Delhi generated nearly 4.4 billion liters of sewage per day in 2017. The Indian capital territory produced more sewage than any other city in the country that year. Among all the municipal corporations across the most populated cities, the sewage generation exceeded the treatment capacity.
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MOSPI. (March 31, 2021). Sewage generation and treatment capacity in India as of August 2017, by city (in million liters per day) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1168389/india-sewage-generation-and-treatment-capacity-by-city/
MOSPI. "Sewage generation and treatment capacity in India as of August 2017, by city (in million liters per day)." Chart. March 31, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1168389/india-sewage-generation-and-treatment-capacity-by-city/
MOSPI. (2021). Sewage generation and treatment capacity in India as of August 2017, by city (in million liters per day). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1168389/india-sewage-generation-and-treatment-capacity-by-city/
MOSPI. "Sewage Generation and Treatment Capacity in India as of August 2017, by City (in Million Liters per Day)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1168389/india-sewage-generation-and-treatment-capacity-by-city/
MOSPI, Sewage generation and treatment capacity in India as of August 2017, by city (in million liters per day) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1168389/india-sewage-generation-and-treatment-capacity-by-city/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Sewage generation and treatment capacity in India as of August 2017, by city (in million liters per day) [Graph], MOSPI, March 31, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1168389/india-sewage-generation-and-treatment-capacity-by-city/