Lok Sabha Question No. 2768 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Pollution in River Ganga
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2768

ANSWERED ON 05.12 .2019

## POLLUTION IN RIVER G ANGA

## †2768. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Sandila  industrial  area  under  Misrikh  region  of  Uttar  Pradesh  getting  pollut Ganges passing through this area is also being affected by pollution;

(b) if so, whether th Government has taken any steps or proposes to take such steps to make the ri passing through Sandila industrial area free from pollution; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a) Under Namami Gange programme, industrial pollution for Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs) i through Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and GPIs are inventorised based on administrative

Sandila  Industrial  area  is  in  Hardoi  District,  Misrikh  constituency  in  river  Ganga  b water from this area reaches river Ganga through river Gomti downstream Varanasi.

Wastewater from the Industrial area is drained into a storm - water drain known as Loni drain (Behta drain)  which  meets  river  Gomti  after  traversing  50  km  through  village  Jehata,  Kakori,  Dist  L Gomti Meets River Ganga near Adiyar (Saidpur Kaithi) in the district of Ghazipur (U.P.).

Sandila Industrial Area mainly has small scale industries which are engaged in process / plywood, flour mills, mill - board, paper board etc. Hardoi district has 08 Grossly Polluting Industries (GPI of which 02 units are operating in Sandila In dustrial Area. Both these GPIs are compliant.

(b)  &  (c)Under  the  Namami  Gange  Programme,  Government  has  taken  following  measures  for  poll abatement of river Ganga.

- For the cleaning of river Gomti , 3 Sewage Treatment Projects for the towns along river Gomti namel Lucknow, Jaunpur and Sultanpur have been approved at an estimated cost of Rs 568.93 crore aim create an additional 87 MLD sewage treatment capacity.
- With respect to industrial effl uents, consent management for compliance of standards is enforced b SPCBs/PCCs to improve the water quality of the rivers.
- GPIs located on main stem of river Ganga and its tributaries are monitored at regular fre CPCB /State Pollution Control Bo ards (SPCBs) for verification of their compliance status with re to  consent  condition  imposed  by  respective  State  Pollution  Control  Board  and  industry discharge standards. The GPIs are also inspected on annual basis for compliance verificati of the pollution norms and process modification, wherever required through third party technical ins
- Further,  Implementation  of  water  conservation/  water  re - use,  process  modification  and  adoption  of cleaner  technologies  including  up - gradation/  mo dification  of  effluent  treatment  plant  to  meet  t stipulated norms (quality and quantity) for 5 key industrial sectors namely Distillery, Pu Sugar, Textile and Tannery located in 5 Ganga States have also been initiated.
- Sector specific Charte rs have been implemented in Pulp & Paper, Sugar, Textile and Distillery sect