Lok Sabha Question No. 2301 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Pollution in Rivers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel, Nishikant  Dubey

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2301

ANSWERED ON 0

## 5.0 3.2020

## POLLUTION IN RIVERS

## †2301. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether various rivers of the country are getting polluted for several reasons;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the measures taken by the Government towards reducing wat er pollution of rivers especially in u areas;

(d) whether the Government proposes to take legal measures to clean and stop the discharge rivers particularly the Yamuna and the Chambal rivers in Bundelkhand; and

(e) the special steps being taken by the Government to ensure that the Yamuna river remains po in Bundelkhand?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a) to (c) Rivers in the country are polluted mainly due to discharge of untreated and partially trea sewage from cities/towns and industrial effluents. Non - point sources of pollution like agricultural r open defecation, runoff from solid waste dump sites, e tc. also contribute to pollution of rivers. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs Control  Committees  (PCCs)  monitors  the  water  quality  of  rivers  on  a  regular  basis  across y through a network of monitoring stations.  As per latest CPCB report of September, 2018, river stretches have been identified on 323 rivers based on the value of Bio -chemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) an indicator of organic pollution. State -wise details of polluted stretches is provided at Annexure .

Cleaning of river is a continuous process and Central Government is supplementing the the  State  Governments  and  Union  Territories  in  addressing  the  challenges  of  pollution providing  financial  and  technical  assistance  through  schemes  like  National  River  Conser (NRCP) and Namami Gange. The NRCP has so far covered polluted stretches of 34 rivers in 7 spread over 16 States in the country with a sanctioned cost of R s. 5870.54  crore  and  sewage  treatment capacity of 2522.03 million litres per day (mld) has been created. Under Namami Gange, the rejuvenation of Ganga and its tributaries have been taken up. So far, a total 310 projects have been s ned at an estima ted cost of Rs. 28790.66 crore under Namami Gange. Of these, 116 projects have been complete and  made  operational.  Sewage  treatment  capacity  of  665.59  mld  has  been  created  so  far programme.

In addition, sewerage infrastructure is created under programs like Atal Mission For & Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Smart Cities Mission of Ministry of Housing & Urban Affair

Measures taken by the Government to stop discharge of indust rial effluents into rivers inter include issuance of notification of specific discharge standards, revision of the criteria f industries  and  issuing  directions  to  all  State  Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)  /  Pol Comm ittees  (PCCs)  to  adopt  the  same,  issuance  of  consent  to  establish/consent  to  ope SPCBs/PCCs,  regular  and  surprise  inspections  of  Grossly  Polluting  Industries  (GPIs)  for verification against stipulated environmental norms, installation of Online Continuous Effluent Monitoring System (OCEMS) for assessment of effluent quality and compliance status. Further, CPCB/SPCBs and PCCs regularly monitor industries with respect to effluent discharge standards and take a -compliance und er  provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and Water (Prevention and C Pollution) Act, 1974.

(d) & (e)  This Ministry has been supplementing the efforts of the States/UTs for pollution ab river Yamuna, a tributary of River Gan ga, by providing financial assistance to the states of Harya and Uttar Pradesh in a phased manner since 1993 under the Yamuna Action Plans (YAP) and later under Namami  Ganga  programme  for  creation  of  sewerage  infrastructure  and  sewage  treatment  pl ants  for ensuring that untreated sewage is not let into the river. In addition, a number of non - core projects to tackle non- point sources of pollution in Yamuna were also sanctioned. Total expenditure incurred on of river Yamuna under the YAP Phase - I  &  II  was  Rs . 1514.70  crore,  and  sewage  treatment  capacity 942.25 mld was created.

With the launching of Namami Gange program in May, 2015, the Central Government has included Yamuna  river  under  the  programme. The  Government  has  under  the  Namami Gange programme sanctioned 21 sewerage infrastructure projects at an estimated cost of Rs. 4537.28  crore  in  the  states  of Himachal  Pradesh,  Haryana,  Delhi  and  Uttar  Pradesh  for  pollution  abatement  of  Yamuna  and treatment capacity of 145 mld has been created so far. A project for up -gradation of the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Mathura (UP) has also been sanctioned at an estimated cost of Rs. In addition to monitoring of industrial pollution by the Central Pollution Control B oard (CPCB) and Delhi Pollution  Control  Committee  (DPCC),  a  CETP  Act,  2000  has  been  enacted  by  the  Govt.  of empowering  their Industries  Department for  ensuring  proper  operation  and  maintenance  of  the  CET Pollution abatement works have been sanctio ned at Kota and Keshoraipatan in Rajasthan and Nagda Madhya Pradesh for river Chambal under NRCP for an amount of 154.06 crore.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q uestion No. † 2301 to be answered on05.03. 2020 on 'Pollution in Rivers' .

## State - wise &Priority - wise number of Polluted River Stretches

| STATE                             | I   | II   | III   | IV   | V   |   Grand Total |
|-----------------------------------|-----|------|-------|------|-----|---------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH                    |     |      |       | 2    | 3   |             5 |
| ASSAM                             | 3   | 1    | 4     | 3    | 33  |            44 |
| BIHAR                             |     |      | 1     |      | 5   |             6 |
| CHHATTISGARH                      |     |      |       | 4    | 1   |             5 |
| DAMAN, DIU AND DADRA NAGAR HAVELI | 1   |      |       |      |     |             1 |
| DELHI                             | 1   |      |       |      |     |             1 |
| GOA                               |     |      | 1     | 2    | 8   |            11 |
| GUJARAT                           | 5   | 1    | 2     | 6    | 6   |            20 |
| HARYANA                           | 2   |      |       |      |     |             2 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                  | 1   | 1    | 1     |      | 4   |             7 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR                   |     | 1    | 2     | 2    | 4   |             9 |
| JHARKHAND                         |     |      |       | 3    | 4   |             7 |
| KARNATAKA                         |     |      | 4     | 7    | 6   |            17 |
| KERALA                            | 1   |      |       | 5    | 15  |            21 |
| MADHYA PRADESH                    | 3   | 1    | 1     | 3    | 14  |            22 |
| MAHARASHTRA                       | 9   | 6    | 14    | 10   | 14  |            53 |
| MANIPUR                           |     | 1    |       |      | 8   |             9 |
| MEGHALAYA                         | 2   |      |       | 3    | 2   |             7 |
| MIZORAM                           |     |      | 1     | 3    | 5   |             9 |
| NAGALAND                          | 1   |      | 1     | 2    | 2   |             6 |
| ODISHA                            | 1   |      | 3     | 2    | 13  |            19 |
| PUDUCHERRY                        |     |      |       | 1    | 1   |             2 |
| PUNJAB                            | 2   |      |       | 1    | 1   |             4 |
| RAJASTHAN                         |     |      | 1     |      | 1   |             2 |
| SIKKIM                            |     |      |       |      | 4   |             4 |
| TAMIL NADU                        | 4   |      |       | 1    | 1   |             6 |
| TELANGANA                         | 1   | 2    | 2     | 2    | 1   |             8 |
| TRIPURA                           |     |      |       |      | 6   |             6 |
| UTTAR PRADESH                     | 4   |      | 1     | 2    | 5   |            12 |
| UTTARAKHAND                       | 3   | 1    | 1     | 4    |     |             9 |
| WEST BENGAL                       | 1   | 1    | 3     | 4    | 8   |            17 |
| Grand Total                       | 45  | 16   | 43    | 72   | 175 |           351 |

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