BEL to set up ₹13.5 crore sewage treatment plant to restore Doddabommasandra Lake

BENGALURU: Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) is setting up a 10 MLD (million litres per day) Sewage Treatment Plant to rejuvenate the Doddabommasandra Lake at a cost of Rs. 13.5 crores.

BEL has taken up this initiative — a first-of-its-kind — as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility activities, in collaboration with the Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority (KLCDA), BBMP and the Revenue Department.

The foundation stone for the proposed plant was laid on Saturday by Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda and State Agriculture Minister Krishna Byregowda. City Mayor Sampath Raj, BEL CMD Gowtama M.V. and BEL Director (Other Units), & Chairman, CSR Apex Committee Nataraj Krishnappa were also present at the inaugural ceremony

The Doddabommasandra Lake covers an area of 50.31 hectares (124.35 acres) and helps recharge ground water in the Doddabommasandra watershed region. This watershed region replenishes the ground water table of Vidyaranyapura, Govindayyanapalya, Doddabommasandra and Thindlu areas.

The STP will be designed on the latest 'Sequential Batch Reactor Technology', an advanced version of the 'Activated Sludge Process' of the Central Public Health and Environment Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO).