UPSC Articles
Yamuna Pollution
Part of: Prelims and GS III – Pollution
Context Delhi’s Chief Minister has announced a six-point action plan to completely clean the Yamuna by 2025.
- Timelines are set for every small aspect of the project and they will be revisited every 15 to 30 days to ensure that it is completed on time.
Action plan
- New sewage treatment plants (STP): Building new sewage treatment plants (STP), increasing capacity of existing STPs, and technology upgradation
- In situ treatment of major drains.
- Diverting industrial waste: All industrial waste will be diverted to the common effluent treating plants. There will be a crackdown on industries for not sending its waste to the treatment plants.
- Proper Sewer network: JJ clusters will be connected to the larger sewer network to completely stop stormwater drains from being polluted. Every household may also be connected to the sewer network.
- Desilting: Complete desilting of entire sewer network
About Yamuna
- The Yamuna is a major tributary of river Ganges,
- Origin: Yamunotri glacier near Bandarpoonch peaks, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. It meets the Ganges at the Sangam in Prayagraj, UP
- Important Tributaries: Chambal, Sindh, Betwa, Ken, Tons, Hindon.
- Causes of Pollution in Yamuna
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- Industrial Pollution
- Mixing of Drains
- Effects of Rising Ammonia
