Water at 75 locations of major rivers, such as Ganga, Yamuna, Chambal, Sone and Wainaganga are not fit for drinking, the Government said in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
The Central Water Commission (CWC) under the Water Resources Ministry, which monitors water quality at 396 stations located in all the major river basins, published a report Water Quality Hot Spots in Rivers of India in 2011, Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat said while replying to a question in the Lok Sabha.
The Minister said the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) under the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) also monitors the water quality of the rivers at 1,275 stations located on 445 rivers.
“It has identified 150 polluted stretches on 121 rivers in the country based on bio-chemical-oxygen demand (BOD) levels,” said Rawat.
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