Report filed by the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department, Uttar Pradesh regarding steps taken to control pollution of Hindon.

The NGT, March 17, 2023 had directed for deployment of a field monitoring team to assess the real ground situation.

As per the latest monitoring report of drains in October 2023, there are 27 drains where BOD ranges between 0-150 mg/l and 2 drains in October 2023 have BOD more than 150 mg/l. 17 drains had COD levels between 0 and 250 mg/l while 12 drains have COD levels beyond 250 mg/l. As per the latest information provided by the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam, total sewage generation in Hindon river basin is 943.63 MLD. For treatment of sewage, 16 STPs with treatment capacity of 867.5 MLD are installed. The utilization capacity of 16 STPs is 711.6 MLD. To bridge the gap in sewage treatment capacity, the state is taking further steps and 4 STPs of capacity of 86 MLD are under construction and 7 STPs of capacity 221 MLD have been planned which will create a total capacity of 1174.5 MLD by December 2025.