Lok Sabha Question No. 3569 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-16
Subject: Sewage Treatment Plants
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3569

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2018

## Sewage Treatment Plants

## 3569. SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL:

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

- (a)    whether the Government is aware that untreated sewage of cities and towns located along major rivers flows directly into them and causes heavy pollution;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof;
- (c)     whether the Government has any plan to set up Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) at major towns located along major rivers;
- (d)     if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)    whether any time line has been fixed to set up STPs in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) & (b) Discharge of untreated sewage from cities and towns is a major source of pollution of  rivers.  As  per  a  report  published  by  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  in  March, 2015, sewage generation from urban areas in the country is estimated at 61,948 million litres per  day  (mld),  against  which  the  available  sewage  treatment  capacity  is  only  23,277  mld (37% of the sewage generation). The State-wise details of sewage generation from urban areas and corresponding sewage treatment capacity available are at Annexure.
- (c)  to  (e)  Setting  up  of  sewage  treatment  plants  (STPs)  to  tackle  the  steady  increase  in sewage generation in the country due to high population growth and rapid urbanization is a long term continuous process, which involves the collective effort of the Central and State Governments. While it is the responsibility of the State Governments/ concerned local bodies to  set  up  facilities  for  collection,  transportation  and  treatment  of  sewage,  this  Ministry  has been  supplementing  the  efforts  of  the  State  Governments  in  abatement  of  pollution  in identified stretches of various rivers, including setting up of STPs, under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP),  on cost sharing basis between  the Central and State Governments. NRCP has so far covered polluted stretches of 32 rivers in 76 towns spread over 14 States in the country at a sanctioned cost of Rs. 4579.56 crore, and Central share of Rs. 2236.98  crore  has  been  released  to  the  State  Governments  for  implementation  of various pollution abatement schemes. Sewage treatment capacity of 2466.43 mld has been created so far under the NRCP.

State  Governments,  apart  from  their  own  budgetary  allocation,  are  also  accessing financial  assistance  for  creation  of  sewerage  infrastructure,  including  STPs,  in  various cities/towns  under  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT)  and Smart  Cities  Mission  of  Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban  Affairs  as  well  as  Namami  Gange programme of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation.

To ensure proper treatment of municipal sewage before discharge into the rivers & other water bodies, 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 (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) in the country for setting up of STPs in their respective States. CPCB also issued directions in October, 2015 to municipal authorities of 184  towns  (66  metropolitan  cities  and  State  capitals  +  towns  along  river  Ganga)  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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## Annexure

## Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No. 3569 to be answered on Friday, the 16 th March, 2018 on '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 Total | 36. West Bengal Total     |                                    61948 | 23277                                |