Lok Sabha Question No. 2282 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-29
Subject: Common Effluent Treatment Plants
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ, SAUGATA ROY, KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU, SRINIVAS KESINENI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2282

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2016

## Common Effluent Treatment Plants

## 2282. DR. C.GOPALAKRISHNAN: PROF. SAUGATA  ROY: SHRI RAM  MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU: SHRI KESINENI NANI:

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

- (a) whether  the  number  and  capacity  of  Common  Effluent  Treatment  Plants  set  up  in  the country are inadequate for the treatment of waste water/sewage randomly discharged by various industries and as only 30% of sewage flows through treatment plants;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, State/UT-wise, including Tamil Nadu and West Bengal;
- (c) the  percentage  of  the  total  sewage  being  treated  annually  by  the  Common  Effluent Treatment Plants, urban and rural areas of the country;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  increase  sewage  treatment  capacity  in  the  country and if so, the details thereof along with the funds earmarked for installing new treatment plants, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the steps/ measures taken by the Government to ensure the treatment of waste water before its discharge into the rivers including penalty for violators?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a)to(c) According  to  Central  Pollution  Control  Board,  193  Common  Effluent  Treatment Plants (CETPs) are installed in the country with combined capacity of 1474 Million Litres  per  Day  (MLD)  which  is  given  at  Annexure  -  I.  There  are  920  Sewage Treatment  Plants  (STPs)  in  different  States/UTs  including  Tamil  Nadu  and  West Bengal out of  which,  615  STPs  are  operational,  80  STPs  are  non-operational,  154 STPs are under construction and 71 STPs are under planning stage. The details of the STPs are given at Annexure - II. The estimated sewage generation in the country was 61,948 MLD in 2015 against available treatment capacity of 23,277 MLD.
- (d) This  Ministry  has  been  supplementing  the  efforts  of  the  State  Governments  in collection  and  treatment  of  sewage  generated  in  towns  for  identified  stretches  of various  rivers  (excluding  Ganga  and  its  tributaries)  under  the  National  River Conservation  Plan  (NRCP).  Under  NRCP,  sewerage  system  and  sewage  treatment plants are set up in polluted stretches of Rivers based on the proposals received from State Governments. Sewage treatment capacity of 2373.41 MLD has been created at

a  sanctioned  cost  of  Rs.4517.84  crore  under  NRCP  (excluding  Ganga  and  its tributaries). The details, State-wise, are given at Annexure-III. In addition, funds are also available under other programmes viz. Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation  (AMRUT) programme of Ministry of Urban Development and the Namami Gange programme of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

- (e) The steps taken by the Government to address the issues of water pollution include the following:-
- i. Installation  of  Online  Effluent  Monitoring  System  to  check  the  discharge  of effluent directly into the rivers and water bodies;
- ii. Setting up of monitoring network for assessment of water quality;
- iii. Action to  comply  with  effluent  standards  is  taken  by  State  Pollution  Control Boards / Pollution Control Committees (SPCBs / PCCs) to improve the water quality of the rivers;
- iv. Financial assistance for installation of Common Effluent Treatment Plants for cluster of Small Scale Industrial units;
- v. Issuance of directions for implementation of Zero Liquid Discharge;
- vi. Issuance of directions under Section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to industries  and  under  Section  18(1)(b)  of  Water  (Prevention  and  Control  of Pollution) Act, 1974;
- vii. Preparation  of  action  plan  for  sewage  management  and  restoration  of  water quality in aquatic resources by State Governments;
- viii. Implementation of National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) for abatement of pollution in identified stretches of various rivers and undertaking conservation activities  which inter-alia include  interception  &  diversion  of  raw  sewage, construction of sewerage systems, setting up of sewage treatment plants, low cost sanitation facilities, education and awareness creation, community participation, electric/improved wood crematoria and river front development.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2282  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  29/11/2016  REGARDING COMMON  EFFLUENT  TREATMENT  PLANTS  RAISED  BY  DR.  C.GOPALAKRISHNAN, PROF. SAUGATA ROY, SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU AND SHRI KESINENI NANI.

