Lok Sabha Question No. 4305 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Discharge of Untreated Water into Rivers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4305

ANSWERED ON 1 9.0 3.2020

## DISCHARGE OF UNTREAT ED WATER INTO RIVERS

## †4305. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether untreated water from various factories/ plants is being released into rivers, legal provisions and if so, the details thereof;

- (b)  whether  t he  Government  has  directed  the  concerned  factories/plants  to  install  pollut system/equipment to reduce water pollution;

(c) if so, the details thereof along with the Statewise details of such factories/plants whi such syste m/equipment so far; and

(d) the action taken by the Government against such factories/plants?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a)to (d) Pollution load in rivers has increased over the years due to rapid urban industrialization.  Rivers  in  the  country  are  polluted  mainly  due  to  discharge  of  untreat treated sewage from cities/towns and industrial effluents. Non - poin t  sources of pollution like agricult runoff, open defection, runoff from solid waste dump sites, etc. also contribute to pollution

As per the  Provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and Water (Prevention & Pollution), Act 1974, industrial units are required to install effluent treatment plants (ETPs effluents to comply with stipulated environmental standards before discharging into water bod

Steps taken by the Government to stop discharge of efflu ents into rivers inter alia, include is of notification of specific  discharge standards, revision of the criteria for categorizat issuing  directions to all State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committ Cs) to adopt the same, issuance of consent to establish/consent to operate by the SPCBs/PCCs, Yearl of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs) by CPCB under Pollution Inventorisation Assessment  Su for  compliance  verification  through  th ird  party  technical  institutes,  installation  of  Online  C Effluent Monitoring System (OCEMS) for assessment of effluent quality and compliance status. the  industries  are  encouraged  to  reduce  their  waste  water  generation  by  technologica l  advancement, reuse/recycle of wastewater and maintain Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) where ever possible.

Further, Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB) ,  SPCBs  and  PCCs  monitor  industries  with respect to effluent discharge standards and take action for non - compliance under  provisions of Environmen (Protection) Act, 1986 and Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. According to CPCB, thereare 2747 GPIs in the country which are discharging their effluents in various water bo total  of  2747  industries,  2500  industries  are  operational  and  247  industries  self - closed.  Number  of complying and non - complying units are 2225 and 275 resp ectively.  State - wise status of GPI units in th country along with status of compliance and action taken for noncompliance is given in Annexu

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  &  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No. †4305 to be answered on the 19 th March, 2019 regarding Discharge of Untreated Water into Rivers

