Nagpur Municipal Corporation Admits Untreated Sewage Pollutes Gosikhurd Dam The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has acknowledged that untreated sewage flowing through the Nag River is contaminating the Gosikhurd Dam, raising significant environmental and public health concerns. This admission came in response to a Right to Information (RTI) query filed by former corporator Vedprakash Arya, which was shared by the NMC’s public health engineering department. The revelation highlights a critical gap in the city’s sewage management system, as treated wastewater continues to be discharged into the same river system the civic body aims to clean. According to documents accessed via the RTI process, Nagpur generates approximately 520 million litres per day (MLD) of sewage. The NMC, in collaboration with the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT), is currently treating around 423.5 MLD of this wastewater. Of the treated sewage, 320 MLD is being sold to Koradi and Khaparkheda thermal power stations, while the remaining treated water is released back into the Nag River, which flows downstream into Gosikhurd. This practice creates a paradox, as the treated effluent is reintroduced into the river system, undermining the purpose of establishing sewage treatment plants (STPs). The NMC’s records confirm the downstream impact of this pollution but also reveal a glaring oversight: there is no documented health survey conducted by the corporation’s health department to assess the effects of the contamination on communities reliant on Gosikhurd waters. Arya raised serious concerns about the monitoring process, pointing out that water samples were not collected from heavily polluted stretches in east Nagpur. This omission may obscure the river’s true condition.#nagpur_municipal_corporation #nagpur_improvement_trust #nag_river #vedprakash_arya #gosikhurd_dam
