Lok Sabha Question No. 3165 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Release of Wastes into Rivers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Rama Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3165

ANSWERED ON 16.12.2021

## RELEASE OF WASTES INTO RIVERS

## †3165.        SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the polluted and dangerous wastes of several industries are being discharged into rivers;

(b) if so, the details of number of such industries traced during the last three years;

(c) the mechanism put in place to stop the discharge of polluted and dangerous wastes from said industries into the rivers; and

(d) the outcome of the review of working of this mechanism?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)

(a)  to  (d)  Rivers  in  the  country  are  polluted  mainly  due  to  discharge  of  untreated  and  partially  treated sewage from cities/towns and industrial effluents.

According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), there are 2836 Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs)  in  the  country  which  are  discharging  their  effluents  in  various  water  bodies.  Out  of  total  2836 industries, 2180 industries are operational and 656 industries are self-closed. The number of complying and non-complying units are 2053 and 127 respectively. Action taken against the non-complying units includes issue  of  show-cause  notices  to  52  units,  issue  of  closure  directions  to  56  units  and  filing  of  legal  cases against 2 units. State/Union Territory (UT) wise status of GPI units in the country is attached as Annexure .

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  (SPCBs)  and  Pollution  Control  Committees  (PCCs) monitor industries  with  respect  to  effluent  discharge  standards  and  take  action  for  non-compliance  under provisions of these Acts.

Steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  stop  discharge  of  industrial  effluents  into  rivers,  inter-alia include issuance of notification of specific discharge standards, revision of the criteria for categorization of industries and issuing directions to all   SPCBs/PCCs  to  adopt  the  same, issuance of consent to establish/consent to operate by the SPCBs/PCCs, regular and surprise inspections of GPIs for compliance verification against stipulated environmental norms, installation of Online Continuous Effluent Monitoring System (OCEMS) for assessment of effluent quality and compliance status. In addition, the industries are encouraged  to  reduce  their  waste  water  generation  by  technological  advancement,  reuse/recycle  of wastewater and maintain Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) where ever possible.

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 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 (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3165 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2021 REGARDING 'RELEASE OF WASTES INTO RIVERS'

State/Union Territory (UT) status of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPI) units in the country

| State/UT                           | Total no. of industries   | No. of industries closed by   | No. of industries operational   | No. of industries complying with Environmental standards   | No. of industries 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   | No. of industries against which action is taken for non-complying with environmental standards   |
|------------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                    |                           | their own                     |                                 |                                                            |                                                                | 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                            | 22                        | 4                             | 18                              | 18                                                         | 0                                                              | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| 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                      | 1648                      | 560                           | 1088                            | 1047                                                       | 41                                                             | 22                                                                                               | 13                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                | 6                                                                                                |
| Uttarakhand West Bengal            | 64 48                     | 0 3                           | 64 45                           | 60 41                                                      | 4 4                                                            | 4 3                                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                              | 0 0                                                                                              | 0 1                                                                                              |
| Total                              |                           |                               |                                 | 2053                                                       | 127                                                            | 52                                                                                               | 56                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                |                                                                                                  |
|                                    | 2836                      | 656                           | 2180                            |                                                            |                                                                |                                                                                                  |                                                                                                  |                                                                                                  | 17                                                                                               |

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