Lok Sabha Question No. 169 (STARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: Monitoring Committee for Ganga River
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: UDAY PRATAP SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*169

ANSWERED ON 27 .0 7.201 7

## MONITORING COMMITTEE FOR GANGA RIVER

| †*169.                                                                                                                      | SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH                                                                                                      |
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| Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:                         | Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:                         |
| (a) whether the Government proposes to award rigorous imprisonment and offenders found guilty of polluting the Ganga river; | (a) whether the Government proposes to award rigorous imprisonment and offenders found guilty of polluting the Ganga river; |
| (c) whether the Government also proposes to constitute any monitoring                                                       | (c) whether the Government also proposes to constitute any monitoring                                                       |
| Ganga; and                                                                                                                  | Ganga; and                                                                                                                  |
| (d) if so, the details thereof?                                                                                             | (d) if so, the details thereof?                                                                                             |
| ANSWER                                                                                                                      | ANSWER                                                                                                                      |
| THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURC ES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT GANGA REJUVENATION                                            | THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURC ES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT GANGA REJUVENATION                                            |
| (DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN )                                                                                                 | (DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN )                                                                                                 |
| (a) to                                                                                                                      | (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the                                                                                 |

STATEMENT  REFERRED  T O  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS (A)  TO  (D)  OF  LOK  SA BHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *169 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH JULY, 2017 ON 'MONITORING  COMMITTEE  FOR  GANGA  RIVER'  R AISED BY SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH.

(a) & (b) Presently the pollution caused by the discharge of Industrial and Domestic efflue regulated under the provisions of the Water (prevention and control of pollution) Act, 19 Environment  (Protection)  Act,  1986.    These  Acts  provide  for  penalty  for  contr avention/non -compliance of the provision of the Act and the rules and directions issued under the Act River  Ganga  (Rejuvenation,  Protection  and  Management)  Authorities  Order  2016  empowe National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and State Ganga C ommittees to issue directions for abatement of pollution and rejuvenation, protection and management of river Ganga. National Green Tribunal (NGT) in its Judgement dated 13/07/2017 relating to the st river Ganga from Haridwar to Unnao has ordered complete prohibition on disposing of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW),  E - Waste or bio - medical waste on the flood plain or into river Ganga or tributaries.  For each default, the defaulter would be liable to pay Environme nt Compensation of Rs. 50,000. (c)& (d) There is no such proposal at present.

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