Haryana sets December 2027 deadline for Yamuna pollution-control projects; Chief Secretary reviews progress

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Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi. File photo: csharyana.gov.in

Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) directed all the departments concerned to accelerate the implementation of sewage-treatment, industrial-effluent-management and pollution-control projects to ensure substantial improvement in the water quality of the Yamuna and its tributary drains.

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Chairing a high-level review meeting in Chandigarh during which he reviewed the progress of the Yamuna Action Plan, the Chief Secretary emphasised that the Haryana government is committed to ensuring that the Yamuna remains clean and pollution-free through a coordinated, time-bound and technology-driven approach. He directed the departments to ensure that all ongoing and proposed projects are completed by December 31, 2027.

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The review highlighted significant progress being made across the Yamuna catchment through the development of new sewage treatment plants (STPs), common effluent treatment plants (CETPs), micro-STPs and effluent-tapping infrastructure.

In a major step towards rejuvenating the Yamuna river, the Haryana government has launched an extensive action plan, focussing on sewage treatment, industrial waste management and real-time monitoring of drain pollution.

Haryana State Pollution Control Board Chairman Vinay Pratap Singh informed the meeting that projects involving more than 425 MLD (million litres per day) of additional sewage treatment capacity and over 150 MLD of industrial effluent treatment capacity are at various stages of tendering, approval and execution.

Among the key initiatives discussed was upgrading the existing 10-MLD STP at Jattal Road, Panipat, which will enable the treatment of both domestic sewage and industrial effluents. Plans to establish six micro-STPs in villages of Karnal district were also reviewed, a ste