Ganga water was fit for bathing during Kumbh

A comprehensive report on Ganga water at seven locations near Prayagraj, associated with the Maha Kumbh, showed water quality met all standards for bathing during the mela, Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav informed Lok Sabha on Monday.

- Jayashree Nandi

NEW DELHI:

Yadav was responding to questions by Samajwadi Party MP Anand Bhadauriya and Congress MP K Sudhakaran on: whether the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that the quality of water at the confluence at Prayagraj, during the Maha Kumbh, failed to meet the primary standards for bathing; the faecal coliform levels from Haridwar to Hugli, location-wise and the reasons for such levels; and the action taken by the government on the said issue.

"A comprehensive report dated 28.02.2025 was submitted before Hon'ble NGT in compliance of order dated 23.12.2024. As per the said report, median value of pH, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Biochemical Oxygen demand (BOD) and Faecal Coliform (FC) for all the monitored locations was within the respective criteria/permissible limits for bathing water," Yadav said, in response, without providing faecal coliform levels by location.