Lok Sabha Question No. 1975 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-09
Subject: Waste Water Treatment
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Khagen Murmu

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1975 ANSWERED ON 09.12.2021

## WASTE WATER TREATMENT

## 1975.        SHRI KHAGEN MURMU

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has taken up waste water treatment as a priority and made funds available to set up Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) across the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)

(a)  to (c)   Rivers in the country are polluted due to discharge of untreated and partially treated sewage from cities/towns and industrial effluents in their respective catchments, problems in operation and maintenance of sewage/effluent treatment plants, lack of dilution and other non-point sources of pollution.  State/Union Territory  (UT)  wise  details  of  sewage  generation  from  urban  areas  and  corresponding  sewage  treatment capacities available are given at Annexure .

Cleaning/rejuvenation of rivers is an ongoing activity. It is the responsibility of the States/UTs, Local Bodies  and  Industrial  Units to  ensure  required  treatment  of  sewage  and  industrial  effluents  in  sewage treatment  plants  (STPs)/effluent  treatment  plants  (ETPs)  to  the  prescribed  norms  before  discharging  into river  and  other  water  bodies,  coastal  waters  or  land  to  prevent  and  control  of  pollution  therein.  For conservation of rivers, this Ministry has been supplementing efforts of the States/UTs by providing financial and technical assistance for abatement of pollution in identified stretches of rivers in the country through the Central Sector Scheme of Namami Gange for Ganga and its tributaries and the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of  National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) for other rivers. Setting up of STPs is one of the important components of these programmes.

NRCP has so far covered polluted stretches on 34 rivers in 77 towns spread over 16 States in the country with the project sanctioned cost of Rs.5961.75 crore, and inter-alia, a sewage treatment capacity of 2677 million litres per day (mld) has been created. Under the Namami Gange programme, a total of 353 projects, including 157 projects for sewage treatment of 4952 mld and sewer network of 5212 kms, have been sanctioned at a cost of Rs.30458 crore.

Under  the  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT)  programmeof Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban  Affairs,  883  sewerage  &  septage  management  projects  amounting  to Rs.34,081 crore have been taken up, of which 370 projects costingRs.8,258 crore have been completedso far.Under  the  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (Urban)  2.0  launched  in  October,  2021,  Rs.15883  crore  has  been allocated  to  States/UTs  for  wastewater/used  water  management,  including  setting  up  of  STPs  and  FSTPs (fecal sludge treatment plants).

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, CPCB, State Pollution Control Boards/Pollution Control Committees monitor industries with respect to effluent discharge standards and take action for non-compliance under provisions of these Acts.

Besides,  in  compliance  of  the  orders  of  National  Green  Tribunal  (NGT)  in  Original  Application No.673/2018 regarding rejuvenation of polluted  river  stretches  in  the  country,  States/UTs  are  required  to implement approved action plans, including installation of wastewater treatment plants, for restoration of the polluted stretches in their jurisdiction as identified by CPCB and published in their report of 2018, within the stipulated  timelines.  As  per  the  orders  of  NGT,  regular  review  on  implementation  of  action  plans  is undertaken in the States/UTs and also at Central level.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 1975 to be answered on the 09.12.2021 on 'Waste Water Treatment'.

State/UT-wise details of sewage generation in urban areas and treatment capacity available

| States / UTs             |   Sewage Generation (in MLD) |   Installed Capacity (in MLD) | Number of STPs Installed   |   Operational Treatment Capacity (in MLD) |
|--------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                           23 |                             0 | -                          |                                         0 |
| Andhra Pradesh           |                         2882 |                           833 | 66                         |                                       443 |
| Arunachal Pradesh        |                           62 |                             0 | -                          |                                         0 |
| Assam                    |                          809 |                             0 | -                          |                                         0 |
| Bihar                    |                         2276 |                            10 | 1                          |                                         0 |
| Chandigarh               |                          188 |                           293 | 7                          |                                       271 |
| Chhattisgarh             |                         1203 |                            73 | 3                          |                                        73 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                           67 |                            24 | 3                          |                                        24 |
| Goa                      |                          176 |                            66 | 11                         |                                        44 |
| Gujarat                  |                         5013 |                          3378 | 70                         |                                      3358 |
| Haryana                  |                         1816 |                          1880 | 153                        |                                      1880 |
| Himachal Pradesh         |                          116 |                           136 | 78                         |                                        99 |
| Jammu &Kashmir           |                          665 |                           218 | 24                         |                                        93 |
| Jharkhand                |                         1510 |                            22 | 2                          |                                        22 |
| Karnataka                |                         4458 |                          2712 | 140                        |                                      1922 |
| Kerala                   |                         4256 |                           120 | 7                          |                                       114 |
| Lakshadweep              |                           13 |                             0 | -                          |                                         0 |
| Madhya Pradesh           |                         3646 |                          1839 | 126                        |                                       684 |
| Maharashtra              |                         9107 |                          6890 | 154                        |                                      6366 |
| Manipur                  |                          168 |                             0 | -                          |                                         0 |
| Meghalaya                |                          112 |                             0 | -                          |                                         0 |
| Mizoram                  |                          103 |                            10 | 1                          |                                         0 |
| Nagaland                 |                          135 |                             0 | -                          |                                         0 |
| NCT of Delhi             |                         3330 |                          2896 | 38                         |                                      2715 |
| Orissa                   |                         1282 |                           378 | 14                         |                                        55 |
| Pondicherry              |                          161 |                            56 | 3                          |                                        56 |
| Punjab                   |                         1889 |                          1781 | 119                        |                                      1601 |
| Rajasthan                |                         3185 |                          1086 | 114                        |                                       783 |
| Sikkim                   |                           52 |                            20 | 6                          |                                        18 |
| Tamil Nadu               |                         6421 |                          1492 | 63                         |                                      1492 |
| Telangana                |                         2660 |                           901 | 37                         |                                       842 |
| Tripura                  |                          237 |                             8 | 1                          |                                         8 |
| Uttar Pradesh            |                         8263 |                          3374 | 107                        |                                      3224 |
| Uttarakhand              |                          627 |                           448 | 71                         |                                       345 |
| West Bengal              |                         5457 |                           897 | 50                         |                                       337 |
| Total                    |                        72368 |                         31841 | 1469                       |                                     26869 |

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