This sewage has a new address at Bellandur
This sewage has a new address at Bellandur
ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Apr 21, 2021, 06:00 IST
Around 100 million litres of
sewage are being diverted to the new sewage treatment plant at
Bellandur
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (
BWSSB) has achieved a major milestone. The newly built sewage treatment plant located in the upstream of
Bellandur Lake has started receiving about 100 million litres per day (
MLD) of sewage from the Koramangala and Challaghatta valley, which was for the last four decades, polluting the storm water drain and the lakes.
The diversion of sewage to the treatment plant will help the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (
The fatalities included a 37-year-old man brought dead to a hospital on April 15 in Bengaluru.
BENGALURU: Karnataka and Bengaluru on Tuesday reported single-day record spikes with the state logging 21,794 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. The 19,067 cases reported on April 18 was its previous highest.
Bengaluru, too, reported its highest-ever 13,782 cases and was followed by Tumakuru with 1,055 cases, Kalaburagi 818 and Mysuru 699 cases.
The state reported 149 Covid-19 fatalities, including 92 in Bengaluru, in the past 24 hours. The youngest among the dead was a 26-year-old woman from Bengaluru with no comorbidities. She breathed her last on April 11, after four days of hospitalization.
The fatalities included a 37-year-old man brought dead to a hospital on April 15 in Bengaluru. The state reported that six patients died at their residence and this included a 35-year-old man who passed away on April 16. The daily Covid fatality rate was 0.6 %.
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