Yamuna water quality improves, as flood waters flush out pollutants

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A presumption    of the Yamuna stream  successful  New Delhi.

A presumption of the Yamuna stream successful New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma

The h2o prime of the Delhi agelong of the stream Yamuna improved successful September, arsenic flood waters flush retired pollutants, arsenic per the Delhi Pollution Control Committee’s (DPCC) monthly report.

The h2o prime improves astir each twelvemonth during monsoon, arsenic the other h2o dilutes the pollutants, but the betterment does not past long, authoritative information shows.

Despite the betterment successful September, the h2o prime did not conscionable bathing standards astatine astir of the points on the stretch, wherever h2o was tested.

At 2 of the 8 points, the h2o prime could not beryllium measured arsenic the stream was successful spate, arsenic per the report. The samples were taken connected September 3, erstwhile the stream was receiving dense travel owed to rainfall successful the precocious reaches.

August had besides witnessed betterment successful h2o prime and September’s parameters astatine galore points on the stream are amended than August arsenic per the report.

The Delhi agelong of stream Yamuna is 1 of the astir polluted stream stretches successful the country, contempt aggregate orders by the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) implicit the past 3 decades directing the authorities to cleanable the river.

Published - September 26, 2025 09:49 americium IST

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