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No dirty water will flow into Yamuna by Dec-end

No dirty water

NO DIRTY water will be flowing into the Yamuna by December-end as all drains carrying sewage into the river will be tapped, a senior official said. The over 1,300-km-long Yamuna is among the most polluted rivers in the country and also provides water to more than half of the national capital. National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) Director-General G Asok Kumar said there are 18 drains that deliver dirty water into the Yamuna, and plans are afoot to tap these drains and divert the dirty water to sewage treatment plants (STPs). “Now that the sewage treatment plants are in place, we can divert the dirty water flowing into the river to these plants.

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