers be in thefront?” he said.
On Pakistan’s beha-viour, the defence ministersaid “the situation actuallydepends on how we react toit”, stressing India’s “very firm” response tocross-border firing andabetment to terrorism waspaying dividends.
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‘Why risk oursoldiers? Letterrorists killeach other’
�Continued from P1 Status of drains and sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Kanpur, Allahabad and Varanasi RAISING A STINK
Kanpur
Allahabad
Varanasi
Drains discharging into river Ganga
Drains are tapped (untreated water is not allowed to get discharged into the river from these drains)
EstimatedSewage Generation(till 2030)
Available Treatment
Capacity
23
63 28
37 21
17 481
311
348
171
311
101
Figs in MLD
New Delhi: After standing stillfor five days over the Anda-mans, the southwest monsoonadvanced on Thursday to coverthe entire island chain andweather department said rainswould hit Kerala by May-end.
India Meteorological De-partment officials said they ex-pect the Arabian Sea branch ofthe monsoon to get activated inabout a week, which would laythe ground for the rain system
to make landfall on Keralacoast — an event that marks theonset of the monsoon in thecountry. “Everything seemsnormal for monsoon’s arrival.Around a week from now, aneastward moving rain systemcalled Madden-Julian Oscilla-tion will appear in the westernIndian Ocean and aid the mon-soon’s onset,” said D Sivanan-da Pai, IMD’s lead monsoonforecaster.
However, the outlook forthis year’s rainy season hasturned bleaker, with IMD re-
leasing its El Nino predictionthat says the anomalous weath-er condition is likely to streng-then during the monsoonmonths and reach its peakthereafter.
El Nino, Spanish for ‘littleboy’, is an unusual warming ofocean waters in the east andcentral Pacific that drives achange in wind and rain pat-terns, which in turn generallyweakens the southwest mon-soon in India.
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Monsoon may hit Kerala by May-endIn one of the biggest propertyattachments in a single day,
Enforcement Directorate (ED)on Thursday attachedproperties worth over Rs 500crore in Odisha and WestBengal. While attachmentsworth over Rs 485 crore weremade in Odisha, another Rs 20crore worth attachments wereordered in separate cases inWest Bengal. In the first case,the agency’s Kolkata zonaloffice, under which Odishafalls, issued orders attachingassets worth Rs 400 crore ofthree firms, their owners andassociates in the Uliburumining scam case which wasalso probed by the Justice M BShah Commission for allegedfinancial irregularities andcorruption. TNN
ED seizes ̀̀ 500crworth of property
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New Delhi: The aim behindsuccessfully test-landing aMirage-2000 fighter on the Ya-muna Expressway on Thurs-day was to be able to use na-tional highways duringemergencies as well as con-flict situations if it’s required.
Though several coun-tries, ranging from Chinaand Pakistan to Sweden andGermany, have such “roadrunways”, it was the firsttime that such a trial run wasconducted in India. “If anairbase is under attack orbombed during a war, theIAF will need a proper surface from which it can continue to operate,” said asenior officer.
Flown by Wing Com-mander Prashant Arorafrom the “Tigers” squadronbased at Gwalior, the French-origin Mirage-2000 firstmade “a practice approach”around 100-metre over thehighway. Then, after tearingback into the sky, the super-sonic jet returned to finallytouch down on the road atabout 6.40 am.
“It taxied for some dis-tance before taking off againin a roller mode,” he said.
“The aim is to activatesuch road runways on differ-ent highways around thecountry, which we are in theprocess of identifying. All fa-cilities like a make-shift airtraffic control, safety servic-es, rescue vehicles, birdclearances parties and otherrequirements were set up byour personnel from the AgraAir Force Station for the mis-sion on Thursday,” he added.
IAF’s fleet of 50 multi-role Mirage-2000 fighters,which are also tasked with
nuclear weapons delivery,are now being progressivelyupgraded with advancedavionics and long-range mis-siles. While the first two Mi-rage-2000s were handed overto the IAF in March after be-ing upgraded in France, theothers will be progressivelysouped-up by HAL with tech-nology transfer under theoverall Rs 17,547 crore pro-gramme finalized in 2011-2012. India has also decidedto go in for the direct pur-chase of 36 French Rafalefighters, which was finalizedduring the Modi-Hollandesummit in Paris on April 10.
India joins club of nationswith ‘road runways’
Soon, helicopters may land and take off from complexes thatwill come up along the national highways (NHs). The road
transport ministry has approved a plan to develop such waysideamenities at every 50 km and most of these sites will havehelipad facility for any emergency situation including adisaster. Sources said wayside amenities along the YamunaExpressway have provision for helipads, primarily forevacuation purpose in case of a mishap. They added only 25x25sqm space is required for building a helipad. “The helipad musthave space to write a big H and we need to put a wind-shock tohelp detect how the wind is blowing so that a pilot can preparelanding,” said an executive who was associated with theYamuna Expressway project. Dipak Dash
Helipads along highway stretches soon
El Nino Threat To Grow During Season, Says IMD
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