Chandigarh, March 29 -- Polluted water flows into Yamuna river from Uttar Pradesh (UP), Delhi and Haryana which runs into Gurugram Canal (downstream Okhla Barrage of Delhi), Haryana government stated in the assembly on Friday.

In response to a question the Congress' Nuh segment MLA Aftab Ahmed had asked, the state government stated that the polluted effluent is affecting the canal water quality and in turn adversely effecting flora and fauna.

The Congress legislator had asked if it was fact that the polluted canal water was being released in the Gurugram Canal. Ahmed also wanted to know the steps being taken to solve the problem.

The government stated that sewage lines have been laid in all towns and cities along the catchment of Yamun...