Lok Sabha Question No. 4459 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-22
Subject: Closure of Industrial Units Polluting Ganga River
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: HARI NARAYAN RAJBHAR

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. †4459

ANSWERED ON 22.0 3.201 8

## CLOSURE OF INDUSTRIA L UNITS POLLUTING GA NGA RIVER

## †4459. SHRI HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR

Will  the  Minister  of  WATER  RESOURCES,  RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND  GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has fa check the industrial units which are polluting the Ganga riv er;
- (b) if so, the State - wise details thereof including Uttar Pradesh and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government is going to close down those units that are polluting the rive if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefo r; and
- (d) the measures being taken by the Government to make the river pollution free so th remain a life line for the people besides holding religious belief for them?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  WATER  RESOURCES, RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND GANGA REJUVENATION & HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

( DR. SATYA PAL SINGH )

- (a) to (c) Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has inspected 1109 Grossly Polluting indus (GPIs) during December, 2015 - April, 2017 out of which 538 GPIs were found non - complying with  the  prescribed  effluent  discharge  standards,  non - availability  of  valid  consent  and  non -connectivity.  The details of the same and the action taken against these units are given below:

## Status of directions issued to GPIs operating in the main stem of River Ganga

## during December, 2015 -30 th June, 2017

| State         |   Total |   Closed |   Complying |   Non - complying |   Show Cause |   Closure Direction |
|---------------|---------|----------|-------------|-------------------|--------------|---------------------|
| Uttarakhand   |      68 |       15 |          22 |                31 |           20 |                  11 |
| Uttar Pradesh |     955 |      197 |         315 |               443 |          119 |                 324 |
| Bihar         |      40 |        8 |           3 |                29 |           10 |                  19 |
| Jharkhand     |       0 |        0 |           0 |                 0 |            0 |                   0 |
| West Bengal   |      46 |        1 |          10 |                35 |           31 |                   4 |
| Total         |    1109 |      221 |         350 |               538 |          180 |                 358 |

(d) Government of India has launched Namami Gange Programme in May 2015 for conservation of river Ganga with total outlay of Rs. 20,000 crores. Namami Gange Programme is a holistic approach  to  clean  Ganga  through  various  activities  such  as  treatment  of  municipal treatment of industrial effluent, river surface cleaning, rural sanitation, ghats & crem ghat  cleaning  afforestation ,  biodiversity  conservation,  awareness  creation  &  intensive  pu outreach etc.

Cleaning of the rivers is an ongoing continuous process and National Mission for Ganga (NMCG) has sanctioned a total of 192 projects of Rs. 19630 crores for above activities, out of which, 49 projects have been completed so far.

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