India, March 21 -- Faecal coliform levels met the bathing quality criteria in the entire stretch of Ganga in Uttarakhand and Jharkhand and certain stretches of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, the Jal Shakti ministry informed the Lok Sabha.

"As per a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report, faecal coliform (median) primary water quality criteria for bathing is met in the entire stretch of river Ganga in Uttarakhand & Jharkhand and certain stretches of UP, Bihar and West Bengal while Faecal Streptococoi (median) the primary water quality criteria for bathing is met in the entire stretch of river Ganga in Uttarakhand, Bihar and Jharkhand and certain stretches of UP and West Bengal," Raj Bhushan Choudhary, minister of state for J...