Lok Sabha Question No. 415 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Effluent Treatment Plants
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY, SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION N0 415

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2018

## Effluent Treatment Plants

## *415. SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY: SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

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

- (a)   whether the Government has set up Effluent Treatment Plants in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  sufficient  capacity  is  available  in  such  plants  for  the  treatment  of  hazardous industrial  waste  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  funds  allocated  for  the purpose, State/UT-wise; and
- (c)   the other steps taken/being taken to treat hazardous effluents for bringing down water/air pollution?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 415 due for  reply  on  23.03.2018  regarding  'Effluent  Treatment  Plants'  by  Shri Adhir  Ranjan  Chowdhury:  Shri  Shivkumar  Udasi,  Hon'ble  Members  of Parliament.

- (a) A  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Common  Effluent  Treatment  Plants  (CETPs)  is under  implementation  in  the  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forests  and  Climate  Change  for treatment of waste effluents. The scheme seeks to enable the small scale industries (SSI) set up new CETPs and upgrade the existing CETPs. During the last 5 years, CETPs have been supported by the Ministry in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab and Rajasthan.
- (b) According  to  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB),  there  are  193  Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) operational for treatment of industrial effluent across the country with a total hydraulic loading of 1474 Million Litres per Day (MLD). The State / UTwise list of CETPs is presented in Annexure-I. Besides, there are 18 integrated Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities, 10 Common Incinerators and 14 Common Secured Landfill facilities for treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste.

Government funding for industrial effluent treatment is available only to CETPs. State / UTwise details of the funds released during the last three  years and current year under above CETP scheme are given at Annexure - II.

(c) The steps which have been taken to treat hazardous effluents for bringing down water/ air pollution inter  alia include  i)  development  of  stringent  specific  standards  for  discharge  of effluent from  industrial sectors; ii)  notification  of  effluent  discharge  standards  under Schedule 1 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 and General Standards for discharge of  environmental pollutants under Schedule 6 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 applicable for the industrial sectors not having specific standards; iii) development of charter for various industrial sectors such as Charter for Water Recycling and Pollution Prevention in Pulp and Paper industry in Ganga river basin and Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection for 17 categories of industries iv) adoption of cleaner technologies and  v)  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 which include environmentally sound disposal of waste.

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ANNEXURE - I

ANNEXURE I REFERRED IN REPLY PART (b) TO THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 415 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 23.03.2018 REGARDING "EFFLUENT TREATMENT  PLANTS" RAISED BY SHRI ADHIR  RANJAN CHOWDHURY: SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

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 - II

ANNEXURE II REFERRED IN REPLY PART (b) TO THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 415 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 23.03.2018 REGARDING "EFFLUENT TREATMENT  PLANTS" RAISED BY SHRI ADHIR  RANJAN CHOWDHURY: SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

| S. No.   | Scheme / Activity   | State          | Funds released (crore)   | Funds released (crore)   | Funds released (crore)   | Funds released (crore)   |
|----------|---------------------|----------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|          |                     |                | 2014-15                  | 2015-16                  | 2016-17                  | 2017-18                  |
| 1.       | CETP                | Andhra Pradesh | --                       | ---                      | 0.20                     | --                       |
| 2.       | CETP                | Gujarat        | 8.40                     | 11.06                    | --                       | --                       |
| 3.       | CETP                | Punjab         | --                       | ---                      | 1.50                     | 3.50                     |

CETP: Common Effluent Treatment Plants