India, Sept. 3 -- The National Green Tribunal has flagged serious pollution in Delhi's Kitchener Lake after a DPCC report found faecal coliform, BOD and COD levels above prescribed norms, despite substantial funds sanctioned for cleaning.

The tribunal has directed the Delhi Development Authority to explain the ineffective utilisation of contracts and to account for the continued poor water quality in the lake.

Water quality of Kitchener lake in Delhi

The analysis of water samples collected from Kitchener Lake in Delhi showed that requisite parameters such as faecal coliform, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), and chemical oxygen demand (COD) are not meeting prescribed norms.

This was stated in the report filed by the Delhi Pollution Con...