New Delhi: (Delhi Yamuna Pollution) In view of the ever increasing pollution in the almost dead Yamuna in Delhi, now 24 hour monitoring will be done in this direction. Regarding the cleaning of Yamuna, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued a tender notice for online monitoring to ensure monitoring of the drains falling into the river. In this tender notice issued just two days ago, proposals have been sought from expert firms by 28th August.

It is worth noting that only two percent of the Yamuna flowing from Yamunotri to Prayagraj is in Delhi. But more than 75 percent of Yamuna's pollution is also here. A major reason for this is the 122 drains falling into it, out of which 22 are big drains.

Sewerage of drains is ruining Yamuna

It is said that apart from the industrial waste coming from Panipat and Sonipat, the sewerage of these drains is also ruining the Yamuna. The problem is that whenever any action plan is made for cleaning the Yamuna, it becomes difficult to find out where most of the pollutants are coming from. To solve this problem, a plan has been made to monitor the drains online.

Online monitoring system will be installed at 10 different places

According to DPCC officials, this decision of online monitoring was taken in the board meeting on February 20. After making a request for proposal, now an expert agency will be selected and a five-year contract will be signed with it. This firm will install online monitoring system at 10 different places on the drains falling into Yamuna.

Through this system, it will be checked which part of Yamuna is most polluted and due to which factors. It will also be found out where most of the pollutants are coming from. Only after this, a concrete action plan will be prepared for cleaning the Yamuna.

According to the tender notice issued by the Member Secretary of DPCC, along with installing the system for online monitoring of drains, the responsibility of its maintenance will also be of the expert agency. After the selection of the agency, a proper MoU will also be signed with it.

It is also worth mentioning here that a separate study is being conducted on the problem of foam formation in Yamuna. The responsibility for this has been given to The Energy Resource Institute (TERI). It will take some time for its report to come.