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New Delhi: The water quality of the Yamuna dipped in July when compared to the previous month, with levels of faecal coliform – a kind of bacteria caused primarily by untreated sewage – rose to 4,000 times the safe limit, according to a report by The Indian Express.

Per the report, based on a new status report released by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), levels of dissolved oxygen and biochemical oxygen demand – two other important parameters of water quality – were also well above the prescribed safe limits. 

Shocking faecal coliform levels

The DPCC submits monthly reports on water quality at eight locations in the Delhi stretch of the Yamuna (the river flows in the........

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