Lok Sabha Question No. 3322 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-06
Subject: Polluting Industries/Plants
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3322

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2016

## Polluting Industries/Plants

## 3322. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

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

- (a) whether despite various provisions of law polluted water from various factories/plants is flowing into the rivers and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government has instructed the factories/plants to install pollution control systems/devices for abatement of water pollution;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  details  of  factories/plants  which  have  not installed the said systems/devices so far, State-wise; and
- (d) the action taken by the Government against the erring factories/plants and the efforts being made to ensure compliance with the said direction?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) The polluting industries are required to take Consent to Establish and Consent to Operate under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and it is obligatory for industries to set up effluent treatment plants to treat the effluent to the  prescribed  norms  as  prescribed  by  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and Climate  Change.  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  and  State  Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) / Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) maintain close vigil  on  quantity  /  quality  of  effluent  &  emissions  discharged  by  polluting industries. In case of non-compliance, action under the provisions of the prevalent Acts is taken by SPCBs / PCCs.
- (b)to(d) CPCB has directed the 17 category of highly polluting industries to install system for online monitoring of emission / effluent quality. Out of total 3387 industrial units,  2438  units  were  identified  for  installing  online  monitoring  system.  2023 industrial units have so far installed online monitoring system and 415 units are in the  process  of  installation.  The  State-wise  details  of  industries  which  have installed online monitoring devices is given at annexure.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) TO (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3322 DUE FOR REPLY ON 06/12/2016 REGARDING POLLUTING INDUSTRIES/ PLANTS RAISED BY SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV.

State-wise number of industries which have installed online monitoring devices

| States           |   Total no. of industries |
|------------------|---------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh   |                       109 |
| Assam            |                        15 |
| Bihar            |                        16 |
| Chhattisgarh     |                        64 |
| Daman & Diu      |                         3 |
| Delhi            |                         1 |
| Goa              |                        10 |
| Gujarat          |                       226 |
| Haryana          |                        54 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                        16 |
| Jammu & Kashmir  |                        16 |
| Jharkhand        |                        58 |
| Karnataka        |                       125 |
| Kerala           |                        15 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |                        66 |
| Maharashtra      |                       218 |
| Meghalaya        |                        13 |
| Odisha           |                        66 |
| Pondicherry      |                         3 |
| Punjab           |                        62 |
| Rajasthan        |                        89 |
| Sikkim           |                         1 |
| Tamil Nadu       |                       142 |
| Telangana        |                       209 |
| Tripura          |                        11 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                       279 |
| Uttarakhand      |                        44 |
| West Bengal      |                        92 |
| Total            |                      2023 |

(Source: CPCB, 2016)

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