Lok Sabha Question No. 294 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-13
Subject: Waste Management Plants for Textile Industries
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *294 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2020

## WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANTS FOR TEXTILE INDUSTRIES

## *294. DR. T. SUMATHY (a) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the indiscriminate release of dye waste into water bodies by textile units;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken  to  minimize  the  generation  of  dye waste;
- (c) whether the Government has received any proposals to build waste management plants near textile industries;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्रीमती स्मृतत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) to (e): The 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. * 294DUE FOR ANSWER ON 13.3.2020

(a) & (b): Duringrandom  inspections  conducted  by  the  Central  Pollution  Control  Board (CPCB), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), incidents of discharge of untreated or partially treated waste water by industries, without meeting the discharge norms, has been  observed.  To  ensure  that  effluent  discharges  do  not  cause  environmental  damage  or  river pollution, industry specific effluent discharge standards are notified under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 which are periodically reviewed from time to time by MoEF&CC. CPCB may mandate Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) in large scale units present at environmentally sensitive or  critical  areas  for  controlling  river  pollution.The  effluent  generated  from  individual  textile industries including dyeing and washing are treated at either individual Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) or through Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs).The Government through Ministry of  Textiles  is  implementing  the  Integrated  Processing  Development  Scheme (IPDS) for  enabling the textiles processing sector to meet environmental standards in the area of waste water treatment.

(c) to (e): Ministry of Textiles has not received any proposal to build waste management plants near  textile  industries;  however,  for  the  treatment  of  effluents  discharged  by  textile  units  in processing sector, the Government is implementing the Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS)  under  which  both  brownfield  and  greenfield  CETPs  are  established  under  Public  Private Partnership  mode.The  project  cost  shall  be  borne  by  the  Centre,  State  and  Beneficiary  (Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) which will be a Non-profit Company registered under the Companies Act) in the ratio of 50:25:25 respectively.

Government of India grant is provided within the overall ceiling  of  50%  of  the  project  cost  not exceeding Rs.75 crore for Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) and Marine discharge and Rs. 10 crore for riverine and conventional treatment as the case may be. Proposals of CETP are also considered in Scheme for Integrated Textile Park (SITP) under 'Common Infrastructure' being implemented by  this  Ministry.  So  far  Government  has  sanctioned  7  Projects  under  the  Integrated  Processing Development Scheme (IPDS) for setting up/ upgrading Common Effluent Treatment plants (CETPs) with Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) systems, which may be seen at Annexure .

## Annexure

|   S NO. | Project Description                                                                                                                  | State      |   Year of Sanction |   GoI Grant component in the project (in Rs. Crores) | GoI Grant released (in Rs. Crores), so far   |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|       1 | SanganerEnviro Project Development                                                                                                   | Rajasthan  |               2016 |                                                75    | 37.5                                         |
|       2 | Jasol Water Pollution Control Treatment & Reverse Osmosis Private Limited                                                            | Rajasthan  |               2015 |                                                11.25 | 1.68                                         |
|       3 | Balotra Water Pollution Control Treatment & Reverse Osmosis Private Limited                                                          | Rajasthan  |               2015 |                                                57.56 | 10.63                                        |
|       4 | Upgradation of 12 MLD CETP to ZLD at Pali, Rajasthan by Pali Common Effluent Treatment Plant                                         | Rajasthan  |               2016 |                                                50    | 7.50                                         |
|       5 | SreeBhavani Dyeing Cluster-Erode District- Setting of ZLD CETP with MDwith Solar thermal                                             | Tamil Nadu |               2017 |                                                46.1  | -                                            |
|       6 | Southern District Textile Processing Cluster- Kariyapatti village, Virudhunagar District, Setting up of ZLD CETP with CPP with Cogen | Tamil Nadu |               2016 |                                                71.04 | -                                            |
|       7 | Gujarat Eco Textile Park Ltd at Village Baleswar, Taluka: Palsana, Surat                                                             | Gujarat    |               2018 |                                                75    | 8.00                                         |