Ganga water was fit for bathing during Maha Kumbh: Government tells Parliament
The Hindu
Government confirms Ganga water at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj fit for bathing during Maha Kumbh, meets quality standards.
The central government on Monday (March 10, 2025) cited a new report from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in Parliament and said the water in the Ganga at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj was fit for bathing during the recently concluded Maha Kumbh.
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Triveni Sangam is where the Ganga meets the Yamuna and Saraswati rivers.
The government also said it had provided a total of ₹7,421 crore to the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) for cleaning the river in 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 (until March 9).
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In response to a question from Samajwadi Party MP Anand Bhadauria and Congress MP K. Sudhakaran, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said that according to the CPCB report, the median values of pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and faecal coliform (FC) at all monitored locations were within the permissible limits for bathing.
DO refers to the amount of oxygen in water, BOD measures the oxygen needed to break down organic matter and FC is an indicator of sewage contamination. These are key indicators of water quality.
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