Ganga Water Not Worthy For Bathing At Several Locations In Bihar: Kingdom Economic Survey
The water of the ganga river in bihar is not suit for bathing at maximum places in the nation due to the presence of a better cost of "bacteriological population", consistent with the bihar economic survey 2024-25.
The bihar state pollutants manage Board (BSPCB) monitors the water exceptional of the ganga at 34 places inside the kingdom on a fortnightly basis, officers stated.
Consistent with the financial survey these days tabled in the kingdom meeting, "The water nice of ganga shows the presence of a higher price of bacteriological population (total coliform and faecal coliform). that is specifically because of the release of sewage/home waste water from towns positioned at the banks of ganga and her tributaries." The survey referred to the state-of-the-art water exceptional check consequences of the BSPCB.
"the other parameters… pH (acidity or basicity), dissolved oxygen and bio-chemical oxygen call for (BOD) have been located inside the prescribed limit inside the river and her tributaries in bihar, indicating that water is in shape for aquatic lifestyles, flora and fauna propagation, fisheries and irrigation," it stated.
vital towns placed on the banks of the river include Buxar, Chapra (Saran), Dighwara, Sonepur, Maner, Danapur, Patna, Fatuha, Bakhtiyarpur, Barh, Mokama, Begusarai, Khagaria, Lakhisarai, Manihari, Munger, Jamalpur, Sultanganj, bhagalpur and Kahalgaon.
Reacting to the record, D okay Shukla, Chairman of the BSPCB, told PTI that the presence of a better value of bacteriological population within the ganga river is a matter of problem.
"Faecal coliform micro organism are discovered in excreta that contaminates water via untreated sewage. The higher the level, the higher is the presence of disease-inflicting pathogens in water. in step with the CPCB standards, the permissible limit of faecal coliform is two,500 MPN/a hundred ml," Shukla stated.
At most places, the presence of general coliform and faecal coliform in the ganga is a whole lot better, indicating it is not in shape for bathing, he said.
The BSPCB is taking measures to ensure that sewage remedy plants (STP) within the country function nicely, the senior professional stated.
"We have directed the government concerned to make certain that construction paintings on positive STPs inside the kingdom is finished at the earliest," Shukla stated.
"The BSPCB is also monitoring the effluent/sewage high-quality generated from the commercial devices as well as STP/sewerage drains. currently, 2,561 water/effluent/sewage samples from specific sources have been collected by the board," the survey said.
As in keeping with the modern day records of the BSPCB related to the nice of the ganga accessed by using PTI, the extent of faecal coliform measured at Kachchi Dargah-Bidupur Bridge become 3,500 MPN/one hundred ml, Gulabi Ghat (5,400 MPN/a hundred ml), Triveni Ghat (five,four hundred MPN/100 ml), Gaighat (3,500 MPN/one hundred ml), Kewala Ghat (5,four hundred MPN/100 ml), gandhi Ghat, NIT (three,500 MPN/a hundred ml) and Hathidah (five,400 MPN/a hundred ml).
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