Lok Sabha Question No. 2534 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-17
Subject: Conservation of Water Resources
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: S. Gnanathiraviam

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2534

ANSWERED ON 17.03.2022

## CONSERVATION OF WATER RESOURCES

## 2534. SHRI GNANATHIRAVIAM S.

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to protect the water resources from industrial pollution in various States of the country including Tamil Nadu;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has made an assessment of the quantum of water being rendered unfit to use every year due to industrial pollution; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)

(a) & (b) Water being a State subject, it is the responsibility of States/UTs and local bodies to ensure required treatment of sewage and industrial effluent before discharging into recipient water bodies or land for prevention and control of pollution therein.

Government of India supplements efforts of the States/UTs by providing financial and technical assistance in abatement of  pollution  including  protection  of  water  resources  in  the  country  through  various  central  sector  schemes  for development  of  infrastructure  for  environmentally  sound  management  of  generated  municipal  sewage,  industrial effluent and wastes apart from specific schemes such as National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) for rejuvenation of polluted  rivers,  National  Lake  Conservation  Plan  for  restoration  of  stagnant  water  bodies,  National  Wetlands Conservation Programme (NWCP), AMRUT.

Government of India (GoI), with an aim to prevent water pollution, promulgated Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and various Acts under the umbrella act called 'Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.  As per the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution), Act 1974, industrial units  are  required  to  install  Effluent  Treatment  Plants  (ETPs) and  treat  their  effluents  to  comply  with  stipulated environmental standards before discharging into river and water bodies. Accordingly, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) in the States or Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) in Union Territories, monitor industries with respect to effluent discharge standards and take action for non-compliance under provisions empowered under these Acts.

Further,  as  per  the  information  received  from  SPCBs/PCCs  (including Tamil  Nadu  SPCB),  there  are  2,839 Grossly Polluting Industries in the country. Out of these 2,839 industries, 2,186 industries are operational and 653 industries are self-closed. Number of complying and non-complying units are 2,055 and 131 respectively. Show cause notices have been issued to 55 units and closure directions have been issued to 56 units for non-compliance. State-wise status of GPI units in the country is at Annexure-I .

(c)  &  (d) Assessment with regard to the quantum of water being rendered unfit for use every year due to industrial pollution is not carried out by CPCB. However, based on water quality monitoring carried out under National Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NWMP), considering Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) as criteria pollutant, in the year  2018, CPCB identified 351 polluted river  stretches  on  323  rivers  on  basis  of  two  years'  data  of  2016  &  2017 ( Annexure - II ).

## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2534  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  17.03.2022  REGARDING 'CONSERVATION OF WATER RESOURCES'.

Compliance Status of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs)

| SPCB/PCC                           | Total no. of industries   | No. of industries closed by their own   | No. of industries operational   | No. of industries complying with environmental   | No. of industries non- complying with environmental   | No. of industries against which action is taken for non-complying with environmental standards   | No. of industries against which action is taken for non-complying with environmental standards   | No. of industries against which action is taken for non-complying with environmental standards   | No. of industries against which action is taken for non-complying with environmental standards   |
|------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                    | Total no. of industries   | No. of industries closed by their own   | No. of industries operational   | standards                                        | standards                                             | Show cause notice issued                                                                         | Closure directions issued                                                                        | Legal cases filed                                                                                | Action under process                                                                             |
| Andaman & Nicobar                  | 2                         | 0                                       | 2                               | 1                                                | 1                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 66                        | 11                                      | 55                              | 50                                               | 5                                                     | 2                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 2                                                                                                |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 97                        | 8                                       | 89                              | 63                                               | 26                                                    | 3                                                                                                | 23                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Assam                              | 0                         | 0                                       | 0                               | 0                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Bihar                              | 84                        | 34                                      | 50                              | 50                                               | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Chandigarh                         | 0                         | 0                                       | 0                               | 0                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 2                         | 0                                       | 2                               | 1                                                | 1                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Daman &Diu and Dadra& Nagar Haveli | 0                         | 0                                       | 0                               | 0                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Delhi                              | 3                         | 0                                       | 3                               | 3                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Goa                                | 0                         | 0                                       | 0                               | 0                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Gujarat                            | 25                        | 1                                       | 24                              | 20                                               | 4                                                     | 3                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                |
| Haryana                            | 627                       | 27                                      | 600                             | 594                                              | 6                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 6                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 0                         | 0                                       | 0                               | 0                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Jammu & Kashmir                    | 69                        | 0                                       | 69                              | 66                                               | 3                                                     | 3                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Jharkhand                          | 45                        | 6                                       | 39                              | 5                                                | 34                                                    | 14                                                                                               | 10                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                | 8                                                                                                |
| Karnataka                          | 4                         | 0                                       | 4                               | 4                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Kerala                             | 29                        | 1                                       | 28                              | 27                                               | 1                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Lakshadweep                        | 0                         | 0                                       | 0                               | 0                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 2                         | 0                                       | 2                               | 2                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Maharashtra                        | 4                         | 1                                       | 3                               | 3                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Manipur                            | 0                         | 0                                       | 0                               | 0                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Meghalaya                          | 2                         | 0                                       | 2                               | 2                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Mizoram                            | 0                         | 0                                       | 0                               | 0                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Nagaland                           | 0                         | 0                                       | 0                               | 0                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Odisha                             | 6                         | 0                                       | 6                               | 6                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Puducherry                         | 3                         | 0                                       | 3                               | 3                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Punjab                             | 5                         | 0                                       | 5                               | 4                                                | 1                                                     | 1                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Rajasthan                          | 1                         | 0                                       | 1                               | 1                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Sikkim                             | 0                         | 0                                       | 0                               | 0                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 0                         | 0                                       | 0                               | 0                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Telangana                          | 3                         | 1                                       | 2                               | 2                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Tripura                            | 0                         | 0                                       | 0                               | 0                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |                           | 560                                     |                                 | 1,047                                            |                                                       |                                                                                                  |                                                                                                  |                                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                |
|                                    | 1,648                     |                                         | 1,088                           |                                                  | 41                                                    | 22                                                                                               | 13                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                |                                                                                                  |
| Uttarakhand                        | 64                        | 0                                       | 64                              | 60                                               | 4                                                     | 4                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| Total                              | 2,839                     | 653                                     | 2,186                           | 2,055                                            | 131                                                   | 55                                                                                               | 56                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                | 18                                                                                               |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  AND  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2534  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  17.03.2022  REGARDING 'CONSERVATION OF WATER RESOURCES'.

