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₹1,950CR SPENT, YET 641MLD OF SEWAGE FLOWS UNTREATED INTO YAMUNA: CENTRE
Hindustan Times Delhi
|August 01, 2025
NEW DELHI: More than 640 million litres of sewage continues to flow untreated into the Yamuna river every day despite the completion of nine major projects under the Namami Gange Programme in Delhi, according to government data shared in Lok Sabha on Thursday.
In a written reply, Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Raj Bhushan Choudhary, said Delhi generates approximately 3,596 million litres per day (mld) of sewage. The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) operates 37 sewage treatment plants (STPs) with a total installed capacity of 3,474mld. As of June 2025, 2,955mld was being used, Choudhary said.
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