India is getting assistance from Japan for a programme to cleanse the Yamuna river, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said Monday"

Japan international Co-operation Agency (JICA) has agreed to provide a loan of 32,571 million yen to the Government of India for the 3rd phase of the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP)," Natarajan said.. 

"The government is implementing the Yamuna Action Plan in a phased manned with assistance from the government of Japan. A total of 286 schemes for cleaning the river have already been implemented in 21 towns of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi. sewage cleaning capacity of 767.25 million litres per day has been created," she added. (IANS) 

The Interceptor Sewer Network will bring sewage to 17 sewage treatment plants in Delhi but after treatment, the water quality will only be fit for horticultural purposes, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has said.  
T  he biological oxygen demand of the water to be discharged into the yamuna after treatment is as high as 11-12 milligrams per litre. but according to CPCB standards it should be about under 5 milligrams.hence this water will be only fit for bathing.

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