Lok Sabha Question No. 1361 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-28
Subject: Polluting Industries
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKAR, KANWAR SINGH TANWAR, HEMAMALINI

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1361**

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2015

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**Polluting Industries**

1361. SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER:

SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:

SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI:

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

(a) 	whether the Government has any plan to undertake survey of polluting industrial units located in the cities situated on the banks of the Ganga and Yamuna;

(b) 	if so, the details thereof;

(c) 	whether the Government is contemplating to start the procedure for removal 		of those identified industries, which are polluting Ganga and Yamuna 			rivers; and

(d) 	if so, the details thereof?

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**ANSWER**

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

(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a)	Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has inventorised Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs) in 5 states on the main stem of River Ganga and its tributaries i.e. Kali-east and Ramganga as well as Yamuna.

(b)	The state-wise and sector-wise status of Grossly Polluted Industries GPIs in Ganga basin is given at Annexure. The industries discharging effluents in Yamuna at Haryana are 1211 and in Uttar Pradesh these are 2381.

(c)  & (d) 	As per Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, non-compliant industries can be directed to close operation till they take steps to achieve compliance with environmental standards; however, removal is not provided in the aforesaid Acts.

**ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARED QUESTION NO. 1361 DUE FOR REPLY ON 28/07/2015 REGARDING POLLUTING INDUSTRIES RAISED BY SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER, SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR AND SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI.**

1. **State-wise status of industries inspected by CPCB under National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) Programme:**
| **S. No.**   | **Action / State**                                              | **Uttar Pradesh**   | **Uttarakhand**   | **Bihar**   | **West Bengal**   | **Total**   |
|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
| 1            | Direction under Section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 | 180                 | 23                | 2           | 4                 | **209**     |
| 2            | Direction under Section 18(1)(b) of Water Act,1974              | 177                 | 0                 | 0           | 1                 | **178**     |
| 3            | Compliance with standards                                       | 138                 | 7                 | 2           | 11                | **158**     |
| 5            | Action taken for reinspection /revalidation and under process   | 54                  | 3                 | 1           | 8                 | **66**      |
| 6            | Industry found closed/ not traceable                            | 115                 | 1                 | 0           | 0                 | **116**     |
|              | **Total**                                                       | **664**             | **34**            | **5**       | **24**            | **727**     |

| 1. **Sector-wise directions issued by CPCB under NGRBA:**   |                                                                 |                                   |           |                      |             |              |                                |                          |           |           |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------|----------------------|-------------|--------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| **S. No.**                                                  | **Action/State**                                                | **Distillery & Fermentation** | **Sugar** | **Pulp & Paper** | **Tannery** | **Chemical** | **Food, Dairy & Beverage** | **Dyeing & Textile** | **Other** | **Total** |
| 1                                                           | Direction under section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 | 23                                | 10        | 50                   | 105         | 5            | 5                              | 9                        | 2         | **209**   |
| 2                                                           | Direction under section 18(1)(b) of Water Act, 1974             | 0                                 | 1         | 0                    | 176         | 0            | 0                              | 0                        | 1         | **178**   |
| 3                                                           | Compliance with standards                                       | 8                                 | 15        | 9                    | 79          | 10           | 10                             | 8                        | 19        | **158**   |
| 5                                                           | Reinspection/revalidation & under process                       | 12                                | 5         | 3                    | 0           | 11           | 5                              | 13                       | 17        | **66**    |
| 6                                                           | Industry found closed/not traceable                             | 1                                 | 6         | 2                    | 82          | 0            | 2                              | 20                       | 3         | **116**   |
|                                                             | **Total**                                                       | **44**                            | **37**    | **64**               | **442**     | **26**       | **22**                         | **50**                   | **42**    | **727**   |

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