Musi most polluted river in Telangana, says NGT

Hyderabad: The Musi has earned the dubious distinction of being the most polluted river in Telangana in the latest National Green Tribunal report, while Nagole was named as a highly polluted location. According to the report on polluted river stretches published by the TS Pollution Control Board, high levels of coliform were discovered in the river, along with imbalanced levels of dissolved oxygen and biological oxygen demand. Stretches of Manjeera, Nakkavagu, and Palvancha showed low levels of coliform and somewhat balanced DO and BOD, with Godavari being the least polluted and river Krishna being the most polluted. "Musi is the major source of pollution of rivers in the state, and Manjeera is the major hotbed of water pollution as it receives pollution from Musi river in the Miyapur zone, and even Krishna and Godavari waters are polluted by Musi water at various confluences," said Dr B.V.Subbao Rao, environmentalist and member technical of Water Domain, Bureau of Indian Standards. "The parameters in the reports are from old methodology," he explained, "while the need of the hour is to consider major contributing factors to river water pollution using scientific understanding.