Lok Sabha Question No. 4660 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: National Water Policy
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Jual Oram, Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4640

ANSWERED ON 31.03.2022

## INDUSTRIES CAUSING WATER POLLUTION

†4640.  SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL

SHRI RODMAL NAGAR

SHRIMATI QUEEN OJA

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the number of industrial units causing water pollution is increasing in Delhi and its nearby areas;
- (b) if so, the steps taken/likely to be taken by the Government to check water pollution; and
- (c)  the  steps  being  taken/likely  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  get  waste  water  treatment  plants installed in the industrial units?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

(SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)

(a) As  per  the  information  received  from  Delhi  Pollution  Control  Committee  (DPCC),  out  of  total 22,311  industries  in  17  approved  Industrial  areas,  1091  industries  are  water  polluting  industries.  All water polluting industries have provided Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) and are connected with 13 Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) with a total capacity of 212.3 MLD. The utilization of 13 CETPs at present is 65 MLD only. These CETPs are operated by CETPs societies and are monitored by DPCC. The compliance of CETPs in Delhi has remain a concern as many of these CETPs are  noncompliant. As per latest report of State Government (Feb 2022), only 5 CETPs were complaint to the norms. In  Haryana,  there  are  14  Common  Effluent  Treatment  Plants  (CETPs)  with  total  capacity  of 161.5 MLD having discharge in Yamuna basin. As per report of Haryana State Pollution Control Board, all the CETPs are complying with regulatory norms.

Under the Namami Gange Programme, the inventory of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs) located in Delhi and its nearby areas having potential to discharge into river Yamuna and its tributaries was carried out in consultation with concerned State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs). Accordingly, the total GPI in Delhi and its nearby area are as under:

| Sl. No.   | State / SPCB   |   No. of GPIs |   No. of GPIs |
|-----------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|           |                |          2020 |          2021 |
| 1         | Delhi          |           267 |           210 |
| 2         | Haryana        |           832 |           924 |
| 3         | Uttar Pradesh  |           551 |           510 |
| 4         | Uttarakhand    |            10 |            11 |
|           | Total          |          1660 |          1655 |

(b)  &  (c) All  the  operational  GPIs  have  installed  ETP  and  compliance  of  ETP  systems  are  verified through  regular  surveillance.  In  addition  to  this,  units  have  also  been  directed  to  install  online connectivity effluent monitoring system (OCEMS) for self-regulatory purpose and connect it to SPCB and CPCB server.

All 1660 GPIs were inspected by joint team of officials from technical institutes and concerned State Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)  for  compliance  verification  during  October  2020  -  March  2021. Based on the compliance status, actions were taken by concerned SPCBs/PCCs.

Out of total 1660 GPIs inspected, 787 were found complying, 441 self-closed and 432 non-complying. Out of 432 non-complying, show-cause notices were issued to 406 GPIs and closure directions were issued to 26 GPIs. Based on subsequent compliance verification by SPCBs, show-cause notices issued to 343  units  were  revoked  and  closure  directions  were  issued  to  50  non-complying  units  and  321  selfclosed units.

The status of pollution abatement works (sewage/ industrial) carried out in Delhi and nearby area are being  regularly  monitored  at  State  and  Central  level  by  Principal  Committee  and  Central  Monitoring Committee  both  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Secretary,  DoWR,  RD  &  GR. Stringent  monitoring, regulation  and  enforcement  towards  compliance  of  Grossly  Polluting  Industries  against  regulatory framework mandated under Consent mechanism issued in respect of provisions of Water (Prevention and  Control  of  Pollution)  Act,  1974  is  undertaken  through  CPCB,  State  Pollution  Control  Board (SPCBs) and Pollution Control Committees (PCC).

Industry specific effluent/emission standards are notified by Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change  under  Schedule-I:  'Standards  for  Emission  or  Discharge  of  Environmental  Pollutants  from Various Industries' of Environment Protection Act, 1986.  State Pollution Control Boards and Pollution Control  Committees  in  States  and  Union  Territories  respectively  are  to  ensure  compliance  of  these standards.

Environmental Compensation (total EC amount Rs.12.05 crore) was imposed by DPCC on the 10 CETP Societies and 2 Operators of CETPs at Narela & Bawana on 07.07.2021.  DPCC also issued directions for  closure  of  1,065  water  polluting  industries/  units  in  the  17  industrial  areas  connected  to  the  13 CETPs in first week of July, 2021.

Financial assistance is also being provided under Namami Gange Programme to industrial clusters to upgrade/  augment their  CETPs.  For Yamuna river, upgradation of one  CETP project in Mathura for textile industrial cluster has been taken.

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