Lok Sabha Question No. 154 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-02
Subject: Sewage Water Treatment Plants
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 154

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2018

## Sewage Water Treatment Plants

154. SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH :

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

- (a)     the total number of sewage water treatment plants in the country, State/ UT- wise;
- (b) whether the number of sewage water treatment plants are commensurate with the annual waste discharge of the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the action taken thereon;
- (d) the  details  of  States  in  the  country  which  have  met  the  sewage  waste  treatment requirements; and
- (e)   whether the Union Government has issued guidelines to State/UTs in this regard and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e)  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  the  available  sewage  treatment  capacity  is 23,277  mld  (37%  of  the  sewage  generation)  in  816  sewage  treatment  plants  (including 145  sewage  treatment  plants  under  construction).  The  State-wise  details  of  sewage generation from urban areas and corresponding sewage treatment capacity available are at Annexure.

It  is  the  responsibility  of  State  Governments/concerned  local  bodies  to  ensure proper treatment and disposal of sewage generated so that the untreated sewage is not discharged  in  rivers  and  other  water  bodies,  thereby  polluting  them.  This  Ministry  has been  supplementing  the  efforts  of  the  State  Governments  in  abatement  of  pollution  in identified stretches of various rivers 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 31 rivers  in 75 towns spread over 14 States in the country at a sanctioned cost of Rs. 4517.82 crore, and Central share of Rs. 2197.97 crore has been released  to  the  State  Governments  for  implementation  of  various  pollution  abatement schemes.  Sewage  treatment  capacity  of  2455.43  mld  (million  litres  per  day)  has  been created so far under the NRCP. Proposals are received from the State Governments from time to time for taking up various pollution abatement works, including settingup/upgradation of sewage treatment plants (STPs), in towns along identified stretches of polluted  rivers  under  NRCP  and  sanctioned  after  due  appraisal  on  the  basis  of  the prescribed Guidelines as well as availability of budgetary allocation under the programme.

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 wastewater before discharge into the rivers, 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.

Besides, the Central Government has laid down discharge standards for STPs in October, 2017, which have been made more stringent and also includes fecal coliform as one of the parameters.

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## Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 154 to be answered on Friday, the 2 nd February, 2018 on 'Sewage Water 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   | Installed Treatment Capacity (mld)   | Number of STPs   |
|-----------|-------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar       | (mld) 22                           | -                                    | -                |
| 2.        | Islands Andhra Pradesh  | 2871                               | 247.27                               | 12               |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 50                                 | -                                    | -                |
| 4.        | Assam                   | 703                                | 0.21                                 | 1                |
| 5.        | Bihar                   | 1879                               | 124.55                               | 6                |
| 6.        | Chandigarh              | 164                                | 314.5                                | 5                |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh            | 951                                | -                                    | -                |
| 8.        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli    | 26                                 | -                                    | -                |
| 9.        | Daman & Diu             | 29                                 | -                                    | -                |
| 10.       | Goa                     | 145                                | 74.58                                | 7                |
| 11.       | Gujarat                 | 4119                               | 3062.92                              | 51               |
| 12.       | Haryana                 | 1413                               | 852.7                                | 41               |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh        | 110                                | 114.72                               | 66               |
| 14.       | Jammu & Kashmir         | 547                                | 264.74                               | 19               |
| 15.       | Jharkhand               | 1270                               | 117.24                               | 15               |
| 16.       | Karnataka               | 3777                               | 1304.16                              | 57               |
| 17.       | Kerala                  | 2552                               | 152.97                               | 10               |
| 18.       | Lakshadweep             | 8                                  | -                                    | -                |
| 19.       | Madhya Pradesh          | 3214                               | 482.23                               | 17               |
| 20.       | Maharashtra             | 8143                               | 5160.36                              | 76               |
| 21.       | Manipur                 | 132                                | -                                    | -                |
| 22.       | Meghalaya               | 95                                 | 1                                    | 1                |
| 23.       | Mizoram                 | 90                                 | 10                                   | 1                |
| 24.       | Nagaland                | 92                                 | -                                    | -                |
| 25.       | Delhi                   | 4155                               | 2693.7                               | 35               |
| 26.       | Odisha                  | 1121                               | 385.54                               | 13               |
| 27.       | Puducherry              | 136                                | 68.5                                 | 6                |
| 28.       | Punjab                  | 1664                               | 1245.45                              | 86               |
| 29.       | Rajasthan               | 2736                               | 865.92                               | 63               |
| 30.       | Sikkim                  | 24                                 | 31.88                                | 11               |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu              | 5599                               | 1799.72                              | 73               |
| 32.       | Telangana               | 1671                               | 685.8                                | 18               |
| 33.       | Tripura                 | 154                                | 0.05                                 | 1                |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh           | 7124                               | 2646.84                              | 73               |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand             | 495                                | 152.9                                | 24               |
| 36.       | West Bengal             | 4667                               | 416.9                                | 28               |
| Total     | Total                   | 61948                              | 23277                                | 816              |