Yamuna pollution: Rs 12 cr fine imposed on 12 CETPs for not meeting wastewater standards

There are 24 industrial areas in the city of which 17 are connected to 13 CETPS, which treat the wastewater from the industrial units before it can be reused or discharged into the Yamuna. 

Untreated wastewater and poor quality of effluent discharged from CETPs and sewage treatment plants is the major reason behind pollution in the river in Delhi, according to experts. These 12 CETPs are in industrial areas in Jhilmil, Badli, Mayapuri, Mangolpuri, Nangloi, Okhla, Narela, Bawana, Naraina, GTK Road, Keshav Puram. These CETPs do not comply with the requisite standards with respect to biological oxygen (30 mg/litre), total dissolved solid (2100 mg/l), sulphate (1000 mg/l), Sulphide (2 mg/l) etc. 

The DPCC had issued several notices to these CETPs asking them to take rectification measures to meet the prescribed effluent discharge standards. 

According to the DPCC, these CETPs failed to meet standards repetitively between February 2019 and February this year. 

The CETP societies in these industrial areas have been asked to deposit the environmental compensation totalling 12.05 crore to the DPCC within 15 days. 

These CETPs have also been asked to inform the DPCC about the rectification measures taken within 15 days.