MC(Municipal Corporation) looks at sewage plants to generate energy

The municipal corporation (MC) is exploring the possibility of generating electricity through bio-gas from the sewage treatment plants (STPs) situated at Balloke and Bhattian. The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has given its consent for the project and a detail project report is now being prepared following which work would begin.

Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board (PWSSB) is maintaining the STPs and according to their records Balloke treatment plant produces 2,400 cubic metres of biogas a day and Bhattian plant produces 5,000 cubic metres a day. Officers of PWSSB are claiming to run two generators of 320KVA.

From Bhattian and Balloke the authorities are hoping to generate energy but they cannot do the same from the STP in Jamalpur. PWSSB officers admit that the discharge from dyeing units gets mixed with the discharge of domestic sewerage at Jamalpur therefore they can't generate energy from the biogas coming out of that STP.