Lok Sabha Question No. 816 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Constitution of Teams to Study Pollution of Rivers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †816

ANSWERED ON 06.02.2020

## CONSTITUTION OF TEAM S TO STUDY POLLUTION OF RIVERS

## †816. SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has constituted special teams to conduct study of various aspect at various places on the banks of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Ram Ganga;

(b) if so, the te rms of reference thereof and the details of the members in these teams;

(c) whether these teams have started their study and submitted any report;

(d) if so, the details of the reports submitted till date; and

(e) the details of the actions taken thereo n?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a) to (e) Since inception of Namami Gange Programme, Government has carried out detailed stu 97 Gangatowns for their condition assessment and feasibility as regards their existing/futur and sewage treatment capacity.  The quantity of sewage gap along with the characteristic and was also assessed.  Based on the Condition Ass essment & Feasibility Study and similar study reports, 138 sewerage projects located in 89 towns on Ganga main stem, Yamuna and Ramganga have been sanc and are at various stages of implementation.

Similarly,  under  Namami  Gange  Programme ,  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  i operating  a  scheme  'Pollution  Inventorisation  Assessment  and  Surveillance  on  river  Ganga  (PIAS)'  for inventorisation,  monitoring  and  surveillance  of  pollution  load  discharging  into  river tributaries and also for annual inspection of all Grossly Polluting Industries(GPIs).  Teams i with third party technical institutions of repute like Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs Institute of Technologies (NITs),

Aligarh  Muslim  Un iversity  (AMU),  Jamia  Millia  Islamia  (JMI),  Central  Pulp  and Research  Institute  (CPPRI),  Pollution  Control  Research  Institute  (PCRI),  Council  of  Sc Industrial  Research  (CSIR),  State  Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs),  State  Mission  for  C n  Ganga (SMCG) and District Ganga Committees (DGCs) have been carrying out annual inspections to as compliance status of GPIs for enforcing regulatory framework on the polluting industries.

Based on these studies and on annual inspections, GPIs in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal have been inventorised and actions are taken through issue of directions under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 against the industrial units not complying to the conse prescribe d for discharge of effluents.  In 2017, out of 1109 GPIs inspected in association party technical institutions and CPCB, 350 were found complying, 538 non -complying and 221 self - closed. Show cause notices were issued to 180 non - complying unit s and closure directions were issued to 358 n -complying industries under Section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. Similarly, in 20 were inspected by associating 12 third party technical institutions.  Out of 961 GPIs insp re found complying, 211 non - complying and 278 self - closed.  Show cause notices were issued to 98 n -complying units and closure directions were issued to 113 non - complying industries under Section 5 o Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.