Display the escorts Agra Distrikt — Wikipedia River Hindon is a major source of water to the highly populated and predominantly rural population of western Uttar Pradesh, India. In non-monsoon months the river is completely dry from its origin up to Saharanpur town.
The samples of water and wastewater collected are tested and the data obtained from pre- and post-monsoon seasons during the month of January and April and are converted with National Sanitation Foundation Water Quality Index NSFWQI to achieve at a single value defining the water quality at selected locations.
The result indicates that the water quality of the river is not good. The water of river Hindon is not suitable for any use. India is having a rich source of the water resources of rivers is the major source of fresh water for almost each and every part of the country. There are 12 major river basins with the total catchment area is Ha of country, like Ganga and Brahmaputra basins which have largest catchment area among the major river basins, the other rivers are medium basin rivers, of which river Hindon is one of them which flows in the western part of Uttar Pradesh mainly Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut and Ghaziabad.
Most of the water use of this river is for agriculture irrigation, fishing, or to produce fish seeds and fingerlings. Other than this being passing through many industrial cities, large amount of industrial wastes are discharged into it including sewage and domestic waste. The river Hindon, historically known as river Harnandi, is one of the major tributaries of river Yamuna.
The recent studies on Hindon River reported that the river has become highly polluted due to uncontrolled untreated discharge of effluents.
