Lok Sabha Question No. 1852 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-14
Subject: Capacity of Sewage Treatment Plants
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: VASANTHI M.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1852

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2017

## Capacity of Sewage Treatment Plants

## 1852. SHRIMATI VASANTHI M.:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and capacity of waste and sewage treatment plants in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  said  capacity  is  adequate  to  treat  the  existing  amount  of  waste water  and  sewage  being  generated  everyday  as  well  as  the  expected  increase  in volume; and
- (c) if not, the measures being taken by the Government to address this shortfall in sewage treatment capacity?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) & (b) As per a report published by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in March, 2015, the sewage generation from urban areas in the country is estimated at 61,948  million  litres  per  day  (mld),  against  which  a  sewage  treatment  capacity  of 23,277 mld, or 37% of the sewage generation is available. The State-wise details of sewage generation from urban areas and corresponding sewage treatment capacity available are at Annexure.
- (c) Pollution  abatement  of  rivers  is  a  continuous  and  ongoing  process.  It  is  the responsibility of the State Governments/ concerned local bodies to set up facilities for collection, transportation and treatment of sewage as well as proper disposal of dead bodies for abatement of pollution of rivers. This Ministry has been supplementing the efforts  of  the  State  Governments  in  abatement  of  pollution  in  identified  stretches  of various  rivers  under  National  River  Conservation  Plan  (NRCP).    NRCP  (excluding Ganga  and  its  tributaries  which  is  handled  by  Ministry  of  Water  Resources,  River Development  and  Ganga  Rejuvenation  from  01/08/2014  onwards)  has  covered polluted stretches of 31 rivers in 75 towns spread over 14 States at a sanctioned cost of Rs. 4517.82 crore. So far, sewage treatment capacity of 2445.71 million litres per day  (mld)  has  been  created  under  the  NRCP  programme  (excluding  Ganga  &  its tributaries).

State  Governments,  apart  from  their  own  budgetary  allocation,  are  also accessing  financial  assistance  for  creation  of  sewerage  infrastructure,  including sewage treatment plants, in various cities/towns under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT)  programme  of  Ministry  of  Urban  Development and the Namami  Gange  programme  of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

CPCB has issued directions  under  Section  18  1(b)  of  the Water  (Prevention and  Control  of  Pollution)  Act,  1974  in  April,  2015  to  all  the  State  Pollution  Control Boards/Pollution  Control  Committees  in  the  country,  for  setting  up  of  sewage treatment plants in their respective States. CPCB also issued directions in October, 2015  to  69  municipal  authorities  of  metropolitan  cities  and  State  capitals,  under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to ensure proper treatment and disposal of sewage generated for abatement of pollution of rivers.

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## A nnexure

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1852 to  be  answered  on  Tuesday,  the  14 th   March,  2017  on  'Capacity  of  Sewage  Treatment Plants'

State-wise details of sewage generation in urban areas and treatment capacity available

| Sl. No.   | State/Union Territory     |   Sewage Generation in urban areas (mld) | Installed Treatment Capacity (mld)   |
|-----------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                       22 | -                                    |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh            |                                     2871 | 247.27                               |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                       50 | -                                    |
| 4.        | Assam                     |                                      703 | 0.21                                 |
| 5.        | Bihar                     |                                     1879 | 124.55                               |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                |                                      164 | 314.5                                |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh              |                                      951 | -                                    |
| 8.        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                                       26 | -                                    |
| 9.        | Daman & Diu               |                                       29 | -                                    |
| 10.       | Goa                       |                                      145 | 74.58                                |
| 11.       | Gujarat                   |                                     4119 | 3062.92                              |
| 12.       | Haryana                   |                                     1413 | 852.7                                |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh          |                                      110 | 114.72                               |
| 14.       | Jammu & Kashmir           |                                      547 | 264.74                               |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                 |                                     1270 | 117.24                               |
| 16.       | Karnataka                 |                                     3777 | 1304.16                              |
| 17.       | Kerala                    |                                     2552 | 152.97                               |
| 18.       | Lakshadweep               |                                        8 | -                                    |
| 19.       | Madhya Pradesh            |                                     3214 | 482.23                               |
| 20.       | Maharashtra               |                                     8143 | 5160.36                              |
| 21.       | Manipur                   |                                      132 | -                                    |
| 22.       | Meghalaya                 |                                       95 | 1                                    |
| 23.       | Mizoram                   |                                       90 | 10                                   |
| 24.       | Nagaland                  |                                       92 | -                                    |
| 25.       | Delhi                     |                                     4155 | 2693.7                               |
| 26.       | Odisha                    |                                     1121 | 385.54                               |
| 27.       | Puducherry                |                                      136 | 68.5                                 |
| 28.       | Punjab                    |                                     1664 | 1245.45                              |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                 |                                     2736 | 865.92                               |
| 30.       | Sikkim                    |                                       24 | 31.88                                |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                |                                     5599 | 1799.72                              |
| 32.       | Telangana                 |                                     1671 | 685.8                                |
| 33.       | Tripura                   |                                      154 | 0.05                                 |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh             |                                     7124 | 2646.84                              |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand               |                                      495 | 152.9                                |
| 36.       | West Bengal               |                                     4667 | 416.9                                |
| Total     | Total                     |                                    61948 | 23277                                |