Critically Polluted River Stretches

Choropleth map of India by state: Critically Polluted River Stretches. UP and Maharashtra have the most critically polluted river stretches — industrial and sewage contamination.
UP and Maharashtra have the most critically polluted river stretches — industrial and sewage contamination.
Policy implication
River pollution is a governance failure — STPs exist in plans but operate at fraction of capacity.
CPCB 2023Environmentriver pollutionwater qualityenvironment
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Data vintage. The figures are for 2023 and have not been refreshed since this map was made. See the newer figures for this measure in the interactive atlas.

Source: CPCB (2023). See the methodology for notes and limitations.

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