Kendrapada: Odisha has 19 of the 351 polluted rivers in the country, Minister of Union Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said at Lok Sabha on Thursday while answering the questions asked by Nihal Chand Chanda.
The Rivers Guanga, Guradihnallah, Kathajodi, Nandirajhor, Power, Kuakhai, Bangurunallah, Bheden, Brahama, Budhabalnaga, Kusumi, Mahanadi, Mangala, Nagavalli, Nuna, Ratnachira, Rushikulya, Sabuli and Serua are polluted people in Odisha, making it The country with the most polluted fifth river in this country.
More than 30 rivers flow through Odisha.
Maharashtra (53) has a number of polluted rivers followed by Assam (44), Madhya Pradesh (22), Kerala (21) and Gujarat (20).
Odisha was followed by Karnataka (17), West Bengal (17), Uttar Pradesh (12) and Goa (10).
“The river in this country is polluted mainly because the disposal of waste that is not treated or treated Some of the cities / cities and industrial waste in their respective catchings, problems in the operation and maintenance of waste / waste treatment plants, lack of dilution, dumping solid waste on the banks of the river and other non-points pollution sources.
Urbanization and rapid industrialization has aggravated the problem.
According to reports issued by the Central Policy Control Agency (CPCB) in March, 2021, the generation of waste from urban areas in this country is estimated at 72,368 million liters per day ( MLD), where waste processing capacity of 31,841 months.
The gap between generator and waste treatments remains a major source of points for increasing river pollution, “said Shekhawat.
“CPCB in relation to pollution control boards / committees in various states / unions (UTS), has monitored the quality of river water and other water bodies throughout the country through monitoring station networks under the National Water Quality Monitoring Program.
Based on the results of water quality monitoring.
, river pollution assessments have been carried out by CPCB from time to time.
According to the last report published by CPCB in September 2018, 351 polluted stretches were identified in 323 rivers based on monitoring results in terms of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), indicators of organic pollution, “he added ,