Lok Sabha Question No. 2665 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-02
Subject: Untreated Sewage
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RAJ KUMAR SINGH, ANANT KUMAR DATTATREYA HEGDE, RAM KUMAR SHARMA KUSHWAHA, AJAY (TENI) MISRA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2665

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2016

## Untreated Sewage

2665.  SHRI R.K. SINGH: SHRI ANANTKUMAR HEGDE: SHRI RAM KUMAR SHARMA: SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

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

- (a) whether  many  industrial  units  are  discharging  untreated  effluent/sewage  into major rivers including Yamuna and also injecting the same into the ground and if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set up more sewage treatment plants as well as sewage system in the country to check untreated sewage being discharged into rivers and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the projected quantum of untreated sewage likely to be treated as a result thereof including the sewage likely to be generated under the sanitation mission along with the funds allocated/sanctioned for the purpose, State-wise; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  enact  any  legislation  to  put  a  check  on such industrial units and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  has  reported  that  it  has  identified  920 grossly polluting Industries discharging effluents into rivers across the country. Ministry has  not  conducted  any  survey  to  ascertain  the  numbers  of  industrial  units  which  are dumping their chemical waste under the ground leading to contamination of groundwater. However, under the World Bank aided Project namely Capacity Building for  Industrial  Pollution  Management  Project  (CBIPMP),  based  on  the  preliminary investigation,  64  sites  have  been  identified  as  sites  with  soil  and/or  groundwater contamination.
- (b) & (c)   Collection and Treatment 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. Government of India 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)  &  National  Ganga  River  Basin

Authority (NGRBA), for implementation of projects on a cost sharing basis between the Central  and  State  Governments. Under  NRCP  &  NGRBA,  sewerage  and  sewage treatment  plants  are  set  up  in  polluted  stretches  of  Rivers  based  on  the  proposals received from State Governments. Under these programmes so far sewage treatment capacity of 5169 million litres per day (mld) has been created at a sanctioned cost of Rs. 12202.59 crore.

As per a 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 mld, against which a sewage treatment capacity of 23,277 mld, or 37% of the sewage generation is available. The State-wise details of sewage generation from urban areas, corresponding treatment capacity available and treatment capacity under construction are at Annexure.

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 Ministry of  Water  Resources,  River  Development  and Ganga Rejuvenation.

(d)   Discharge of industrial effluents is regulated through the existing provisions under the,  Water  (Prevention  and  Control  of  Pollution)  Act,  1974  and  the  Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. The industry specific standards are reviewed by the Ministry from time to time to bring them in line with the advancement in process/control technologies. The standards for sugar industries, Thermal Power Plants, Gensets & Common Effluent Treatment  Plants  (CETPs)  have  been  recently  revised  by  the  Ministry  so  as  to  have stricter norms for pollution control.

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## A nnexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (b) & (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2665 to be answered on Tuesday, the 2 nd August, 2016 on 'Untreated Sewage'

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)   | Treatment capacity under construction (mld)   |
|-----------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                       22 | -                                    | -                                             |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh            |                                     2871 | 247.27                               | 91                                            |
| 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                                | 40.8                                          |
| 11.       | Gujarat                   |                                     4119 | 3062.92                              | 359.05                                        |
| 12.       | Haryana                   |                                     1413 | 852.7                                | 45                                            |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh          |                                      110 | 114.72                               | -                                             |
| 14.       | Jammu & Kashmir           |                                      547 | 264.74                               | 117                                           |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                 |                                     1270 | 117.24                               | -                                             |
| 16.       | Karnataka                 |                                     3777 | 1304.16                              | 192.11                                        |
| 17.       | Kerala                    |                                     2552 | 152.97                               | 37.1                                          |
| 18.       | Lakshadweep               |                                        8 | -                                    | -                                             |
| 19.       | Madhya Pradesh            |                                     3214 | 482.23                               | -                                             |
| 20.       | Maharashtra               |                                     8143 | 5160.36                              | 131.96                                        |
| 21.       | Manipur                   |                                      132 | -                                    | -                                             |
| 22.       | Meghalaya                 |                                       95 | 1                                    | -                                             |
| 23.       | Mizoram                   |                                       90 | 10                                   | 10                                            |
| 24.       | Nagaland                  |                                       92 | -                                    | -                                             |
| 25.       | Delhi                     |                                     4155 | 2693.7                               | -                                             |
| 26.       | Odisha                    |                                     1121 | 385.54                               | 227.5                                         |
| 27.       | Puducherry                |                                      136 | 68.5                                 | 51                                            |
| 28.       | Punjab                    |                                     1664 | 1245.45                              | 276.7                                         |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                 |                                     2736 | 865.92                               | 149.3                                         |
| 30.       | Sikkim                    |                                       24 | 31.88                                | 18.88                                         |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                |                                     5599 | 1799.72                              | 521.08                                        |
| 32.       | Telangana                 |                                     1671 | 685.8                                | 51                                            |
| 33.       | Tripura                   |                                      154 | 0.05                                 | -                                             |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh             |                                     7124 | 2646.84                              | 170                                           |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand               |                                      495 | 152.9                                | 39.15                                         |
| 36.       | West Bengal               |                                     4667 | 416.9                                | -                                             |
| Total     | Total                     |                                    61948 | 23277                                | 2528.63                                       |