Yamuna Corruption Plan

Dear Fiends,

I would like to make a discussion on the "Pathetic " condition of Yamuna on which the Delhi Govt led by Sheila Dixit has failed miserably in making it a pollution free river. Instead in terms of expenditure as per Press Release of India, the sanctioned money has been "over consumed".. Kindly have a look at my article supported by a table.Hope this gives an insight of the corruption which has spread in each department in Delhi / Centre Govt.

Rs.1,500 crore spent on cleaning Yamuna goes down the drain, polluted stretch increases from 500km to 600km

As per the latest report of  Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) ,says the polluted length of the river has increased from 500km to 600km. 

The Yamuna's 22-km stretch in Delhi is barely 2 per cent of the length of the river, but contributes over 70 per cent of the total pollution load.

Biochemical oxygen demand BOD) levels, a key measure of water pollution, have increased between Panipat and Agra, thanks to hundreds of drains that dump untreated sewage in the river. The BOD concentration in this stretch has been found to be 4.99 mg/ l against the permissible 3 mg/ l or less.

Yamuna in Delhi Region	Wazirabad to Okhla	Industrial & Domestic Waste from Delhi	Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
			Nizamuddin	55
			Okhla Bridge	32
			D/S Of Okhla A/C Shahdara Drain	70

Ammonia, which is toxic to fish and other aquatic life, is present in high levels between Nizamuddin Bridge. Coliform bacteria levels, a pointer of bacterial pollution in a river, too have increased significantly near Nizamuddin bridge and Shahdara.

The warning comes days after a Municipal Corporation of Delhi MCD) study found that drinking water supplied to most Delhiites was contaminated with sewage water. A shocking 81 out of 116 samples of water - it translates to almost 70 per cent - supplied across the Capital by the DJB failed MCDRss purity test.

The CPCB has identified two critically polluted stretches of the river - one from Wazirabad to Okhla in Delhi and the other from Majawali to Juhika in Uttar Pradesh.

Discharge of untreated sewage into the Yamuna is one of the main culprits polluting the river.

Delhi generates approximately 600 million gallons per day (MGD) of sewage, while it has an installed capacity to treat approximately 512.4 MGD of waste.

Nearly 58 per cent of the total sewage generated by the city is dumped in the Yamuna, emptied into the river by 22 drains between Wazirabad Barrage and Okhla Barrage.

Since 1993, the Centre has spent more than Rs.1,500 crore under the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP) I and II to clean the river unsuccessfully.

Under YAP II, the 22km stretch of the Yamuna in Delhi, one of the dirtiest, was taken up. In the next phase, the government plans to spend another Rs.5,300 crore to clean the river.

State wise investments and schemes under YAP II

	DELHI	HARYANA	U.P
Cost Sanctioned under YAP II	4.69 Billion	6.34 Billion	1.15 Billion
No. of Scheme Sanctioned	11	16	5
No. of Scheme Completed	0	6	1
Funds Released by Govt. of India	1.21 Billion	0.48 Billion	0.58 Billion

The table speaks for itself regarding the in-capabilities of State Govt. in handling the Yamuna Pollution Control.

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-Prashant Sinha