Cleaning Yamuna will require more than money, it will need a plan: CSE

Cleaning Yamuna, Centre for Science and Environment, yamuna, Yamuna Action Plan, Yamuna cleaning, Yamuna clean-up, delhi news, India news, Indian express, current affairsA polluted Yamuna.Lack of data on wastewater generation, direct discharge of faecal sludge from desludging tankers into rivers or drains in several locations, and mixing of treated and untreated sewage in the drains - these are some of key reasons for pollution in Yamuna, Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) stated in an assessment released on Thursday.

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Sunita Narain, director general of CSE — a research and advocacy organisation — told mediapersons: “The focus of Yamuna Action Plan 2025 has been to build STPs (sewage treatment plants) so that domestic wastewater is intercepted and treated; improve the quality of treatment; build interceptor sewers to tap drains and divert sewage; lay sewage pipeline in unauthorised colonies and treat industrial waste in common effluent treatment plants...”“All are good ideas... all needed. Then why is the Yamuna still polluted?” she asked.She went on to say, “We do not know how much wastewater is generated by Delhi... as there is no clear data on Delhi's population in the absence of a regular census or on the amount of unofficial water (groundwater and water supplied by tankers) that residents use... Without the data on wastewater, we must rework the plan.”The report, titled ‘Yamuna: The Agenda for Cleaning the River’, noted: “...it is clear that cleaning the river will require more than money. It will need a plan, which recognises the real