GOVERNMENT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
IRRIGATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT

SHIMLA SEWERAGE PROJECT

SHIMLA SEWERAGE SCHEME FROM OPEC : 10 MILLION DOLLARS

Shimla sewerage project is being implemented with the aid of OPEC Fund for International Development Vienna. The estimated cost of the project is Rs.54.80 crore. The ratio of OPEC Fund and State Share is as under :-

OPEC Loan (73%) Rs. 40 crore.(10 Million Dollars)
State Share (27%) Rs. 14.80 crore.
Total Rs. 54.80 crore.

The Shimla Sewerage project was started in November, 1997. The work is in advanced stage of completion. Sewage Treatment Plants at 6 places are almost completed as per details given below:-

Dhalli (0.76 MLD )
Completed & commissioned
North Disposal (5.80 MLD)
-do-
Summer Hill (3.93 MLD)
-do-
Sanjauli/Malyana (4.44 MLD)
-do-
Snowdon (1.35 MLD)
Completed and tested
Lalpani (19.35 MLD)
Completed & commissing started from 26.7.04

Out of 179 Kms. sewerlines, 179.352 Kms. sewer lines have been laid in different zone of the Shimla town.

Executive Engineer, Sewerage Network, Const. Division, Shimla-5 has been authorized to sanction the sewerage connections to the buildings situated outside the Municipal Corporation limits.