Lok Sabha Question No. 1197 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Pollution Control
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION N0. 1197

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.06.2019

## Pollution Control

## 1197. SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

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

- (a) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to fight air pollution and save rivers;
- (b) the funds allocated/spent in this regard during the last four years; and
- (c) the measures taken/being taken by his Ministry to bring down air pollution in nonattainment cities during the last four years and the next five years under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE    IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) to  (c)  The  Central  Government  has  taken  a  number  of  initiatives  for  prevention, control and abatement of air pollution. These include

## Plans and Directions

-  Comprehensive Action Plan (CAP) identifying timelines and implementing agency for  actions  identified  for  prevention,  control  and  mitigation  of  air  pollution  in Delhi and NCR has been notified.
-  National  Clean  Air  Programme  (NCAP)  under  the  Central  Sector  'Control  of Pollution'  Scheme  as a  time  bound national  level  strategy  to  tackle  air  pollution problem across the country in comprehensive manner has been launched.
-  102  non-attainment  cities  for  formulation  and  implementation  of  city  specific action plan under NCAP have been identified.
-  Graded  Response  Action  Plan  for  different  levels  of  air pollution in  Delhi  and NCR has been notified.
-  A comprehensive set of directions have been issued under section 18 (1) (b) of Air (Prevention  and  Control  of  Pollution)  Act,  1986  for  implementation  of  42/31 measures to mitigate air pollution in major cities including Delhi and NCR cities comprising of control and mitigation measures related to vehicular emissions, resuspension  of  road  dust  and  other  fugitive  emissions,  bio-mass/municipal  solid waste  burning,  industrial  pollution,  construction  and  demolition  activities,  and other general steps.

## Monitoring

-  Setting up of monitoring network for assessment of ambient air quality.
-  Notification of National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
-  Launch of National Air Quality Index.
-  Implementation of Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi in October, 2018 in association with Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).

## Transport

-  Leapfrogging from BS-IV to BS-VI fuel standards since 1st April, 2018 in NCT of Delhi and from by 1st April, 2020 in the rest of the country.
-  Introduction of cleaner / alternate fuels like gaseous fuel (CNG, LPG etc.), ethanol blending.
-  Promotion  of  public  transport  and  improvements  in  roads  and  building  of  more bridges to ease congestion on roads.
-  Operationalisation of Eastern Peripheral Expressway &  Western Peripheral Expressway to divert non-destined traffic from Delhi.
-  Streamlining the issuance of Pollution Under Control Certificate.

## Industry

-  Badarpur thermal power plant has been closed from 15th October, 2018.
-  All brick kilns have been shifted to zig-zag technology in Delhi and NCR.
-  Installation  of  on-line  continuous  (24x7)  monitoring  devices  all  red  category industries in Delhi and NCR.
-  Revision of emission standards for industrial sectors from time to time.

## Biomass and Solid Waste

-  A new Central Sector Scheme on 'Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for insitu management of Crop Residue in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi' for the period from 2018-19 and 2019-20 has been launched.
-  Banning of burning of biomass.
-  3  Waste-to-Energy  (W-t-E)  plants  are  currently  operational  in  Delhi  with  atotal capacity of 5100 Tonnes Per Day(TPD).
-  Notifications of 6 waste management rules covering solid waste, plastic waste, ewaste, bio-medical waste, C&D waste and hazardous wastes issued in 2016.

## Dust

-  Notifications regarding dust mitigation measures for construction and demolition activities.
-  Number of mechanised road sweeping machines has been increased significantly and presently 60 machines are deployed for cleaning of roads in Delhi.

