Over half, or 19, of Delhi’s 37 sewage treatment plants do not meet the standards prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board, according to the latest data shared by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee. Three times total suspended solids Meanwhile, total suspended solids – which should be 10 mg/l or less – were found to be up to three times …
As the boat cruises along the banks, slurries gurgle dark black sewage into the Ganga, littered with plastic, carcasses and trash. Along Varanasi's ghats, lab tests have found bacterial contamination is now higher than the levels recorded back in 2014 -- when the Modi government launched its most ambitious Namami Gange initiative to clean up the river. In its reply …
