YAMUNA WILL BE CLEANED BY DECEMBER END : NMCG

(The Quiver) : Over 1,300-km-long Yamuna  is among the most polluted rivers in the country , which also provides water to more than half of the national capital.
Now initiatives are to be taken so that no dirty water will be flowing into the Yamuna by December-end as all drains carrying sewage into the river will be tapped.

National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) Director General G Asok Kumar said there are 18 drains that deliver dirty water into the Yamuna, and plans are afoot to tap these drains and divert the dirty water to sewage treatment plants (STPs).

Kumar said once dirty water stops flowing into the river, the next step will be to set a minimum flow of water in the Yamuna to have uninterrupted flow, which will ensure its cleanliness.
As per reports,98 per cent of pollution in the Yamuna comes from the national capital due to untreated or semi-treated industrial effluents or sewage that is being discharged into the river in the 22 km stretch.

According to estimates made by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi generates 3,800 million litres of sewage per day.

To check out pollution in Yamuna, NMCG is also looking into nonpoint sources of pollution in the Yamuna.

“We are also trying to find out about the nonpoint sources like the ones which also cause froth in the river. We are also trying to look at the dhobi ghats  through which a lot of soap is coming into the water. We are trying to address those nonpoint sources too and see they do not add pollution to the river,” the NMCG official said.