Rourkela, Oct 14 (PTI) A modern sewage treatment plant with a capacity of treating 4 million litre of wastewater per day was inaugurated at the Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha.

Built at a cost of Rs 14.91-crore, the sewage treatment plant was a major step forward in the field of environment management, the RSP said in a release.

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The sewage treatment plant was inaugurated by SAIL chairperson Soma Mondal on Thursday, the release said.

The plant has been set up to treat the sewage generated from the toilets in different units of the RSP.

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Built on the latest technology of moving bed bio reactor (MBBR), the STP will treat the sewage with modern and advanced equipment.

During an interaction with young executives of the RSP on Friday, Mondal stressed on the need to adhere to safe working practices.

The SAIL chairperson underscored that digitisation system should be strengthened in the RSP and it should aim at becoming a world-class corporation in producing ‘green steel'.

Green steel is environmentally friendly steel produced by reducing its carbon footprint as compared to the conventional steel-making process.

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