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

| S. No.      | STATE/UNION TERRITORY      | PRIORITY   | PRIORITY   | PRIORITY   | PRIORITY   | PRIORITY   | Grand Total   |
|-------------|----------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|
| S. No.      | STATE/UNION TERRITORY      | I          | II         | III        | IV         | V          | Grand Total   |
| 1           | ANDHRA PRADESH             | -          | -          | -          | 2          | 3          | 5             |
| 2           | ASSAM                      | 3          | 1          | 4          | 3          | 33         | 44            |
| 3           | BIHAR                      | -          | -          | 1          | -          | 5          | 6             |
| 4           | CHHATTISGARH               | -          | -          | -          | 4          | 1          | 5             |
| 5           | DAMAN, DIU AND DADRA NAGAR | HAVELI 1   | -          | -          | -          | -          | 1             |
| 6           | DELHI                      | 1          | -          | -          | -          | -          | 1             |
| 7           | GOA                        | -          | -          | 1          | 2          | 8          | 11            |
| 8           | GUJARAT                    | 5          | 1          | 2          | 6          | 6          | 20            |
| 9           | HARYANA                    | 2          | -          | -          | -          | -          | 2             |
| 10          | HIMACHAL PRADESH           | 1          | 1          | 1          | -          | 4          | 7             |
| 11          | JAMMU &KASHMIR             | -          | 1          | 2          | 2          | 4          | 9             |
| 12          | JHARKHAND                  | -          | -          | -          | 3          | 4          | 7             |
| 13          | KARNATAKA                  | -          | -          | 4          | 7          | 6          | 17            |
| 14          | KERALA                     | 1          | -          | -          | 5          | 15         | 21            |
| 15          | MADHYA PRADESH             | 3          | 1          | 1          | 3          | 14         | 22            |
| 16          | MAHARASHTRA                | 9          | 6          | 14         | 10         | 14         | 53            |
| 17          | MANIPUR                    | -          | 1          | -          | -          | 8          | 9             |
| 18          | MEGHALAYA                  | 2          | -          | -          | 3          | 2          | 7             |
| 19          | MIZORAM                    | -          | -          | 1          | 3          | 5          | 9             |
| 20          | NAGALAND                   | 1          | -          | 1          | 2          | 2          | 6             |
| 21          | ODISHA                     | 1          | -          | 3          | 2          | 13         | 19            |
| 22          | PUDUCHERRY                 | -          | -          | -          | 1          | 1          | 2             |
| 23          | PUNJAB                     | 2          | -          | -          | 1          | 1          | 4             |
| 24          | RAJASTHAN                  | -          | -          | 1          | -          | 1          | 2             |
| 25          | SIKKIM                     | -          | -          | -          | -          | 4          | 4             |
| 26          | TAMIL NADU                 | 4          | -          | -          | 1          | 1          | 6             |
| 27          | TELANGANA                  | 1          | 2          | 2          | 2          | 1          | 8             |
| 28          | TRIPURA                    | -          | -          | -          | -          | 6          | 6             |
| 29          | UTTAR PRADESH              | 4          | -          | 1          | 2          | 5          | 12            |
| 30          | UTTARAKHAND                | 3          | 1          | 1          | 4          | -          | 9             |
| 31          | WEST BENGAL                | 1          | 1          | 3          | 4          | 8          | 17            |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                | 45         | 16         | 43         | 72         | 175        | 351           |

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