(a) whether the Government has taken up waste water treatment as a priority and made funds available to set up Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) across the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) if not, the reasons therefor?
(a) whether the Government has taken up waste water treatment as a priority and made funds available to set up Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) across the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) if not, the reasons therefor?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI
(SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)
(a) to (c) Rivers in the country are polluted due to discharge of untreated and partially treated sewage from cities/towns and industrial effluents in their respective catchments, problems in operation and maintenance of sewage/effluent treatment plants, lack of dilution and other non-point sources of pollution. State/Union Territory (UT) wise details of sewage generation from urban areas and corresponding sewage treatment capacities available are given at Annexure.
Cleaning/rejuvenation of rivers is an ongoing activity. It is the responsibility of the States/UTs, Local Bodies and Industrial Units to ensure required treatment of sewage and industrial effluents in sewage treatment plants (STPs)/effluent treatment plants (ETPs) to the prescribed norms before discharging into river and other water bodies, coastal waters or land to prevent and control of pollution therein. For conservation of rivers, this Ministry has been supplementing efforts of the States/UTs by providing financial and technical assistance for abatement of pollution in identified stretches of rivers in the country through the Central Sector Scheme of Namami Gange for Ganga and its tributaries and the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) for other rivers. Setting up of STPs is one of the important components of these programmes.
NRCP has so far covered polluted stretches on 34 rivers in 77 towns spread over 16 States in the country with the project sanctioned cost of Rs.5961.75 crore, and inter-alia, a sewage treatment capacity of 2677 million litres per day (mld) has been created. Under the Namami Gange programme, a total of 353 projects, including 157 projects for sewage treatment of 4952 mld and sewer network of 5212 kms, have been sanctioned at a cost of Rs.30458 crore.
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Under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) programmeof Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, 883 sewerage & septage management projects amounting to Rs.34,081 crore have been taken up, of which 370 projects costingRs.8,258 crore have been completedso far.Under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) 2.0 launched in October, 2021, Rs.15883 crore has been allocated to States/UTs for wastewater/used water management, including setting up of STPs and FSTPs (fecal sludge treatment plants).
As per the Provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution), Act 1974, industrial units are required to install effluent treatment plants (ETPs) and treat their effluents to comply with stipulated environmental standards before discharging into river and water bodies. Accordingly, CPCB, State Pollution Control Boards/Pollution Control Committees monitor industries with respect to effluent discharge standards and take action for non-compliance under provisions of these Acts.
Besides, in compliance of the orders of National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Original Application No.673/2018 regarding rejuvenation of polluted river stretches in the country, States/UTs are required to implement approved action plans, including installation of wastewater treatment plants, for restoration of the polluted stretches in their jurisdiction as identified by CPCB and published in their report of 2018, within the stipulated timelines. As per the orders of NGT, regular review on implementation of action plans is undertaken in the States/UTs and also at Central level.
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ANNEXURE
Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 1975 to be answered on the 09.12.2021 on ‘Waste Water Treatment’.
State/UT-wise details of sewage generation in urban areas and treatment capacity available
States / UTs Sewage Generation (in MLD) Installed Capacity (in MLD) Number of STPs Installed Operational Treatment Capacity
(in MLD)
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 23 0 - 0
Andhra Pradesh 2882 833 66 443
Arunachal
Pradesh 62 0 - 0
Assam 809 0 - 0
Bihar 2276 10 1 0
Chandigarh 188 293 7 271
Chhattisgarh 1203 73 3 73
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 67 24 3 24
Goa 176 66 11 44
Gujarat 5013 3378 70 3358
Haryana 1816 1880 153 1880
Himachal Pradesh 116 136 78 99
Jammu & Kashmir 665 218 24 93
Jharkhand 1510 22 2 22
Karnataka 4458 2712 140 1922
Kerala 4256 120 7 114
Lakshadweep 13 0 - 0
Madhya Pradesh 3646 1839 126 684
Maharashtra 9107 6890 154 6366
Manipur 168 0 - 0
Meghalaya 112 0 - 0
Mizoram 103 10 1 0
Nagaland 135 0 - 0
NCT of Delhi 3330 2896 38 2715
Orissa 1282 378 14 55
Pondicherry 161 56 3 56
Punjab 1889 1781 119 1601
Rajasthan 3185 1086 114 783
Sikkim 52 20 6 18
Tamil Nadu 6421 1492 63 1492
Telangana 2660 901 37 842
Tripura 237 8 1 8
Uttar Pradesh 8263 3374 107 3224
Uttarakhand 627 448 71 345
West Bengal 5457 897 50 337
Total 72368 31841 1469 26869
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