INDIA HAS 351 CRITICALLY POLLUTED RIVER STRETCHES: GOVERNMENT

Thu 29 July 2021:

The Indian government Thursday said the country has 351 polluted river stretches, Xinuha reported.

According to the federal ministry of water resources, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has been monitoring the water quality of rivers and other water bodies in the country through a network of monitoring stations under the National Water Quality Monitoring Programme, in collaboration with the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committee (PCC).

“Based on water quality monitoring results, pollution assessment of rivers has been carried out by CPCB from time to time. Rivers in the country are polluted due to discharge of untreated and partially treated sewage from cities/towns and industrial effluents in their respective catchments, problems in operation and maintenance of sewage/effluent treatment plants, lack of dilution and other non-point sources of pollution,” the ministry said, “Rapid urbanization and industrialization have compounded the problem.”

The ministry said based on monitoring results in terms of Bio-chemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), an indicator of organic pollution, until 2018 the polluted river stretches identified by CPCB from time to time are 351.

“The 351 polluted river stretches have been categorized into five Priority Classes, based on BOD levels,” the ministry said.

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