Lok Sabha Question No. 237 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-26
Subject: Sewage Treatment Plants
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: NEELAM SONKER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 237

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.04.2016

## Sewage Treatment Plants

237.  SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  sewage  treatment plants  located  in  different  States  are  not  functioning properly and causing pollution to rivers;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(c) whether  the  Union  Government  has  received  proposals  from  various  State Governments including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for upgradation of existing sewage treatment plants and setting up new plants;

- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and

(e) the action taken by the Government in this regard besides providing funds?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a)  &  (b)    It  is  responsibility  of  the  State  Governments/concerned  local  bodies  for proper treatment and disposal of sewage generated so that the untreated sewage is not discharged in rivers and other water bodies, thereby polluting them.  As per the inventorization of  sewage treatment plants (STPs) carried out by Central Pollution Control  Board  (CPCB)  in  2014-15,  out  of  601  STPs  established  in  various  States and Union Territories, 522 STPs are operational while 79 are non-operational. Statewise details are at Annexure.

(c) to (e)  This Ministry has been supplementing the efforts of the State Governments in abatement of pollution in identified stretches of various rivers under the National River Conservation  Plan (NRCP)  and  National  Ganga  River  Basin  Authority (NGRBA)  programme.  Proposals are received from the State Governments, including Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, from time to time for taking up various pollution abatement works, including setting-up/upgradation of STPs, in towns along identified stretches of polluted rivers under these programmes. The proposals are sanctioned after due appraisal on the basis of the prescribed Guidelines as well as availability of budgetary allocations under these programmes.  The NGRBA programme along with work  of  Ganga  and  its  tributaries  is  with  the  Ministry  of  Water  Resources,  River August,  2014 onwards. 1430 projects/schemes have been sanctioned at a cost of Rs. 12202.59 crore  and sewage treatment capacity of 5169 mld (million litres per day) has been

Development  and  Ganga  Rejuvenation  (MoWR,RD&GR)  from  1 st created so far under NRCP and NGRBA (till 31 st July, 2014) programmes. State  Governments,  apart  from  their  own  budgetary  allocation,  are  also accessing  financial  assistance  for  creation  of  sewerage  infrastructure,  including STPs,  in  various  cities/towns  under  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban Transformation  (AMRUT)  programme  of  Ministry  of  Urban  Development  and  the Namami Gange programme under NGRBA of MoWR,RD&GR. CPCB has issued directions in April, 2015 to all State Pollution Control Boards/ Pollution Control Committees to make mandatory for local bodies to establish STPs of adequate capacity and provide sewerage system to cover the entire local/urban areas to bridge the treatment gap along with enforcement of standards for sewage treatment.  CPCB also issued directions in October, 2015 to 46 municipal authorities of metropolitan cities and 23 municipal authorities of State capitals for treatment and utilization of sewage for restoration of water quality of rivers and other water bodies.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 237 to be answered on Tuesday, the 26 th April, 2016 on 'Sewage Treatment Plants'

State-wise Break up of STPs as per the study of Central Pollution Control Board

| Sl. No.   | State/UT         | No. of STPs operational   | No. of STPs non-operational   |   Total |
|-----------|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|---------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   | 09                        | -                             |      09 |
| 2         | Assam            | 01                        | -                             |      01 |
| 3         | Bihar            | 05                        | 01                            |      06 |
| 4         | Chandigarh       | 05                        | -                             |      05 |
| 5         | Delhi            | 34                        | 01                            |      35 |
| 6         | Goa              | 04                        | -                             |      04 |
| 7         | Gujarat          | 32                        | 04                            |      36 |
| 8         | Haryana          | 38                        | 02                            |      40 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh | 36                        | 30                            |      66 |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir  | 15                        | 01                            |      16 |
| 11        | Jharkhand        | 15                        | -                             |      15 |
| 12        | Karnataka        | 44                        | -                             |      44 |
| 13        | Kerala           | 06                        | 01                            |      07 |
| 14        | Maharashtra      | 60                        | 10                            |      70 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh   | 14                        | 03                            |      17 |
| 16        | Meghalaya        | -                         | 01                            |      01 |
| 17        | Odisha           | 07                        | -                             |      07 |
| 18        | Puducherry       | 03                        | -                             |      03 |
| 19        | Punjab           | 38                        | 04                            |      42 |
| 20        | Rajasthan        | 16                        | -                             |      16 |
| 21        | Sikkim           | 01                        | 01                            |      02 |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu       | 33                        | 01                            |      34 |
| 23        | Telangana        | 17                        | -                             |      17 |
| 24        | Tripura          | 01                        | -                             |      01 |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh    | 62                        | 07                            |      69 |
| 26        | Uttarakhand      | 10                        | -                             |      10 |
| 27        | West Bengal      | 16                        | 12                            |      28 |
|           | Total            | 522                       | 79                            |     601 |