Lok Sabha Question No. 3892 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: Industries Polluting Ganga River
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: BALABHADRA MAJHI

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 3892

ANSWERED ON 03.01 .201 9

## INDUSTRIES POLLUTING GANGA RIVER

## 3892. SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI

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

(a) the expenditure estimated to make the Ganga river clean and the funds spent so fa job;

(b)  the  current  status  of  cleanliness  of  the  river  in comparison  to  the  time  during  which  the initiative to clean the river was started;

(c) the number of polluting industrial units identified for polluting Ganga river and out of them which have been shut down;

(d) the units which have rectified their ischarging in the Ganga river as per norms; and

(e) the next target date for making the Ganga river 100% clean?

## ANSWER

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

## (DR.  SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) Government of India has launched the Namami Gange Programme in May 2015, with the total budgetary outlay of Rs.20,000 crore for the period from 2014 - 15 till 31 December 2020 to accomplish  the twin objectives  of effective  abatement  of  pollution,  conservation rejuvenation of National River Ganga and its tributaries.

An  amount  ofRs.5,448.99  crore  has  been  spent  against  t he  total  released  amount  of Rs. 6,819.27 crore from 2011 - 12 to 2018 - 19 (till 30 th November 2018).

(b) Government of India is supplementing the efforts of the state governments in address pollution  of  river  Ganga  by  providing  financial  assistance  to  the  states.  Namami Programme  is  an  umbrella  programme  which  integrates  previous  and  currently  ongoi initiatives  by  enhancing  efficiency,  extracting  synergies  and  supplementing  them  wit comprehensive & better coordinated interventions.

For polluti on abatement in river Ganga, t ill, 30 th Nov 2018, 131 sewerage projects (105 on Ganga & 26 in tribut aries) at sanctioned cost of Rs. 19742 crore have been sanctioned for creation of 3083 MLD new STP capacity, 886 MLD rehabilitated STP capacity and laying approx. 4871 KM sewerage networks. Till date, 31 projects of pollution abatement have completed which has resulted in laying of 2268 Km s ewer networks and of 560 MLD of sewage treatment plant capacity in Ganga basin .

(c) & (d) 961 Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs) have been identified on main stem of Ganga.    In  2018,  12  Technical  institutes  of  repute  have  completed  inspection  of  9 61  GPIs including 9 units by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) during April -July, 2018 along with  concerned  State  Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)  and  State  Mission  for  Clean  Ga (SMCGs) / District Ganga Committee (DGC). As on 26 th December, 2018, out  of  961  GPIs inspected,  472  were  found  complying  with  respect  to  stipulated  norms,  211  were  f non- complying, 256 were found temporarily closed and 22 were found permanently closed.

Action has been taken against 211 Non - Complying  units  wherein  98 units have been issued  Show  Cause  Notices  /  Compliance  directions  and  113  units  have  been  issued  clo directions.

(e) Cleaning of the river is a continuous process and efforts are being made to compl projects by the year 2020 for creating adequate Sewage Treatment Capacity.

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