Pune has an abundance of water from the Khadakwasla dam but its
intra-city distribution is extremely uneven. Some areas get as
much as 600 litres per capita per day (lpcd) while others get
barely 100. This results in enormous quantities of waste water
and sewage and despite having an installed capacity to treat 599
million litres a day (MLD) of sewage, its two main rivers, the
Mula and Mutha, remain severely polluted. This was one of the
main outcomes of the workshop to launch CSE's 7th State of India
Environment Report, Excreta Matters, in Pune on 8th June. The
meet was attended by 90 people, including the state Irrigation
Department, representatives from the Pune Municipal Corporation,
as well as civil society representatives and concerned citizens.
|(near to far) Dr Himanshu Kulkarni, Nitya Jacob, Prof Madhav
Gadgill and Naresh Zurmure| The Citizens report, which provides
a detailed analysis of the water-sewage profile of 71 cities
across India, including Pune, was released by Professor Madhav
Gadgill, him