## Public Outreach

-  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  &  Climate  Change  (MoEF&CC)  and  Delhi Government launched Clean Air for Delhi Campaign from 10th - 23rd Feb 2018 and to check air polluting activities pre and post Diwali, a special campaign called 'Clean Air Campaign' during November 01, 2018 to November 10, 2018.
-  Ministry  is  promoting  peoples  participation  and  awareness  building  among citizens for environmental conservation through Green Goods Deeds that focus on promotion of cycling, saving water and electricity, growing trees, proper maintenance of vehicles, following of lane discipline and reducing congestion on roads by car pooling etc.
-  Development  of  mechanism  for  redressal  of  public  complaints  regarding  air pollution issues in Delhi and NCR (through 'Sameer App', 'Emails'(aircomplaints.cpcb@gov.in) and 'Social Media Networks' (Facebook and Twitter) etc.

State-wise  details  of  funds  released  to  various  Monitoring  Agencies  during  last three  and  current  years  for  ambient  air  quality  monitoring  as  operational  and maintenance cost under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) is given at Annexure I .

In reference to Water Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)  is implementing  a  nationwide  water  quality  monitoring  under  National  Water  Quality Monitoring  Programme  (NWMP)  at  3500  locations  including  Surface  and  Ground water in association with State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) & Pollution control Committees  (PCCs)  to  fulfill  the  mandate  of  Water  (Prevention  &  Control  of Pollution)  Act,  1974.Details  of  the  funds  Allocation  and  funds  released  to  the  State Governments during the last three years for pollution abatement works under National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) is at Annexure II .

Out  of  102  non-attainment  cities  identified  under  NCAP,  for  thecities  with  million plus population and PM10>90µg/m³, MoEF&CC is funding₹10 Crores in the current year for each city for following components:

- i. Public awareness and capacity building activities,
- ii. Source apportionment study,
- iii. Mechanical street sweepers,
- iv. Water sprinklers,
- v. Mobile Enforcement Units,
- vi. Tree  plantation,  greening  activities  &  development  of  City  Forest  in open areas, premises, parks & road side lands along with establishment of nurseries & plant raising,
- vii. Construction & Demolition Waste Management Facility, etc .

For the remaining non-attainment cities, funding of ₹10 lakhs per city for cities with population less than 5 lakhs and ₹  20 lakhs per city with a population of 5 to10 lakhs have been sanctioned.

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Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1197 due for reply on 28.06.2019 regarding 'Pollution Control' by Shri KothaPrabhakar Reddy, Hon'ble Member of Lok Sabha

## Annexure-I

## Details of Payment Released to Various Monitoring Agencies under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP)

| Sl No.   | Name of Monitoring Agency   | Funds released under NAMP for operation &maintenance in different financial years (Amount in Rs.)   | Funds released under NAMP for operation &maintenance in different financial years (Amount in Rs.)   | Funds released under NAMP for operation &maintenance in different financial years (Amount in Rs.)   | Funds released under NAMP for operation &maintenance in different financial years (Amount in Rs.)   | Funds released under NAMP for operation &maintenance in different financial years (Amount in Rs.)   |
|----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          |                             | 2014-2015                                                                                           | 2015-16                                                                                             | 2016-17                                                                                             | 2017-18                                                                                             | 2018-19                                                                                             |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh SPCB         | 7666250                                                                                             | -                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                   | 27555500                                                                                            | -                                                                                                   |

