Ganga at Kanpur and Varanasi towns still polluted: Meena
New Delhi, Mar 13 (UNI) Water quality of the Ganga river in stretches along the towns of Kanpur and Varanasi do not conform with the desired standards, Minister of State for Environment and Forests N N Meena today said.
While replying to a question, the Minister in a written reply said the monitoring of the water quality of the river Ganga under the Ganga Action Plan found that the norms were met in stretches along the Hardwar town.
The Minister told the Rajya Sabha members that level of faecal coliforms (bacterial indicator for health concerns) were also reported to be exceeding the maximum permissible limit of 2500 MPN (Most Probable Number) per 100 milliliter at many of the monitoring stations along the river except in upstream locations of Hardwar.
He
said
since
1985
the
ministry
had
been
implementing
the
Ganga
Action
Plan
for
pollution
abatement
activities
in
the
identified
polluted
stretches
of
the
holy
river
and
claimed
a
"discernible
improvement
in
terms
of
organic
pollution
at
major
locations
over
the
pre-Action
Plan
water
quality." UNI
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