Lok Sabha Question No. 2811 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-08
Subject: Polluted River Stretches
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Amrinder Singh Raja Warring

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2811

ANSWERED ON 08.08.2024

## POLLUTED RIVER STRETCHES

## 2811.   SHRI AMRINDER SINGH RAJA WARRING

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has identified, State-wise polluted river stretches including four rivers Ghaggar, Satluj, Kali Bein, Beas in Punjab;

(b) if so, the current status of polluted river stretches in Punjab that were identified since the year 2018;

(c)  whether  any  improvement  is  observed  in  terms  of  water  quality  and  pollution  control  in  these  four rivers of Punjab and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the special measures taken by the Ministry to improve these stretches of polluted river in Punjab during the last five years?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a)  to  (c) As per the latest report published by CPCB in 2022, for river Beas along the Mukerian town and the river Kali Bein stretch from Sultanpur Lodhi to the confluence to Beas, improvement is observed in terms of water quality. No Change in water quality of river Ghaggar and Satluj has been observed.

The detailed status of polluted river stretches in Punjab is available at :

https://cpcb.nic.in/openpdffile.php?id=UmVwb3J0RmlsZXMvMTQ5OF8xNjcyOTg4MDQ1X21lZGlhcG hvdG8xMjk5NS 5wZGY=

(d) This Ministry, through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of  National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) has been supplementing efforts of the States/Union Territories (UTs) by providing financial and technical assistance for abatement of pollution in polluted stretches of rivers identified by Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB), on cost sharing basis. Proposals for pollution abatement works in towns along polluted river stretches  are  received  from  the  states/UTs  from time  to  time  for  consideration  under  the  NRCP and  are sanctioned based on their prioritization, conformity with guidelines, availability of Plan funds, etc.

As  informed  by  the  state  of  Punjab,  Satluj  gets  polluted  with  the  discharge  of  Buddha  Nallah, carrying municipal, industrial and other wastes from Ludhiana town. The State Government of Punjab has undertaken  Buddha Nallah Rejuvenation project  with  the  financial  assistance  from  Ministry  of  Housing and Urban Affairs under the scheme of AMRUT  (Atal  Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation).

In order to prevent and control of industrial discharge from clusters of small/medium scale dyeing industries in Ludhiana, Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) of capacity 40 MLD, 50 MLD & 15 MLD, have been made operational. Other scattered dyeing units have their captive ETPs. For electroplating units, another CETP of 0.5 MLD is operational and thus ensuring no discharge of untreated industrial waste into Buddha Nallah. For mitigating pollution due to solid wastes from the dairy complexes, Punjab Energy Development Agency has taken up the project  of  Bio-gas  plant  of  300  tonnes  per  day  at  Tajpur  Dairy Complex. In addition, 200 cusec fresh canal water is discharged from Sirhind Canal into Buddha Nallah to check its pollution levels.

As per Punjab Water Supply & Sewerage Board and Punjab Pollution Control Board, 128 numbers of  Sewage  Treatment  Plants  of  2142  MLD  have  been  completed  to  treat  sewage  generation  of  1905.85 MLD.

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