DJB underestimated sewage by around 20%, says CAG report
New Delhi, March 26 -- The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) underestimated the capital's overall sewage generation by nearly a fifth, compromising efforts to clean the Yamuna, shows data from a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report that examined the utility's functioning from 2017 to 2022.
The report, tabled in the Delhi Assembly on Monday, warned that without realistic figures on the sewage generated within the capital, an effective treatment plan to reduce the pollution load on the Yamuna, where all of the sewage is discharged, would remain elusive. The report also said none of the 56 new sewage treatment plants proposed to be built during Phase-II of the DJB's Sewage Master Plan that ran from 2017 to 2021 materialised.
The report added that ...
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