Lok Sabha Question No. 258 (STARRED), answered on 2018-08-03
Subject: On-line Monitoring of Water and Air Pollution
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: PANKAJ CHOWDHARY

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION No. 258

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2018

## On-line Monitoring of Water and Air Pollution

## *258. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY

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

- (a) whether  the  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  has  directed  State  Pollution Control  Boards  (SPCBs)  to  carry  out  on-line  monitoring  to  check  water  and  air pollution in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether SPCBs have ensured on-line monitoring and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, whether the Government is likely to issue guidelines for SPCBs to ensure online monitoring system and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of such industrial units in the country which have been placed in the most polluted category by CPCB, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government has taken effective steps to check the pollution caused by the industries placed in the most polluted category by CPCB and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

*****

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 258 for  03.08.2018  regarding  'On-line  Monitoring  of  Water  and  Air  Pollution'  by  Shri Pankaj Chaudhary

(a) to  (c) Central Pollution Control Board ( CPCB) has issued directions on 5.2.2014 to all  State  Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)/Pollution  Control  Committees  (PCCs)  under Section  18(1)(b)  of    Water  (Prevention  and  Control  of  Pollution)  Act,  1974  and  Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 to direct the 17 categories of highly polluting industries (identified by  CPCB) to install Online Continuous Emission/Effluent Monitoring System (OCEMS) by 31.03.2015 followed by directions under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to individual industries.

Industries were mandated to install OCEMS by the SPCBs and CPCB. Out of 3531 industries  falling  under  17  categories  of  highly  polluting  industries,  2743  industries  have installed  OCEMS  and  provided  connectivity  of  data  to  CPCB  server.  Closure  directions under Section 5 of EPA, 1986 have been issued to 740 industries which have not installed OCEMS. State-wise and sector-wise status for OCEMS installation in 17 categories of highly polluting industries is attached as Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

(d) CPCB has  identified  the  17  categories  of  industries  as  highly  polluting  industries, which include Aluminum Smelter, Caustic Soda, Cement, Copper Smelter,  Distilleries, Dyes & Dye Intermediates, Fertilizer, Integrated Iron & Steel, Tanneries, Pesticides, Petrochemicals,  Drugs  &  Pharmaceuticals,  Pulp  &  Paper,  Oil  Refineries,  Sugar,  Thermal Power Plants, Zinc Smelter. State-wise details are given in Annexure-I .

(e) Various  initiatives  have  been  taken  to  control  on  pollution  from  17  categories  of highly polluting industries, which include:

- (i) Surprise inspection drive of industries falling in the 17 category of highly polluting industries  conducted  by  CPCB  during  2010-15  to  verify  compliance  with  the stipulated norms. A total of 1076 industries were inspected during 2010-15, and 155 directions were issued under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to non-complying industries as well as 83 directions were issued under Section 18(1)(b) of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
- (ii) During 2016-17, CPCB started a scheme of inspection of polluting industries based on  computer  generated  alerts  due  to  violation  of  effluent  and  emission  standards recorded in OCEMS (Online Continuous Effluent/Emission Monitoring System), and industries  for  inspection  are  selected  on  the  basis  of  SMS  generated/  offline  mode from  the  online  monitoring  systems  installed  in  these  industries.  A  total  of  396 industries  were  inspected  till  16.07.2018,  and  239  directions  were  issued  under Section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to non-complying industries as well as 1 direction was issued under Section 18(1)(b) of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
- (iii) Directions have been given by CPCB to all SPCBs/PCCs under Section 18(1) (b) of the  Water  (Prevention  &  Control  of  Pollution)  Act,  1974  for  timely  submission  of water  quality  data  on  surface  and  groundwater  monitoring  and  to  formulate  Action Plan for restoration of identified polluted river stretches.
- (iv) Notification  of  industry  specific  effluent/emission  standards  under  Environment (Protection)  Act,  1986  and  issuance  of  Consent  to  Establish/Consent  to  Operate  to industries.

********

Annexure-I State-wise  details  of  17  categories  of  highly  polluting  industries  and  status  of installation of OCEMS

