New Delhi, March 11 -- A comprehensive report on Ganga water at seven locations near Prayagraj, associated with the Maha Kumbh, showed water quality here met all standards for bathing during the mela, the Union environment minister informed Lok Sabha on Monday.

Bhupender Yadav, Union environment minister was responding to questions by Samajwadi Party MP Anand Bhadauriya and K Sudhakaran, INC MP from Kerala on: whether the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that the quality of water at the confluence at Prayagraj, during the Maha Kumbh, failed to meet the primary standards for bathing; the fecal coliform levels from Haridwar to Hugli, location-wise and the reasons for such levels; and the action ...