Bithoor City Profile
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BITHOOR CITY PROFILE Population: 13,742 ithoor or Bithur is a town in Kanpur Nagar District in Uttar Pradesh. Municipal area: 8.58 sq.km. B The city is situated 23.4 kilometres by road from Kanpur city. Bithoor Name of local government: is situated on the right bank of the Ganga, and is a centre of Hindu Bithoor Nagar Panchayat pilgrimage. According to Hindu mythology, Bithoor is the birthplace of Lord Ram’s sons Luv and Kush. SFD graphic Bithoor, Uttar Pradesh, India Date prepared: 26 August 2020 Version: Draft Prepared by: CSE SFD Level 1: SFD Lite Containment Emptying Transport Treatment 3% SN Offsite treated sanitation SN not contained: 5% SN not contained delivered to treatment: 4% 1% FS contained – not emptied FS not contained – emptied: 24% Onsite FS not sanitation contained: 92% Open Defecation 4% 68% 25% 1% 1% 1% FS not FS not SN not WW not SN not contained – delivered delivered delivered to treated 96% not emptied to treatment to treatment treatment Local area Neighbourhood City Key: WW: Wastewater, FS: Faecal sludge, SN: Supernatant Safely managed Unsafely managed Service outcomes Containment 1% 6% Septic Tank connected to open drain 4% 2% or storm sewer Fully Lined Tank connected to open drain or storm sewer Lined tanks with impermeable walls and open bottom, no outlet or overflow, with significant risk of groundwater pollution Lined pits with semi-permeable walls and open bottom, no outlet no overflow with 87% significant risk of groundwater pollution Toilet discharges directly to water body Figure 1: Llined pit with semi-permeable walls and open bottom Emptying Service provided by Government Private operator No of vehicles 1 1 Licensed /registered Not yer – Record maintained – – Fee charged – INR 1,200 – 1,500 No of manual emptiers – – Fee charged by manual emptiers – – Figure 2: ULB owned vacuum tanker Transport Type of vacuum tanker Tractor mounted Truck mounted No of vehicles 1 – No of trips per tanker 1 in every 4 months – per day Capacity of vehicle 3,000 Liters – Figure 3: 1 of the 7 big open drains in Bithoor Treatment and disposal Type of waste Sewage Faecal Sludge Treatment facility present Yes – Constructed Type of facility – Wetlands Generated 0.75 MLD 7.5 KLD Treated 0.65 MLD – Designated disposal site STP – Figure 4: Inlet of Constructed Wetland based STP Location of city UTTAR PRADESH Bithoor Data collected by CSE team, September 2020 Data collected by CSE team, Source:.