New Delhi, March 14 -- The water quality in the Delhi stretch of the Yamuna River has deteriorated significantly in the past month, with pollution indicators in February reaching their highest levels since 2020, according to a report by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee.
The report, dated February 28, found that faecal coliform levels - bacteria that indicate the presence of human waste - at Asgarpur, where the river exits Delhi, reached 16 million units per 100 milliliters. This is 6,400 times the permissible limit set by the Central Pollution Control Board and the highest recorded contamination since December 2020.
Faecal coliform levels have risen steadily in recent months, jumping from 8.4 million units per 100 ml in December to 1...