ranchi if things go as planned the dying harmu river will get a fresh look in the next two and a half years a contract has been signed between the chief engineer of the state urban development department pramod kumar sinha and prashant khandale project coordinator of mumbaibased private company eagle infra india ltd for restoration and conservation of harmu riverthe river stretches across 175 km in the city of which 105 km lies in the urban area the work of restoration will be done in the urban stretch the chief engineer of the urban development department sinha said many drains flow into the river and during rains they carry solid waste faeces and much more unhygienic elements with water to the river thus polluting it harmu meets subarnarekha river and the water from getalsud dam at the subarnarekha river is purified and supplied as drinking water he added if the harmu river is cleaned clean water will reach getalsud dam if the water is pure less chemicals will be required to puriit thus making it more healthy the first step towards the restoration of the river will be installation of sewerage treatment plant stp which will be constructed by eagle infra india ltd once the stp is installed the work of cleaning the drains connected to the river will be started sinha said first the solid waste will be cleaned up from the river then grill chambers would be placed in the river to collect the solid waste in drains the drain water will first be treated in spt then released to the river the next step would be beatification of river banks sinha said instead of removing the encroachment and troubling people the plan is to utilize those empty lands which have not yet been encroached we do not intend to trouble people instead we will identify the empty land near river banks and make parks plant trees and make jogging track also we have planned to install lights in these areas so people do not openly defecate on the river bank said sinha the work of restoration will start within a week and is likely to be completed in the next 25 years