Lok Sabha Question No. 5142 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Proposal from Daman and Diu
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5142

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 27 TH  MARCH, 2018/ CHAITRA 6, 1940 (SAKA) PROPOSAL FROM DAMAN AND DIU

5142. SHRIMATI DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether any action has been taken by the Union Territory Administration of Daman and Diu in consultation with the State Government  of  Gujarat  to  submit  a  joint  comprehensive  proposal  under National  Conservation  of  River  Plan  to  check  pollution  in  Daman  Ganga River to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) to  (b)  No  Madam.  However,  the  UT  Administration  of  Daman  &  Diu carried  out  a  study  on  pollution  status  of  River  Daman  Ganga  and development  of  pollution  abatement  strategies  for  river  system  in  the entire  river  stretch  from  Madhuban  Dam  to  its  confluence  with  Arabian sea  at  Moti  Daman.  Water  samples  at  22  discharge  points  and  30 locations in the river stream were collected and analysed.

UT  Administration  of  Daman  &  Diu  has  taken  up  the  matter  with Chairman,  Gujarat  Pollution Control  Board  (GPCB),  Govt.  of  Gujarat regarding the common discharge of wastewater into Daman Ganga River. The Chairman, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) along with his team of  officials  and  representatives  from  Central  Pollution  Control  Board (CPCB) regional office, Vadodara  held  a meeting  with the  Administrator,

## LS.US.Q.NO.5142 FOR 27.03.2018

UT  Administration  of  Daman  &  Diu  on  10/02/2018  on  issues  related  to water  pollution  in  River  Daman  Ganga  flowing  from  Vapi  to  Daman  and decided to:

- i. Have  regular  meeting  of  the  task  force  constituted  for  the purpose as per Govt. constitution dated 10/12/2014.
- ii. Regular  collection  of  water  samples  at  a  discharge  points  of Daman  Ganga  River  shall  be  carried  out  jointly  by  Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and Pollution Control Committee (PCC), Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
- iii. Separate joint sampling shall be carried out by Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), Pollution Control Committee (PCC), Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Central Pollution Control  Board  (CPCB)  at  discharge  points  or  locations.  The samples shall be sent for analysis to the laboratories of Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) & Nation Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI).
- iv. Viability  of  laying  an  underground  pipeline  carrying  out  the effluent to the deep sea entirely through Gujarat territory shall be got examined by Gujarat Government.

## LS.US.Q.NO.5142 FOR 27.03.2018

All the industrial and hotel units operating in Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli had been asked to install the Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) and Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) respectively. The effluents so discharged  in  Daman  Ganga  at  drainage  point  and  in  river  stream  are monitored regularly by collecting water samples. Efforts are on to check the water pollution in river Daman Ganga.

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