State/ UT-wise list of Common Effluent Treatment Plants

| State / UT        |   Number of CETPs |
|-------------------|-------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                11 |
| Gujarat           |                30 |
| Haryana           |                14 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                 1 |
| Jammu and Kashmir |                 1 |
| Jharkhand         |                 1 |
| Karnataka         |                 9 |
| Kerala            |                 5 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                 1 |
| Maharashtra       |                27 |
| NCT of Delhi      |                13 |
| Punjab            |                 4 |
| Rajasthan         |                14 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                49 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                 8 |
| Uttarakhand       |                 4 |
| West Bengal       |                 1 |
| TOTAL             |               193 |

(Source: CPCB, 2016)

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2282  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  29/11/2016  REGARDING COMMON  EFFLUENT  TREATMENT  PLANTS  RAISED  BY  DR.  C.GOPALAKRISHNAN, PROF. SAUGATA ROY, SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU AND SHRI KESINENI NANI.

State/ UT-wise list of Sewage Treatment Plants

| State/UT                           | Total No. of STPs   |
|------------------------------------|---------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 12                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | -                   |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands          | 8                   |
| Assam                              | 5                   |
| Bihar                              | 6                   |
| Chandigarh                         | 5                   |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 36                  |
| Delhi                              | 35                  |
| Daman Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli | -                   |
| Goa                                | 7                   |
| Gujarat                            | 52                  |
| Haryana                            | 41                  |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 68                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir                    | 25                  |
| Jharkhand                          | 24                  |
| Karnataka                          | 57                  |
| Kerala                             | 10                  |
| Lakshadweep                        | -                   |
| Maharashtra                        | 78                  |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 17                  |
| Manipur                            | -                   |
| Meghalaya                          | 1                   |
| Mizoram                            | 1                   |
| Nagaland                           | -                   |
| Odisha                             | 47                  |
| Puducherry                         | 6                   |
| Punjab                             | 86                  |
| Rajasthan                          | 64                  |
| Sikkim                             | 11                  |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 73                  |
| Telangana                          | 18                  |
| Tripura                            | 2                   |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 73                  |
| Uttarakhand                        | 24                  |
| West Bengal                        | 28                  |
| Total                              | 920                 |

(Source: CPCB, 2016)

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2282 DUE FOR REPLY ON 29/11/2016 REGARDING COMMON EFFLUENT TREATMENT  PLANTS  RAISED  BY  DR.  C.GOPALAKRISHNAN,  PROF.  SAUGATA  ROY, SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU AND SHRI KESINENI NANI.

## State-wise details of STP capacity created under NRCP

| State          |   Sanctioned Cost * (Rs. in crore) |   STP Capacity Created (in MLD) |
|----------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |                              21.79 |                           30    |
| Telangana      |                             345.72 |                          621.46 |
| Gujarat        |                             808.53 |                          232    |
| Goa            |                              14.1  |                           12.5  |
| Jharkhand      |                               3.14 |                            0    |
| Karnataka      |                              66.25 |                           41.64 |
| Maharashtra    |                            1182.86 |                          260    |
| Madhya Pradesh |                              20.16 |                            7.95 |
| Odisha         |                              92.74 |                           48    |
| Punjab         |                             774.43 |                          634.2  |
| Tamil Nadu     |                             905.78 |                          477.66 |
| Kerala         |                              18.45 |                            0    |
| Sikkim         |                             181.09 |                            8    |
| Nagaland       |                              82.8  |                            0    |
| Total          |                            4517.84 |                         2373.41 |

*Sanctioned cost includes all activities covered under NRCP & is inclusive of cost of interception & diversion works, construction of sewerage systems, setting up of sewage treatment plants, low cost sanitation facilities, electric/improved wood crematoria, etc

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