Archive · 21 Nov 2025
Yamuna Pollution: Joint CPCB Monitoring Every Quarter
Yamuna River is getting polluted by drain water, especially in a 22-kilometer stretch in Delhi.
To fix this, pollution control bodies from the center, Delhi, and Haryana will check the water quality together every three months.
Haryana will also work on stopping overflows from one drain into another.
The National Mission for Clean Ganga will monitor the river at three points along this stretch.
Drain water overflow into Yamuna causing contamination
Joint quarterly monitoring by CPCB, Delhi, and Haryana
80% of Delhi's pollution load comes from a 22-km Yamuna stretch
Haryana to prevent overflows from drain 6 into drain 8
NMCG to monitor Yamuna at three locations
- Who
- CPCB, Delhi, and Haryana pollution control bodies
- What
- will monitor Yamuna River every quarter
- When
- recently informed to NGT, with next hearing on December 1
- Where
- Yamuna River, especially a 22-km stretch in Delhi
- Why
- due to drain water overflow and contamination, causing fish deaths
Delhi Government
Haryana Government
Responsibility for Pollution
Delhi Government
Blames Haryana for overflows from drain 6
Haryana Government
Claims drain 6 usually carries clean water, occasional overflows may occur
- River Stretch
- 22 km from Palla to Asgarpur
- Pollution Load
- Over 80% of Delhi's total load
- Monitoring Locations
- Confluence of drain 8 with Yamuna, and points before and after
- Meeting Date
- October 13, 2022
- Next Hearing
- December 1, 2022