DW BUREAU / PATIALA Former Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Member of Parliament from Patiala Preneet Kaur today inaugurated the newly installed 15 MLD capacity STP commissioned at a cost of Rs.14 crore at Shermajra STP site. MLA Samana Rajinder Singh and Mayor MC Patiala Sanjeev Sharma Bittu were also present on the occasion. Preneet Kaur said that as the population of Patiala city was increasing day by day, so there was a need for capacity enhancement in the existing set up of 46 MLD and 10 MLD. As a result, this new STP has been commissioned which would enhance the total capacity to 71 MLD for the city area. This new STP will benefit a population of 4.66 lakh. She further said that under the beautification project of Badi Nadi, commissioning of 24 MLD STP would also give relief to the Sanour area. The Member of Parliament said that Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had sanctioned this treatment plant under AMRUT scheme on the initiative of Local Government Minister Brahm Mahindra and within two years this STP was commissioned by Anand Associate Company. She said that this new STP, has been equipped with SBR (Oxygen System) system, which will eliminate the Nitrogen and make the treated water usable for agricultural irrigation. The MP further said that the Punjab Government under the leadership of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh was successfully fulfilling its commitment to provide better civic services to the people of Punjab so that uniform development of cities and villages of the state could be done without any discrimination. Rajinder Singh, MLA Samana, specially thanked Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and Preneet Kaur MP and said that despite the economic slowdown due to COVID, the state government did not allow it to slow the pace of development. Even in his constituency Samana, there was no shortage of funds for development works. He said though village Shermajra falls in his constituency Samana, he is happy that this village site proved beneficial to keep water bodies clean by the means of STPs setting up here. Meanwhile, the Mayor of the Municipal Corporation Sanjeev Sharma Bittu thanked the Chief Minister and MP Preneet Kaur and said that this new STP will increase the capacity of STPs of Patiala city, from existing 56 to 71 MLD. With this all the sewerage water of Patiala city would be discharged into the rivers only after complete treatment, which would also prevent pollution of the water bodies. (editor@dailyworld.in)