Yamuna water quality in Delhi sinks: Report

Water quality of the Yamuna has worsened in May, clocking a spike in biological oxygen demand (BOD) and faecal coliform levels from April, according to the monthly water quality report of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).

- Jasjeev Gandhiok

NEW DELHI:

According to the report dated May 16, samples of the Yamuna lifted on May 1 showed a faecal coliform level of 2.3 million MPN/100ml, up from 1.5 million MPN/100ml clocked in April. The safe limit, according to DPCC, is 2,500 MPN/100ml, indicating the May readings were 920 times higher.

The report showed while the reading was 1,700 MPN/100ml at Palla, where the Yamuna enters Delhi, it increased to 3,300 MPN/100ml at Wazirabad, the next stop downstream, before spiking to 160,000 MPN/100ml at ISBT bridge. The faecal coliform of 2.3 million MPN/100ml was recorded at Asgarpur, where the Yamuna exits Delhi.