Hindon slick will be removed by STP, Yamuna will also be clean, water from Ghaziabad and Noida drains will reach only after treatment.

Greater Noida: Efforts are being made to protect the Hindon River which originates in Gautam Buddha Nagar from pollution. In this regard, on the orders of the government, the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) had analysed the water found in Hawalia passing through the city and Hindon from Dasna Drain of Ghaziabad. This investigation has revealed that the water from Dasna Drain of Ghaziabad is polluting the Hindon River more than the Hawalia Drain. The amount of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) in the water was found to be one and a half times higher in Dasna Drain as compared to Hawalia.

UPPCB and Greno Authority have started the work of installing a 45 MLD capacity STP in the drain before it meets the Hindon river near Panchmukhi Hanuman temple in Greno West. After treating the water from STP, it will be pumped to Hindon. The second STP will be constructed in Ghaziabad area. The process of obtaining permission for this is underway.

UPPCB officials said that the water of Hindon river, which joins the Yamuna river near Tilwara village in Greater Noida, is polluted. The polluted water of Hindon meets the Yamuna near Tilwara, due to which both the rivers are getting polluted. Following the directions of the state government, the local administration and the pollution department are making efforts to make the Hindon river free from pollution. There are two major drains falling into Hindon – Dasna Drain coming from Ghaziabad and Hawalia Drain coming from Surajpur wetland. The water quality of these two was tested by the UPPCB, in which many deficiencies were found.

Water found highly contaminated, government report sent

UPPCB regional officer DK Gupta said that many faults have been found in the reports of both the drains that fell in Hindon. In the investigation report, it was found that the water in the Dasna drain was almost one and a half times more polluted than the water in the Hawalia drain. It has been found that the amount of chemicals released by industries is very high in the water of the Dasna drain. Hindon is becoming more and more polluted. He said that keeping this in mind, the water falling in Hindon near the Panchmukhi Hanuman temple in Greno West will be treated. A 45 MLD STP is being created by the Greno authorities. Through this STP, water coming from Sector 1 and other places will be released in Hindon after treatment. He says that the issue of installing STP in the Hawalia drain is stuck while the administration of Hapur and Ghaziabad has been given permission to install STP in the Dasna drain. Now waiting for government funding.

Greater amount of biochemical oxygen was found

Regional officer DK Gupta said that as per the investigation report, 200 MLD of water falls every day in Hindon from Dasna drain, and this water has been found to be more polluted. The average amount of BOD in the water should be 30 mg per litre, but before reaching Hindon, the amount of BOD found in the water from Dasna drain was 76 mg per litre. At the same time, the average amount of chemical oxygen demand has reached 400 mg per litre instead of 250 mg per litre. On the other hand, the amount of chemical oxygen demand in the water from Hawalia drain was found to be 288 mg per litre and the amount of BOD was 48 mg per litre.