| State - wise Statistics of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs)   | State - wise Statistics of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs)   | State - wise Statistics of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs)   | State - wise Statistics of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs)   | State - wise Statistics of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs)   | State - wise Statistics of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs)   | State - wise Statistics of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs)   | State - wise Statistics of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs)          | State - wise Statistics of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs)          | State - wise Statistics of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs)          | State - wise Statistics of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs)          |
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| S. No.                                                           | State/UT                                                         | Total no. of Industries                                          | No. of Industries closed by their own                            | No. of operationa lindustries                                    | No. of Industries complying with environme ntal                  | No. of Industries non- complying with environment al standards   | Action taken against industries not with the environment standards Show | Action taken against industries not with the environment standards Show | Action taken against industries not with the environment standards Show | Action taken against industries not with the environment standards Show |
| S. No.                                                           | State/UT                                                         | Total no. of Industries                                          | No. of Industries closed by their own                            | No. of operationa lindustries                                    | No. of Industries complying with environme ntal                  | No. of Industries non- complying with environment al standards   | cause Notice/ Directio issued s                                         | Closure direction issued                                                | Legal cased filed                                                       | Action Under Process                                                    |
| 1                                                                | Andaman & Nicobar                                                | 2                                                                | 0                                                                | 2                                                                | 1                                                                | 1                                                                | 0                                                                       | 1                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 2                                                                | Andhra Pradesh                                                   | 198                                                              | 5                                                                | 193                                                              | 189                                                              | 4                                                                | 4                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 3                                                                | Arunachal Pradesh                                                | 97                                                               | 8                                                                | 89                                                               | 63                                                               | 26                                                               | 3                                                                       | 23                                                                      | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 4                                                                | Assam                                                            | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 5                                                                | Bihar                                                            | 84                                                               | 34                                                               | 50                                                               | 50                                                               | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 6                                                                | Chandigarh                                                       | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 7                                                                | Chhattisgarh                                                     | 2                                                                | 0                                                                | 2                                                                | 1                                                                | 1                                                                | 0                                                                       | 1                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 8                                                                | Daman & Diu                                                      | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 9                                                                | Delhi                                                            | 3                                                                | 0                                                                | 3                                                                | 3                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 10                                                               | Goa                                                              | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 11                                                               | Gujarat                                                          | 191                                                              | 13                                                               | 178                                                              | 139                                                              | 39                                                               | 26                                                                      | 13                                                                      | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 12                                                               | Haryana                                                          | 660                                                              | 22                                                               | 638                                                              | 625                                                              | 13                                                               | 6                                                                       | 7                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 13                                                               | Himachal Pradesh                                                 | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 14                                                               | Jammu & Kashmir                                                  | 69                                                               | 0                                                                | 69                                                               | 66                                                               | 3                                                                | 3                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 15                                                               | Jharkhand                                                        | 45                                                               | 6                                                                | 39                                                               | 5                                                                | 34                                                               | 14                                                                      | 10                                                                      | 2                                                                       | 8                                                                       |
| 16                                                               | Karnataka                                                        | 4                                                                | 0                                                                | 4                                                                | 4                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 17                                                               | Kerala                                                           | 29                                                               | 1                                                                | 28                                                               | 27                                                               | 1                                                                | 0                                                                       | 1                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 18                                                               | Lakshadweep                                                      | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 19                                                               | Madhya Pradesh                                                   | 2                                                                | 0                                                                | 2                                                                | 2                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 20                                                               | Maharashtra                                                      | 4                                                                | 1                                                                | 3                                                                | 3                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 21                                                               | Manipur                                                          | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 22                                                               | Mizoram                                                          | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 23                                                               | Meghalaya                                                        | 2                                                                | 0                                                                | 2                                                                | 2                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 24                                                               | Nagaland                                                         | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 25                                                               | Odisha                                                           | 6                                                                | 0                                                                | 6                                                                | 6                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 26                                                               | Puducherry                                                       | 3                                                                | 0                                                                | 3                                                                | 3                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 27                                                               | Punjab                                                           | 5                                                                | 0                                                                | 5                                                                | 2                                                                | 3                                                                | 3                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 28                                                               | Rajasthan                                                        | 1                                                                | 0                                                                | 1                                                                | 1                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 29                                                               | Sikkim                                                           | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 30                                                               | Tamil Nadu                                                       | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
| 31                                                               | Telangana Tripura                                                | 3 0                                                              | 1 0                                                              | 2                                                                | 2 0                                                              | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0 0                                                                     | 0 0                                                                     |
| 32                                                               |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 0                                                                |                                                                  | 0                                                                | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| 33                                                               | Uttar Pradesh                                                    | 1218                                                             | 139                                                              | 1079                                                             | 950                                                              | 129                                                              | 5                                                                       | 84                                                                      | 1                                                                       | 39                                                                      |
| 34                                                               | Uttarakhand                                                      | 76                                                               | 12                                                               | 64                                                               | 54                                                               | 10                                                               | 1                                                                       | 1                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 8                                                                       |
| 35                                                               | West Bengal                                                      | 43                                                               | 5                                                                | 38                                                               | 27                                                               | 11                                                               | 9                                                                       | 2                                                                       | 0                                                                       | 0                                                                       |
|                                                                  | Total                                                            | 2747                                                             | 247                                                              | 2500                                                             | 2225                                                             | 275                                                              | 74                                                                      | 143                                                                     | 3                                                                       | 55                                                                      |

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