{"id":251340,"date":"2023-07-08T20:42:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T15:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=251340"},"modified":"2023-08-31T14:06:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T08:36:23","slug":"express-view-on-yamuna-status-report-river-abandoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/express-view-on-yamuna-status-report-river-abandoned\/","title":{"rendered":"Express View on Yamuna status report: River abandoned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201cExpress View on Yamuna status report: River abandoned\u201d published in \u201cIndian Express\u201d on 8th July 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus:<\/strong> GS 3 &#8211; Environment<\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> In January, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) established a panel led by Delhi\u2019s lieutenant governor to find way to rejuvenate the Yamuna river in the capital. However, a six-month status report by the Delhi government reveals minimal reduction in pollution levels.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the major findings of the status report on the Yamuna river rejuvenation?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Major finding are as follows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The pollution levels in Yamuna river have barely decreased despite interventions.<\/li>\n<li>The sewage treatment plants in Delhi are not fully utilized, causing untreated sewage to flow into the river.<\/li>\n<li>Many poor communities lack access to the sewage pipe network.<\/li>\n<li>Despite expanding the sewerage network to some unauthorized areas, around 245 million gallons of sewage remain untreated daily.<\/li>\n<li>A 15-year old project designed to trap sewage has failed to meet deadlines and didn&#8217;t account for Delhi&#8217;s growing population.<\/li>\n<li>City authorities like the DDA, municipal corporation, and pollution control agencies aren&#8217;t collaborating effectively.<\/li>\n<li>More than 70% of Yamuna&#8217;s pollution comes from Delhi, making it crucial to improve the city&#8217;s pollution control.<\/li>\n<li>Much of the Yamuna River in Delhi is so polluted that it&#8217;s unfit for bathing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>This underlines the critical need for effective pollution control measures in the capital<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cExpress View on Yamuna status report: River abandoned\u201d published in \u201cIndian Express\u201d on 8th July 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 &#8211; Environment News: In January, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) established a panel led by Delhi\u2019s lieutenant governor to find way to rejuvenate the Yamuna river in the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/express-view-on-yamuna-status-report-river-abandoned\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Express View on Yamuna status report: River abandoned<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[59,216,10500],"class_list":["post-251340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-environment","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704881669},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}