The central government said the water in the Ganga at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj was fit for bathing during the recently concluded Maha Kumbh. The government also said it had provided a total of Rs 7,421 crore to the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) for cleaning the river in 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 (until March 9) In a report dated February 3, the CPCB had informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that water at several locations did not meet the primary bathing water quality standard due to high faecal coliform levels. However, in a new report submitted to the tribunal on February 28, the report said statistical analysis showed that the water quality during the MahaKumbh wasfit for bathing. The report said that the statistical analysis was necessary due to the ”variability of data’ in samples collected from the same locations on different dates and even from different spots on the same day.