There is “no sign of illness epidemic” in Maha Kumbh, even if millions of people take a bath in Prayagraj, said the Minister of Sciences of the country, attributing it to the wonders of nuclear technology.
It is estimated that more than 500 million took a bath at the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and the Lost Saraswati river. To put this massive number in perspective – it is more than the combined populations of the United States and Russia.
“More than 50 faithful crore have already visited and yet no sign of hygiene or epidemic risk disruption,” said Dr. Jitetra Singh – also the Minister of State of the Prime Minister’s office – who has Visited the Sangam yesterday.
Qualified diabetologist and exercise doctor, Dr. Singh called him “Herculean task”.
This unique feat was made possible thanks to the deployment of unique Indian wastewater treatment plants that have been launched by the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (Barc), Mumbai and the Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam.
The two institutions are affiliated with the atomic energy department.
A wastewater treatment system entitled reactors by hybrid granular granular sequencing lots or HGSBR technology has been deployed to the Maha Kumbh.
Plants use microbes to treat dirty water and are often called fecal sludge treatment plants. The technology has been sought and developed by Dr. Venkat Nancharaiah, who works at DAE.
Plants installed on the banks of the Ganga river can treat nearly 1.5 Lakh liters of wastewater per day on the Maha Kumbh site.
Technology uses treatment based on granules loaded with bacteria (bio-beafs) as a lasting organic treatment alternative for wastewater treatment factories (WWTP) on activated sludge systems due to high biomass retention, higher decantation and processing properties.
The granules -based system can considerably reduce costs due to a drop in the fingerprint, lower infrastructure and a drop in operational costs.
For the implementation, a new method has been developed to grow organic cords – a combination of biofilms and granules – from wastewater microbes.
In addition to higher treatment, it can reduce the earthly imprint and costs up to 60% and 30%.
The advantages are enormous compared to the conventional process.
It reduces the volume of biological treatment tanks up to 20% compared to reactors by conventional sequencing lots (SBR).
It can help to note the gap between the generation of wastewater and the treatment capacity in the country.
This is a remarkable realization since earlier, the epidemics of cholera and Kumbh dysentery were quite common, due to the open defecation and dirty water.
This year, the Uttar Pradesh government was 1.5 lakh toilet on the Mela site.
There are 11 permanent and three temporary wastewater treatment plants, which are aimed at the huge outing of wastewater on the Mela site.
Drinking water is provided by more than 200 automatic water distribution machines.