Lok Sabha Question No. 4403 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-22
Subject: Pollution in Yamuna River
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO.

## †4403 ANSWERED ON 22.0 3.201 8

## POLLUTION IN YAMUNA RIVER

## †4403. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

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

(a) whether the Yamuna river of the country has become so polluted that 200 kilometre ar the capital of Delhi has been declared as the second mos t arsenic affected region of the world;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether as per Central Pollution Control Board, 22 industrial units from Haryana, 42 Delhi and 17 units from Uttar Pradesh have been polluting the waters of Yamuna riv er since the year 2000; and

(d) if so, the steps taken by the Government to make Yamuna river pollution free?

## ANSWER

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

## ( DR. SATYA PAL SINGH )

(a)  &  (b) Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  under  National  Water  Quality  Monitor Programme (NWMP) monitors the water quality of river Yamuna at 4 locations in Delhi on mo basis. The observed data does not indicate presence of Arsenic in the river Yamuna.

(c) & (d) As per information available with CPCB, there are 660 Grossly Polluting Industrie in Haryana and 1510 GPIs in Uttar Pradesh. GPIs were identified as Industries discharging effluents into a water course and (a) handling h azardous substances, or (b) effluent havin Biological  Oxygen  Demand (BOD)  load  of  100  Kg  per  day  or  more,  or  (c)  a  combination (a) and (b).

The cleaning of rivers is an ongoing process and this Ministry is supplementing the ef States  for  checking  the  rising  level  of  pollution  of  river  Yamuna,  a  tributary  of  Riv providing financial assistance to States of Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in phased manner since 1993 under the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP). The total expenditure incurred on conservation Yamuna under the YAP Phase -I & II is Rs.1514.70 crore.

At present, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) assisted YAP Phase -III project is under implementation at an estimated cost of Rs.1656 crore in Delhi for rehabilitation and up - gradation of existing Sewage Treatment Plants (950 Million Litres Per Day) and Trunk sewers (43 kms) in Delhi. Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is the implementing agency. The duration of YAP -III project is 7 years. As part of various steps to clean river Yamuna under Maily Se Nirmal Yamuna Revitalization Plan 2 Ministry  has  sa nctioned  the  Sewage  Treatment  Plant  (STP)  works  in  command  area  of  Najafga Drain (Dhansa to Keshopur) in Delhi for an estimated amount of Rs.344.81 crore.

Further, two projects 'STP & Sewerage works' in Sonepat and Panipat towns were sanctioned at tota l cost  of  Rs.217.87  crore  for  pollution  abatement  of  river  Yamuna.  The  main  project  co include construction of new STPs of 70 Million Litres per Day (MLD) capacity and rehabili existing STPs of 75 MLD capacity. The works have been implemen ted by Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Haryana.

In  Uttar  Pradesh,  Two  projects  'Rehabilitation  of  Sewerage  Infrastructure  and  Augmentation/ Upgradation  of  STP  at  Vrindavan  (Mathura),  Uttar  Pradesh  has  been  sanctioned  at  a  tota Rs.33.81 crore for pollution abatement of river Yamuna and other project 'Rehabilitation/Renovation of Mathura sewerage scheme' has been sanctioned at a total cost of Rs.204.97 crore under hybrid annuity based Public - private partnership (PPP) model.

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