New Delhi, March 13 -- The Yamuna is virtually "dead" in the stretch that flows through the national capital, from Palla to Okhla; the total raw sewage dumped into the whole of Yamuna, especially in Delhi, is far in excess of total sewage treatment capacity; and Haryana is not releasing enough water into the river to maintain environmental flow, a parliamentary standing committee report on the Yamuna said, flagging "serious and systemic hurdles" in cleansing the river of pollutants.
In a previous report, the committee had taken note of "excessive presence" of heavy metals in the Yamuna riverbed in Delhi.P5
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