Report No. 03 of 2025-Performance Audit on Effectiveness of measures taken by the Government of West Bengal for containing water pollution.
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What did the audit examine?
This audit examined the effectiveness of measures taken by the Government of West Bengal to contain water pollution from 2018-19 to 2022-23.
Who / what it concerns
Government of West Bengal
What the auditor found
- State Water Policy not framed after 12 years of National Water Policy 2012
- Inventory of water bodies not completed by March 2024
- Only 6 out of 128 Urban Local Bodies covered under Faecal Sludge Management as of November 2023
- Installed STP capacity only 16.44% of sewage generation (897 MLD out of 5,457 MLD)
- 26 out of 41 commissioned STPs operating at 60.60% capacity (232.5 MLD out of 383.8 MLD)
- 85% of total sewage generated released into river Ganga untreated
- BOD exceeded limits in 15-46% of tests, FC in 74-97% of tests
- No water quality tests conducted for East Kolkata Wetland after May 2019
- STPs for river Mahananda non-operational due to delayed project reports
Points worth noting
- 85% of sewage untreated
- FC exceeded norms in 74-97% of tests
- STP capacity only 16.44% of sewage generation
| Source body | Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) — audit reports |
| Reference number | Report No. 03 of 2025 |
| Status | closed (section: audit_report) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Closing date | — |
| Documents | 1 |
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