Title - Mumbai Metro project to have water treatment plant to wash rakes

About four lakh litres of water will be recycled daily on Mumbai's first Metro corridor between Versova and Ghatkopar as it will have a treatment plant to recycle water used to wash rakes. Thus the metro rail will be greener as it will save and recycle water to be used for washing and cleaning trains. The Reliance Infrastructure’s Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL), which is constructing the link, plans to commission the treatment plant with a capacity to recycle five lakh litres of water daily at Versova car shed.  
"The waste water treatment plant is expected to be started by May. Once commissioned, the unit comprehensive waste water treatment plant will ensure that water used in operating the Metro gets treated and pumped back into the system thereby achieving zero-waste discharge," a MMOPL spokesperson said. Ahluwalia Contractors India Ltd is working on the treatment plant.  
"The project will not only aim at creating awareness about responsible water use, treatment, and disposal, but also encourage water conservation at a time when the country and Maharashtra is battling with large-scale water shortage," he added. The daily water requirement at MMOPL's Versova Car Shed would be of 3 lac litres for domestic usage and another 0.5 lac litres for industrial as well as few additional requirements for other plants and equipments.