The Haryana Government has expressed serious concern over "unabated levels of pollution" in Yamuna river in Delhi territory.
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Government has expressed serious concern over "unabated levels of pollution" in Yamuna river in Delhi territory, which is "adversely" affecting the quality of water in the state canals.
"This is causing serious concern as the river pollution is affecting the life of people living in downstream in Faridabad and Mewat area," Environment and Forests Minister Kiran Choudhry said at a press conference here on Saturday.
She said the Bio-Chemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) value of the river water before entering Delhi ranges from 1.44 to 2.76 milligram per litre, but when it re-enters Haryana near Badarpur it goes upto 21 to 27 mg per litre against the permissible limit of 3 mg per litre.
She said Yamuna was badly polluted in Delhi where its 21 drains and one from Uttar Pradesh carry untreated or partially treated effluent into the river.
Choudhry said she had also brought it to the notice of UP Chief Minister Mayawati that the sewage and industrial effluents were being discharged into Sahadhara drain which empties its content into Yamuna near Okhla Barrage in Delhi further affecting the quality of water in Agra and Gurgaon canals in Haryana.
She also urged the Delhi Government to take immediate remedial steps as it would be hosting the Commonwealth Games in 2010.
Meanwhile, Choudhry said Haryana State Pollution Control Board would convene a meeting next week of all Chief Medical Officers, Director General of Health Services and Director of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, to formulate a comprehensive policy for management of bio-medical waste.
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