Water-Quality Monitoring Station

Dear all,
Welcome.

Real time Water Quality monitoring station: These are being installed at 10 places for measuring the amount of pollution in the Ganga & Yamuna rivers. At Delhi's Vazirabad & Okhla barrage & from Haridwar to Kolkata at 8 different places, these would be powered by solar energy. The important feature of these is that they would be installed in the rivers.
Two members from CPCB & Delhi Water Board were included in the investigation related to cleaning of the Yamuna River. CPCB Scientist stated that the monitoring station is being installed by a Singaporean company. It is expected to complete within a month. The River Yamuna is mostly polluted in Delhi, whose length is 2% of it's total length. The Panipat's drain no. 2 discharging into the river is the main source of the pollution. It falls through 22 drains & comprises of the domestic & industrial waste. Water Board had installed plant of 2300 MLD capacity whereas 3800-4800 MLD of waste water is generated in the river in Capital.
The High Carbon content pollution reduces the level of oxygen content further & along with bacteria smells foul too.

Standards: British Tames Water Authority had kept the reproduction of fish in the water as the base standard for clear water. As per CPCB scientist, it needs 4 mg of oxygen in a liter of water.

But, it is zero due to water not being released from the barrages (Okhla & Hathinikund). These are also being installed at 8 places at Ganges river, which are as follows:
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1. Haridwar
2. Kannauj
3. Kanpur
4. Allahabad
5. Varanasi
6. Patna
7. Kolkata

With regards,

M.K.Pachraiya