12 of 18 major drains discharging untreated wastewater into Yamuna in Delhi NMCG
New Delhi Apr 22 PTI Twelve of the 18 major drains in Delhi are still discharging untreated water into the Yamuna the National Mission on Clean Ganga NMCG has told the Delhi Pollution Control Committee DPCC and the Delhi Jal Board DJBEighteen major drains open into the Yamuna in the 22-km Delhi stretch of the river between Wazirabad and Okhla Though the stretch is less than two per cent of the rivers length it accounts for about 80 per cent of the pollution in itAccording to a DPCC report submitted to the Union Jal Shakti Ministry in February the DJB had informed the pollution control body that 13 out of the 18 drains had been trapped and no untreated water from them was flowing into the YamunaThe NMCG in a letter to the DPCC and the DJB said it had sent survey teams to ascertain the status of the trapped drains on March 30 and 31It is reported that out of the 13 trapped drains seven are still discharging into the river Yamuna So as of now 12 drains seven trapped and five untrapped are discharging untreated wastewater into the Yamuna it saidThe seven drains are the Khyber Pass Drain Civil Military Drain Delhi Gate Drain Drain No 14 Tughlaqabad Drain Kalkaji Drain and the Sen Nursing Home DrainThe NMCG has asked the DPCC and the DJB to take action on the field observation report and submit an action-taken report to itAccording to DJB officials the 13 drains have been trapped through intercepting sewers which carry the untreated waste to nearby sewage treatment plants Only treated water from the STPs drains into the Yamuna they saidDelhi generates around 768 million gallons of sewage a day while the DJB supplies around 960 MGD of drinking water against a demand of 1150 MGDThe 34 sewage treatment plants operational at 20 locations across Delhi can treat up to 622 MGD of sewage and have been utilising around 87 per cent 544 MGD of their capacityUntrapped wastewater from unauthorised colonies and jhuggi-jhopri clusters and poor quality of treated wastewater discharged from STPs are the main reasons behind high levels of pollution in the river PTI GVS IJT
New Delhi Apr 22 PTI Twelve of the 18 major drains in Delhi are still discharging untreated water into the Yamuna the National Mission on Clean Ganga NMCG has told the Delhi Pollution Control Committee DPCC and the Delhi Jal Board DJBEighteen major drains open into the Yamuna in the 22-km Delhi stretch of the river between Wazirabad and Okhla Though the stretch is less than two per cent of the rivers length it accounts for about 80 per cent of the pollution in itAccording to a DPCC report submitted to the Union Jal Shakti Ministry in February the DJB had informed the pollution control body that 13 out of the 18 drains had been trapped and no untreated water from them was flowing into the YamunaThe NMCG in a letter to the DPCC and the DJB said it had sent survey teams to ascertain the status of the trapped drains on March 30 and 31It is reported that out of the 13 trapped drains seven are still discharging into the river Yamuna So as of now 12 drains seven trapped and five untrapped are discharging untreated wastewater into the Yamuna it saidThe seven drains are the Khyber Pass Drain Civil Military Drain Delhi Gate Drain Drain No 14 Tughlaqabad Drain Kalkaji Drain and the Sen Nursing Home DrainThe NMCG has asked the DPCC and the DJB to take action on the field observation report and submit an action-taken report to itAccording to DJB officials the 13 drains have been trapped through intercepting sewers which carry the untreated waste to nearby sewage treatment plants Only treated water from the STPs drains into the Yamuna they saidDelhi generates around 768 million gallons of sewage a day while the DJB supplies around 960 MGD of drinking water against a demand of 1150 MGDThe 34 sewage treatment plants operational at 20 locations across Delhi can treat up to 622 MGD of sewage and have been utilising around 87 per cent 544 MGD of their capacityUntrapped wastewater from unauthorised colonies and jhuggi-jhopri clusters and poor quality of treated wastewater discharged from STPs are the main reasons behind high levels of pollution in the river PTI GVS IJT
