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Yamuna News: Every government makes promises regarding the filth of Yamuna, but even after many reports, the question remains that when will it be cleaned. Meanwhile, a report has come out in which a new claim has been made regarding filth.
Yamuna News : Every time research is conducted on Yamuna river and many reasons have come to light, but the problem remains the same. The previous Kejriwal government had also promised the people of Delhi that they would pay attention to the cleanliness of Yamuna and they should be given five more years to run the government. Meanwhile, the Jal Shakti Ministry on Monday said the Yamuna in the national capital remains polluted due to untreated sewage, lack of effluent treatment plants, project delays and major deficiencies in solid waste processing. Apart from this, the ministry also said that Delhi Jal Board has spent about Rs 5,536 crore in three financial years to try to keep the river clean.
There is a huge shortage of treatment plants
In response to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Bhushan Choudhary said that there was a gap of 414 MLD in sewage treatment in Delhi by August 2025, there was a lack of common effluent treatment plants in many approved industrial areas and there was continuous delay in completing the sewage treatment project. He further said that 11,862 tonnes of solid waste is generated daily in Delhi, but its capacity is to treat only 7,641 tonnes, leaving a gap of 4,221 tonnes. The minister also said that Yamuna comes from Palla towards Delhi and the water quality here keeps fluctuating throughout the year. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, the median biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and dissolved oxygen (DO) levels between January and July 2025 were 4 mg/l and 6 mg/l.
DPCC figures are very close
Apart from this, better figures have been given in the evaluation of DPCC in September, in which BOD was 2.5 mg/l and DO 9.5 mg/l. Both were within healthy limits. The minister said that the help from the budget of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is helping the states. At the same time, under Namami Gange programme, 35 projects worth Rs 6,534 crore have been approved to restore Yamuna, the aim of which is to create 2,243 MLD sewage treatment capacity. Also, a total of 21 projects have been completed so far and work on others is going on, which will be completed in the coming time.
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