Lok Sabha Question No. 1475 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-26
Subject: Sewage Treatment Plants
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI, M. CHANDRAKASI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1475

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2016

## Sewage Treatment Plants

1475.  SHRI KESINENI NANI: SHRI M. CHANDRAKASI:

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

- a) the percentage of the total sewage in urban and rural areas which is being treated by the sewage treatment plants during the last two years and the current year; and
2. (b)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  or  proposes  to  take  steps  to  increase  the amount of sewage treated and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) As per the report  published by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in March, 2015, the sewage generation from urban areas in the country is estimated at 61,948 million  litres  per  day  (mld),    whereas  the  total  sewage  treatment  capacity  available  is only 23,277 mld, or 37% of the sewage generation. The State-wise details of sewage generation  from  urban  areas  and  corresponding  treatment  capacity  available  are  at Annexure.  The CPCB has also informed that no estimation of sewage in rural areas has  been  carried  out  as  most  of  the  rural  areas  do  not  have  proper  sewerage  & sanitation facilities. There is prevalence of open defecation in farm areas and pit latrines are used in some households.  The sludge from pit latrines is withdrawn manually and disposed off in farm lands and its quantification is not possible.
- (b) Proper treatment and disposal of sewage generated in towns is the responsibility of the concerned State Governments/local bodies so that the untreated sewage is not discharged into rivers thereby polluting them. 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) & NGRBA (National Ganga  River  Basin  Authority)  programme,  for  implementation  of  projects  on  a  cost sharing basis between  the Central  and  State  Governments. Various pollution abatement schemes taken-up under the programmes, inter-alia include interception & diversion  of  raw  sewage,  construction  of  sewerage  systems,  setting  up  of  sewage treatment  plants,  low  cost  sanitation  facilities,  electric/improved  wood  crematoria  and river  front  development.  The  NGRBA  programme  along  with  work  of  Ganga  &  its tributaries is with Ministry of Water Resources, River Development &  Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR,RD&GR) from 01/08/2014 onwards. The programmes of NRCP &

NGRBA (till  31/07/2014)  have    covered  polluted  stretches  of  43  rivers  in  200  towns spread  over  21  States,  at  a  sanctioned  cost  of ` 12202.59  crore  so  far.  Sewage treatment capacity of 5169 mld has been created so far under these two programmes.

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)  has  issued directions under Section 18 1(b) of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 in April, 2015 to the State  Pollution  Control  Board/Pollution  Control  Committees  regarding  setting  up  of sewage treatment plants and utilization of sewage generated in their respective States. CPCB  has  also  issued  directions  in  October,  2015  to  69  municipal  authorities  of metropolitan cities and State capitals under Section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for proper treatment and disposal of sewage generated in their jurisdiction.

State Governments,  apart  from  their  own  budgetary  allocation, are also accessing financial assistance for creation of sewerage infrastructure, including sewage treatment plants, in various cities/towns under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation  (AMRUT)  programme  of  Ministry  of  Urban  Development  and  the Namami Gange programme of MoWR,RD&GR.

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## A nnexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1475 to be answered on Tuesday, the 26 th  July, 2016 on 'Sewage Treatment Plants'

State-wise details of Sewage Generation in urban areas and treatment capacity available

| Sl. No.   | State/Union Territory     |   Sewage Generation in urban areas (mld) | Installed Treatment Capacity (mld)   |
|-----------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                       22 | -                                    |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh            |                                     2871 | 247.27                               |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                       50 | -                                    |
| 4.        | Assam                     |                                      703 | 0.21                                 |
| 5.        | Bihar                     |                                     1879 | 124.55                               |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                |                                      164 | 314.5                                |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh              |                                      951 | -                                    |
| 8.        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                                       26 | -                                    |
| 9.        | Daman & Diu               |                                       29 | -                                    |
| 10.       | Goa                       |                                      145 | 74.58                                |
| 11.       | Gujarat                   |                                     4119 | 3062.92                              |
| 12.       | Haryana                   |                                     1413 | 852.7                                |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh          |                                      110 | 114.72                               |
| 14.       | Jammu & Kashmir           |                                      547 | 264.74                               |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                 |                                     1270 | 117.24                               |
| 16.       | Karnataka                 |                                     3777 | 1304.16                              |
| 17.       | Kerala                    |                                     2552 | 152.97                               |
| 18.       | Lakshadweep               |                                        8 | -                                    |
| 19.       | Madhya Pradesh            |                                     3214 | 482.23                               |
| 20.       | Maharashtra               |                                     8143 | 5160.36                              |
| 21.       | Manipur                   |                                      132 | -                                    |
| 22.       | Meghalaya                 |                                       95 | 1                                    |
| 23.       | Mizoram                   |                                       90 | 10                                   |
| 24.       | Nagaland                  |                                       92 | -                                    |
| 25.       | Delhi                     |                                     4155 | 2693.7                               |
| 26.       | Odisha                    |                                     1121 | 385.54                               |
| 27.       | Puducherry                |                                      136 | 68.5                                 |
| 28.       | Punjab                    |                                     1664 | 1245.45                              |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                 |                                     2736 | 865.92                               |
| 30.       | Sikkim                    |                                       24 | 31.88                                |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                |                                     5599 | 1799.72                              |
| 32.       | Telangana                 |                                     1671 | 685.8                                |
| 33.       | Tripura                   |                                      154 | 0.05                                 |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh             |                                     7124 | 2646.84                              |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand               |                                      495 | 152.9                                |
| 36.       | West Bengal               |                                     4667 | 416.9                                |
| Total     | Total                     |                                    61948 | 23277                                |