Land deadlock for Alandi STP ends

  • | Friday | 13th July, 2018

However, the plan ran into stiff resistance from local villages, forcing the authorities to refocus their efforts on acquiring reserved land. The owner of the plot, officials said, has agreed to provide 67,000 sq ft in Sector 4, along Indrayani river.“We hope to complete the land acquisition in five months. Pimpri Chinchwad: The three-year wait for a sewage treatment plant in Alandi is drawing to a close, with the local body clearing the major hurdle of land acquisition.“The state government has approved the construction of a 4 MLD STP for Alandi under ‘Tirthakshetra Vikas Arakhada’ around three years ago,” said Sameer Bhumkar, chief executive officer of the Alandi Municipal Council. Construction should start by December,” Bhumkar said. “The work order for this project was also awarded, but work could not start as a 1 acre plot reserved in the development plan (DP) was not in our possession,” he said.The then divisional commissioner had suggested that AMC construct the STP on state-owned grazing land near Charholi and Kelgaon villages.

Pimpri Chinchwad: The three-year wait for a sewage treatment plant in Alandi is drawing to a close, with the local body clearing the major hurdle of land acquisition.“The state government has approved the construction of a 4 MLD STP for Alandi under ‘Tirthakshetra Vikas Arakhada’ around three years ago,” said Sameer Bhumkar, chief executive officer of the Alandi Municipal Council. “The work order for this project was also awarded, but work could not start as a 1 acre plot reserved in the development plan (DP) was not in our possession,” he said.The then divisional commissioner had suggested that AMC construct the STP on state-owned grazing land near Charholi and Kelgaon villages. However, the plan ran into stiff resistance from local villages, forcing the authorities to refocus their efforts on acquiring reserved land. The owner of the plot, officials said, has agreed to provide 67,000 sq ft in Sector 4, along Indrayani river.“We hope to complete the land acquisition in five months. Construction should start by December,” Bhumkar said.

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