New Delhi, April 4 -- The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), in collaboration with State Pollution Control Boards, Pollution Control Committees of Union Territories and local bodies, conducted an inventory of sewage treatment plants for the year 2020, Kirti Vardhan Singh, Union minister of state for environment, forest and climate change, informed the Rajya Sabha.

The findings were compiled in a 2021 report titled National Inventory of Sewage Treatment Plants in India. According to the study, urban centres across the country generate a total of 72,368 million litres of sewage every day.

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