Summary:
It is surprising how CPCB recorded 806.16 MLD discharge,” general manager of Ganga Pollution Control unit of UPJN, S K Rai told TOI. While Nagwa/Asi and Khirkiya/Rajghat drains, which carry domestic sewage, discharged 198 MLD and 25.57 MLD, respectively, the Ramnagar and Varuna drains, which have mixed source of sewage, discharged 11.29 MLD and 571.30 MLD, respectively. It uses the city’s population of 2005 and mentions only three STPs, while two more plants have already started functioning.“The city generates 300 MLD sewage only. These drains collectively discharged 806.16 MLD sewage into the Ganga. Another drain in Shivala area had been tapped.A previous CPCB report of post-monsoon period (October-December) in 2016 says that these drains had discharged a total of 926.10 MLD sewage..