India, March 10 -- The Government of India on Monday informed the Lok Sabha that Jammu and Kashmir generates around 665 million litres per day (MLD) of sewage, while the installed sewage treatment capacity in the Union Territory stands at 218 MLD.India news analysis

In a written reply to an unstarred question, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh, according to the news agency said that the operational sewage treatment capacity in J&K is about 93 MLD, while the actual utilisation of installed capacity is around 49 MLD.

The data, based on the "National Inventory of Sewage Treatment Plants in India-2021" prepared by the Central Pollution Control Board, highlights the gap between sewage generation...