Focus on cleaning the Sabarmati river; the second most polluted river February 20, 2023 https://groundreport.in/focus-on-cleaning-the-sabarmati-river-the-second-most-polluted-river/ The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has also decided to upgrade the Sabarmati River to “Category-I” status for critically polluted due to these most recent findings. The BOD (Biochemical oxygen demand) in the Sabarmati River was found to be 292 mg per liter.
of the 603 rivers assessed, there are 311 Polluted stretches in 279 rivers in 30 States & Union Territories.. ..46 Polluted river stretches have been identified
in Priority Class – I (Refer Annexure – IV) in 18 States/ UTs with highest number i.e. 06 in Gujarat & Uttar Pradesh... The names of 13 polluted rivers are
Amlakhadi, Bhadar, Bhogavo, Bhukhi Khadi, Damanganga, Dhadar, Khari, Mahi, Mindhola, Sabarmati, Shedhi, Tapi, Vishwamitri. ..
Taken from: ‘Polluted River Stretches for Restoration of Water Quality – 2022’ https://cpcb.nic.in/wqm/RS-criteria-status.pdf
RIVER POLLUTED RIVER STRETCH/ LOCATION Max BOD Observed (mg/ L)
COOUM AVADI TO SATHYA NAGAR (TN) 345.0
SABARMATI RAYSAN TO VAUTHA (Gujarat) 292.0
BAHELA ALONG TANDA (UP) 287.0
BHADAR ALONG JETPUR (gujarat) 258.6
VASISHTA ALONG SALEM (TN) 230.0
GHAGGAR MUBARAKPUR TO SARDULGARH (Punjab) 210.0
GHAGGAR BHAGWANPUR TO SURAJPUR; ALONG KALA AMB,
ALONG CHANDRAPURA, ALONG SIRSA (Haryana) 206.0
KHARI ALONG LALI VILLAGE (Gujarat) 195.0
Maharashtra still has the highest number of polluted river stretches in the country i.e. 55 identified in the year 2022. In Year 2018, 53 polluted river stretches were identified