Ugani(Rajpura / Patiala), February 3: With the reshaping of the pond at Uganivillage in Rajpura Sub Division, the residents of the village are feelingblessed. The villagers say that theeffluent of their village earlier used to damage the crops as well as kill thefishes in the aquaculture pond and spread the disease in the village, now the scenario has totally changed.
More than 70 houses in Ugani village, whichhas about 150 houses, are directly connected to the pond. When the pond of the village was in itsearlier form, the TDS of the waste water falling into it was 868 and nowgetting treated its wastewater naturally with the Seechewal mode, the level hasbeen reduced to 396. In this way thepond has become an example.
Thepond treats 162 cubic meters of water per day and has a capacity of 1900 cubicmeters. Established on September 20,2020 with the help of Nabha Power Ltd(under its CSR activity), Department of Water Supply and Sanitation made this project possible at a cost of Rs.20 lakhs, the new look of the pond now provides irrigation water to the cropsand clean water to the nearby Fisheries Pond.
JeetSingh, a resident of the village, said that after the renovation of the pond,Ugani has become the first in terms of cleanliness in and now villagers are notbothered by flies and mosquitoes and we are not at risk of diseases likebefore.
Anothervillager Amritpal Singh said that the renovation of his village pond wasdirectly and indirectly benefiting his village. He said that this has saved the ground water table from falling day byday and on the other hand the dirty water of the village has started to becleaned and rain water has also started to be stored.
The Sarpanch of the village Gurpreet Kaur saidthat the village had made the waste water of the houses usable for irrigationand other purposes by beautifying the appearance of the pond and making it odorfree before passing the waste water through the screening chamber, so that therough dirt can be cleaned from it.
Thiswater is then passed through three deep wells in a circular motion so that thefine dirt can be removed. After this thewater goes into the pond and becomes usable for drinking of cattles andirrigation including bathing of animals. The Sarpanch said that now after renovation, the pond was being used asa resort to keep the environment clean by planting trees around it.