BEL to set up sewage treatment plant to restore Doddabommasandra Lake

Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) is setting up a 10 MLD (million litres per day) Sewage Treatment Plant to rejuvenate the Doddabommasandra Lake at a cost of Rs. 13.5 crores. BEL has taken up this initiative — a first-of-its-kind —  as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility activities, in collaboration with the Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority (KLCDA), BBMP and the Revenue Department. The foundation stone for the installing and commissioning of the proposed Sewage Treatment Plant was laid today (Saturday, February 17, 2018) by the Chief Guest D V Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India. Krishna Byre Gowda, Minister for Agriculture, Government of Karnataka, presided over the function. Sampath Raj R, Mayor, BBMP, Gowtama M V, CMD, BEL, and Nataraj Krishnappa, Director (Other Units), & Chairman, CSR Apex Committee, BEL, were also present.