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Title: Delhi: Rain in excess, but Yamuna pollution still rises, says report
Source:The Times of India
Date:6 March 2022
The record rainfall in January and February 2022 did nothing to dilute the pollution in the Yamuna, reveals the monthly status report. In fact, the analysis by Delhi Pollution Control Committee found the water quality worsened from December to February. In January, the city received 88.2mm of rainfall against the normal average of 21.7mm and in February, the precipitation measured 29.7mm, 65% higher than normal. Though the excess rain was expected to result in better flow and dilution of the pollutants, the river actually deteriorated in terms of parameters such as biological oxygen demand (BOD), dissolved oxygen (DO) and faecal coliform.
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