December 9, 2021 Tribune News Service
After Delhi and Haryana Governments accused each other of frothing in the Yamuna, the Centre today said that the possible reasons for high ammoniacal nitrogen in the river included “discharge of untreated sewage from upstream towns in Haryana”.
Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat replied to a question by MPs Manoj Tiwari and Ravindra Kushwaha on the issue in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
The other reasons cited by the minister included discharge from industrial units especially fertiliser units, discharges from common effluent and sewage treatment plants, illegal discharge of sewage from un-sewered colonies in outer Delhi, septage discharge through tankers in Haryana and Delhi and less flow in the Yamuna coupled with anaerobic decomposition of accumulated sludge on the riverbed.
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