shrinkage of glaciers may broadly affect in
dumps to 58% of its waste into Yamuna.
the field of farming and hydropower
Untreated flow of wastes into it from several
generation in near future.
cities along its banks in Haryana and UP is
5.
Yamuna’s
Company to be set up to fast-track
clean Ganga operation (Times of
India 12/01/16)
biggest
enemies.
In
Utter
Pradesh, the river is almost invisible,
covered with pollutants and foam. The Govt.
With the Union Cabinet, GoI, deciding to
has spent Rs 1514.70 crore under Yamuna
speed up the ongoing clean Ganga mission,
Action Plan I and Phase II for creation of
will
for
new sewage treatment capacity of 942.25
implementation of river cleaning projects
million lit/day in Delhi, Haryana and Utter
under PPP (Public Private Partnership)
Pradesh. The Scenario does not seem to
mode, which will eventually construct and
have changed even in 2015. According to
operationalise sewage treatment plants in all
“Central Water Commission Report”, the
118 towns/cities by 2018. The new company
current level of BOD in Yamuna is 55
will have different verticals to look after
mg/lit, which is enormously high, as
different issues like sewage treatment,
compared to the permissible limit of 2
industrial discharge, river front development
mg/lit.
and sewage cleaning among others.
irreversible. Water is unusable, both for
6.
soon
set
up
a
company
This
contamination
level
is
“Ugly reality of river Yamuna-
irrigation and drinking. In fact, polluted
India’s most polluted river”
water from the Yamuna is also partially
River Yamuna, the second largest tributary
responsible for contamination of G.W. in
of river Ganga, originating from the
Agra, as the TDS in water has jumped to
Yamunotri
almost 1500 mg/ lit, from 500 mg/ lit, 3
glacier,
flows
through
Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi and Utter
times the permissible limit.
Pradesh. The water is clear and blue until
According to health experts, “even the
the river reaches Haryana, Thereafter tons of
vegetables coming from neighboring towns
untreated sewage, industrial waste, domestic
like
waste, and dumped garbage turn it into one
farmers rely on polluted river for irrigation,
of
add
the
world’s
Urbanisation
most
and
polluted
industrialization
river.
Ghaziabad
to
the
and
Faridabad,
water
pollution
where
related
has
complications for Delhiites. A shocking 81
literally killed river Yamuna. New Delhi
out of 116 samples of such water-it
that generates 1900 million lit/day of sewage
translates to almost 70%.
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Integrated River Basin Management Society