|   2. | Arunachal Pradesh SPCB                     | -       | -        | -        | 4109334   | 1472000   |
|------|--------------------------------------------|---------|----------|----------|-----------|-----------|
|    3 | Assam SPCB                                 | 7842500 | -        | -        | 35912000  | 17762667  |
|    4 | Bihar SPCB                                 | -       | -        | -        | 2216665   | -         |
|    5 | Chandigarh PCC                             | -       | -        | 4113833  | 3253333   | 1952000   |
|    6 | Chattisgarh ECB                            | -       | 1526250  | -        | 4465333   | -         |
|    7 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli PCC and Daman &Diu PCC | -       | -        | -        | 3492333   | 3461333   |
|    8 | Goa SPCB                                   | 7125000 | 7789333  | -        | 24410667  | -         |
|    9 | Gujarat SPCB                               | -       | -        | -        | -         | 18067915  |
|   10 | Himachal Pradesh SEP & PCB                 | -       | 10128333 | -        | 29309334  | 13933334  |
|   11 | Jammu& Kashmir SPCB                        | -       | -        |          | 4528000   | 1936000   |
|   12 | Jharkhand SPCB                             | -       | -        |          | 14893167  | -         |
|   13 | Karnataka SPCB                             | 354167  | 6749583  | -        | 21134667  | -         |
|   14 | Kerala SPCB                                | 6474167 | -        | -        | 22320000  | -         |
|   15 | Madhya Pradesh SPCB                        | -       | -        | 7984417  | 13566666  | 11577333  |
|   16 | Maharashtra SPCB                           | -       | -        | 16316919 | 30544001  | 11270667  |
|   17 | Meghalaya SPCB                             | -       | 7845833  | -        | 14485333  | 3541333   |
|   18 | Mizoram SPCB                               | 1765000 | 5413333  | 4253333  | 7346667   | 4640000   |
|   19 | Nagaland SPCB                              | 906667  | -        | 3658667  | 3061333   | 1344000   |
|   20 | Odisha SPCB                                | 5734583 | -        | 5872500  | 17080001  | -         |
|   21 | Punjab SPCB                                | 7795417 | -        | -        | 20361083  | 4565333   |
|   22 | Puducherry                                 | -       | -        | 5110333  | 3432000   | 2112000   |
|   23 | Rajasthan SPCB                             | -       | 4218750  | -        | 13434667  | -         |
|   24 | Sikkim SPCB                                | -       | -        | -        | 6149334   | 7578667   |

| 25.   | Tamil Nadu SPCB    | 2358333     | -           | -           | 16813333     | 7549333      |
|-------|--------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
| 26.   | Telangana SPCB     | -           | -           | -           | 17985000     | -            |
| 27.   | Tripura SPCB       | -           | -           | -           | 896000       | 597333       |
| 28.   | Uttar Pradesh SPCB | -           | 7263333     | -           | 31390667     | -            |
| 29.   | Uttarakhand EP&PCB | -           | 4085833     | -           | 14544000     | -            |
| 30.   | West Bengal SPCB   | -           | -           | -           | 19439917     | -            |
| 31.   | NEERI              | 7047000     | 13612000    | 22288000    | 21600000     | 14040000     |
| 32.   | IIT Kanpur         | 3709378     | -           | -           | 8040177      | 1941920      |
|       | Total              | 5,87,78,462 | 6,86,32,581 | 6,95,98,002 | 45,77,70,512 | 12,93,43,168 |

## Annexure II

Details of the funds Allocation and funds released to the State Governments during the last three years for pollution abatement works under National River Conservation Plan (NRCP)

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.           | State             | River                   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |   2018-19 |
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Budget Allocation | Budget Allocation | Budget Allocation       | 66.73     | 101.00    | 173.50    |     150.5 |
| 1.                | Gujarat           | Sabarmati, Mindola&Tapi | 24.12     | 71.40     | 62.00     |      63   |
| 2.                | Jammu & Kashmir   | Devika&Tawi             | -         | -         | -         |      30   |

| 3.    | Maharashtra   | MulaMutha             | 4.99   | 21.00   | 31.75   | -      |
|-------|---------------|-----------------------|--------|---------|---------|--------|
| 4.    | Punjab        | Ghaggar, Beas &Satluj | 17.61  | --      | 50.00   | -      |
| 5.    | Kerala        | Pamba                 | 5.00   | --      | --      | -      |
| 6.    | Manipur       | Nambul                | --     | --      | --      | 3.00   |
| 7.    | Sikkim        | Rani Chu              | 1.00   | 5.00    | 18.01   | 42.00  |
| 8.    | Nagaland      | Diphu&Dhansiri        | 10.00  | --      | 5.00    | 5.00   |
| 9.    | Odisha        | Coastal Area (Puri)   | --     | --      | 1.99    | -      |
| Total | Total         |                       | 62.72  | 97.40   | 168.75  | 143.00 |