Lok Sabha Question No. 3385 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-15
Subject: Pollution in Yamuna River
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: NINONG ERING

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 3385

ANSWERED ON 15.0 3.201 8

## POLLUTION IN YAMUNA RIVER

## 3385. SHRI NINONG ERING

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

(a) the steps taken by the Government to check rising pollution in the Yamuna river;

(b) the steps taken by the Government to check the discharge of wast es from factories across Delhi in the Yamuna river along with the reasons for not closing the said factories; and (c) the effective steps taken by the Government for rejuvenation of the said river?

## ANSWER

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

( DR. SATYA PAL SINGH )

(a) to (c) The cleaning of rivers is an ongoing process and this Ministry is supplementing the the States for checking the rising level of pollution of river Yamuna, a tributary of River Ganga, by providing financial assistance to States of Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in phased m 1993 under the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP). T he total expenditure incurred on conservation of ri Yamuna underthe 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 se kms) in Delhi. Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is the implementing agency. The duration of YAP -III project is 7 years. As part of vari ous steps to clean river Yamuna under the Hon'ble National Green Tribunal (NGT)'s Maily Se Nirmal Yamuna Revitalization Plan 2017, Phase -I, the Ministry has sanctioned the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) works in command area of Najafgarh Drain (Dhansa to Kes hopur) in Delhi for an estimated amount of Rs. 344.81 crore.

In addition to these, following projects have been undertaken by the State Govt. o addressing the problem of pollution of river Yamuna:

- Construction  of  318  MLD  (70  Million  gallons  per day)  STP  with  10  years  Operation  & Maintenance (O&M) on at Coronation Pillar.

- Construction of 15 MGD (68.1 MLD) Waste Water Treatment Plant at Delhi Gate drain.
- Construction of 7 decentralised Waste Water Treatment Plant in Najafgarh Zone.
- Laying of Sewer lines in unauthorised colonies.
- Rehabilitation of 3 Peripheral Sewer lines.

Further, two projects 'STP & Sewerage works' in Sonepat and Panipat towns were sanctioned at  total  cost  of  Rs.  217.87  crore  for  pollution  abatement  of  rive r  Yamuna.  The  main  project components include construction of new STPs of 70 MLD capacity and rehabilitation of exist of 75 MLD capacity. The works have been implemented by Public Health Engineering Depart (PHED), Haryana.

In Uttar Pradesh, T wo projects 'Rehabilitation of Sewerage Infrastructure and  Augmentation/ Upgradation of STP at Vrindavan (Mathura), U.P. has been sanctioned at a total cost of crore  for  pollution  abatement  of  river  Yamuna  and  other  project  'Rehabilitation/Renova tion  of Mathura  sewerage  scheme'  has  been  sanctioned  at  a  total  cost  of  Rs.  204.97  crore  under  hybrid annuity based PPP model. These works are in bidding stage.

Delhi is having 28 Approved Industrial Areas (Planned Industrial Areas) a RedevelopmentA reas(RedevelopmentofClusters ofIndustrial Concentration in Non Conforming Areas). Regarding water pollution control from the industries in Delhi, for the treatment of the waste water  generated  from  industrial  areas,  13  Common Effluent  Treatment  Plants (CETPs)  have  been provided with a capacity of 46.59 MGD ( 211.8 MLD Capacity).  Out  of  13  CETPs,  10  are  being  operated  by  the  CETP  Societies  of  the  In Areas  and  3  are  being  operated  by  the Delhi  State  Industrial  and  Infrastructure  Developme Corpor ation (DSIIDC).

For proper Operation and Maintenance of these CETPs, Operators of CETP have been ask install Online Monitoring System.

Besides CETPs there are about 2000 Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) install theindividual units operating i Delhiincluding Industries, Hotels, Restaurants e c. DPCC has reported that 3 Grossly Polluting Industries (GP I s) in Delhi have installed on Line Monitoring Syste

Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) monitors the Sewage Treatment Plants of Delh Jal Board and 13 CommonEffluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) and takes action to ensure compliance as per the provision of different legislation.

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