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- A report submitted to the National Green Tribunal by two court-appointed amici curiae highlights significant failures in Delhi's sewage management system.
- The investigation reveals that 249 million litres of sewage per day go untreated, while 12 major drains remain untapped and continue to discharge waste directly into waterbodies.
- Furthermore, the report challenges the Delhi Jal Board's claims regarding treatment plant efficiency, citing severe water pollution in the Yamuna River as evidence of systemic underperformance.
What to watch next
- Response from the Delhi Jal Board regarding the reported STP under-performance.
- Court directives on the proposed action plan to tap untreated sewage drains.
- Progress on the joint Delhi-Haryana-Rajasthan mechanism for Sahibi river rejuvenation.
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Katyayni Chaubey
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“This is difficult to reconcile with the respondent’s claim of 91.5% STP utilisation, and suggests either under-performance of commissioned STPs, unaccounted or illegal discharge bypassing the treatment chain, or discharge through the 10 stormwater drains and 12 untapped sewage drains”
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…these households. The findings linked the deficiencies to the continuing poor condition of Yamuna. It recorded that water-quality analysis disclosed high BOD, nil dissolved oxygen and alarmingly high fecal coliform. “ This is difficult to reconcile with the respondent’s claim of 91.5% STP utilisation, and suggests either under-performance of commissioned STPs, unaccounted or illegal discharge bypassing the treatment chain, or discharge through the 10 stormwater drains and 12 untapped sewage drains ,” the report said, stressing that the matter requires examination. The amici sought, among other measures, a firm action plan for tapping the untreated drains, disclosure of the seven non-compliant STPs and their…
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Named India · IN-DL · Delhi · Delhi Jal Board · Delhi Pollution Control Committee · Katyayni Chaubey · National Green Tribunal · Vikrant Badesra
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