| S. No.   | State/ UT         |   Total no. of 17 categories of highly polluting industries |   No. of units which installed OCEMS and are connected with CPCB server |   No. of non-complying units against which closure directions u/s 5 of E(P)A, 1986 have been issued |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar |                                                           0 |                                                                       0 |                                                                                                   0 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                         228 |                                                                     202 |                                                                                                  24 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                           0 |                                                                       0 |                                                                                                   0 |
| 4        | Assam             |                                                          50 |                                                                      24 |                                                                                                  25 |
| 5        | Bihar             |                                                          34 |                                                                      25 |                                                                                                   9 |
| 6        | Chandigarh        |                                                           0 |                                                                       0 |                                                                                                   0 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh      |                                                         146 |                                                                     136 |                                                                                                   8 |
| 8        | Daman & Diu       |                                                           2 |                                                                       2 |                                                                                                   0 |
| 9        | Delhi             |                                                           5 |                                                                       4 |                                                                                                   1 |
| 10       | Goa               |                                                          14 |                                                                       9 |                                                                                                   5 |
| 11       | Gujarat           |                                                         314 |                                                                     275 |                                                                                                  39 |
| 12       | Haryana           |                                                         111 |                                                                      89 |                                                                                                  22 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                          22 |                                                                      19 |                                                                                                   3 |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                          28 |                                                                      21 |                                                                                                   7 |
| 15       | Jharkhand         |                                                         137 |                                                                      73 |                                                                                                  64 |
| 16       | Karnataka         |                                                         230 |                                                                     167 |                                                                                                  60 |
| 17       | Kerala            |                                                          33 |                                                                      20 |                                                                                                  13 |
| 18       | Lakshadweep       |                                                           0 |                                                                       0 |                                                                                                   0 |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                          94 |                                                                      83 |                                                                                                   8 |
| 20       | Maharashtra       |                                                         553 |                                                                     365 |                                                                                                 171 |
| 21       | Manipur           |                                                           0 |                                                                       0 |                                                                                                   0 |
| 22       | Meghalaya         |                                                          19 |                                                                      14 |                                                                                                   5 |
| 23       | Mizoram           |                                                           1 |                                                                       0 |                                                                                                   1 |
| 24       | Nagaland          |                                                           0 |                                                                       0 |                                                                                                   0 |
| 25       | Odisha            |                                                         125 |                                                                     107 |                                                                                                  17 |
| 26       | Puducherry        |                                                           5 |                                                                       2 |                                                                                                   3 |
| 27       | Punjab            |                                                          97 |                                                                      74 |                                                                                                  23 |
| 28       | Rajasthan         |                                                         133 |                                                                     111 |                                                                                                  21 |
| 29       | Sikkim            |                                                           1 |                                                                       1 |                                                                                                   0 |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu        |                                                         194 |                                                                     168 |                                                                                                  22 |
| 31       | Telangana         |                                                         327 |                                                                     268 |                                                                                                  56 |
| 32       | Tripura           |                                                          12 |                                                                       4 |                                                                                                   2 |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                         422 |                                                                     325 |                                                                                                  95 |
| 34       | Uttarakhand       |                                                          52 |                                                                      45 |                                                                                                   7 |
| 35       | West Bengal       |                                                         142 |                                                                     110 |                                                                                                  29 |
|          | Total             |                                                        3531 |                                                                    2743 |                                                                                                 740 |

## Annexure-II

## Sector-wise status of installation of OCEMS in 17 categories of industries

| S. No.   | Industrial Sector       |   Total no. of 17 categories of highly polluting industries |   No. of units which installed OCEMS and are connected with CPCB server |   No. of non- complying units against which closure directions u/s 5 of E(P)A, 1986 have been issued |
|----------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Aluminum                |                                                          14 |                                                                      12 |                                                                                                    2 |
| 2        | Cement                  |                                                         324 |                                                                     230 |                                                                                                   94 |
| 3        | Chloralkali             |                                                          35 |                                                                      35 |                                                                                                    0 |
| 4        | Copper                  |                                                           3 |                                                                       3 |                                                                                                    0 |
| 5        | Distillery              |                                                         353 |                                                                     253 |                                                                                                   87 |
| 6        | Dye & Dye Intermediates |                                                         121 |                                                                      95 |                                                                                                   26 |
| 7        | Fertilizer              |                                                         117 |                                                                      96 |                                                                                                   21 |
| 8        | Iron & Steel            |                                                         353 |                                                                     287 |                                                                                                   66 |
| 9        | Pesticide               |                                                          78 |                                                                      67 |                                                                                                   11 |
| 10       | Petrochemical           |                                                          35 |                                                                      28 |                                                                                                    7 |
| 11       | Pharmaceuticals         |                                                         676 |                                                                     557 |                                                                                                  113 |
| 12       | Pulp & Paper            |                                                         296 |                                                                     231 |                                                                                                   62 |
| 13       | Refinery                |                                                          23 |                                                                      23 |                                                                                                    0 |
| 14       | Sugar                   |                                                         610 |                                                                     435 |                                                                                                  167 |
| 15       | Tannery                 |                                                         116 |                                                                      75 |                                                                                                   41 |
| 16       | Thermal Power Plant     |                                                         372 |                                                                     313 |                                                                                                   41 |
| 17       | Zinc                    |                                                           5 |                                                                       3 |                                                                                                    2 |
| Total    | Total                   |                                                        3531 |                                                                    2743 |                                                                                                  740 |