Sewage from 118 towns flows into Ganga
prepared by a team of experts from six organisations of the Union water resources ministry has shown that more than two-thirds of the sewage generated in 118 towns in the Gangetic basin gets discharged into the Ganga untreated, making it difficult to revive the river. The report was submitted by the team to the ministry in December 2014. Citing the report in Parliament recently, Union water resources minister Uma Bharti noted that these towns collectively generate over 3,636 million litres per day ( of sewage as against the treatment capacity of 1,027 of the existing 55 sewage treatment plants in these towns spread over five states—Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. The ministry has asked the five states to submit detailed project reports to enhance the sewage treatment capacities of these towns.