The Jal Shakti Ministry has asked the Kerala government to take appropriate measures to bridge the gap in the treatment of sewage and solid waste.
The gap in sewage treatment capacity is 967.545 million litres per day (MLD) while there existed a gap of 241 tonnes per day in municipal solid waste management, according to the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
The need to plug the continuing gaps in the treatment of sewage and solid waste was highlighted by the Ministry at an online meeting of the Central Monitoring Committee in the case before the National Green Tribunal related to the increasing pollution of river stretches held on January 11.
