The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has allowed time for the Uttar Pradesh government to place on record a "comprehensive sewage management system" plan for the upcoming Maha Kumbh mela 2025. The 2025 Maha Kumbh will be held at Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh from January 13 (Paush Poornima) to February 26 (Maha Shivaratri). It is organised every 12 years.
The green body was hearing the issue of preventing sewage discharge into the Ganga and Yamuna rivers in Prayagraj. In an order dated December 9, a bench of the NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava noted the submissions by the additional advocate general (AAG) for Uttar Pradesh seeking three days to "place on record the comprehensive sewage management system which had been prepared by the authorities concerned, in view of the existing load and increased load" during the Maha Kumbh. Also read: Culture ministry plans 'Kalagram' in Prayagraj to showcase India's heritage at Maha Kumbh "In this plan, a disclosure will be made about the expected generation of sewage in the Kumbh Mela area and the treatment facility that is being created therein to prevent the discharge of untreated sewage generated in the Kumbh Mela into rivers Ganga and Yamuna.
"This will also take into account the expected increase in the generation of sewage within the city of Prayagraj," said the bench also comprising judicial member Justice Sudhir Agarwal and expert member A Senthil Vel. Also read: Ram Mandir’s first anniversary of consecration ceremony to be.