conservation of Water Resources

Mar 21, 2022 | Business


Water being a State subject, it is the responsibility of States/UTs and local bodies to ensure required treatment of sewage and industrial effluent before discharging into recipient water bodies or land for prevention and control of pollution therein.




Government of India supplements efforts of the States/UTs by providing financial and technical assistance in abatement of pollution including protection of water resources in the country through various central sector schemes for development of infrastructure for environmentally sound management of generated municipal sewage, industrial effluent and wastes apart from specific schemes such as National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) for rejuvenation of polluted rivers, National Lake Conservation Plan for restoration of stagnant water bodies, National Wetlands Conservation Programme (NWCP), AMRUT.




Government of India (GoI), with an aim to prevent water pollution, promulgated Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and various Acts under the umbrella act called ‘Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.  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, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) in the States or Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) in Union Territories, monitor industries with respect to effluent discharge standards and take action for non-compliance under provisions empowered under these Acts.




Further, as per the information received from SPCBs/PCCs (including Tamil Nadu SPCB), there are 2,839 Grossly Polluting Industries in the country. Out of these 2,839 industries, 2,186 industries are operational and 653 industries are self-closed. Number of complying and non-complying units are 2,055 and 131 respectively. Show cause notices have been issued to 55 units and closure directions have been issued to 56 units for non-compliance. State-wise status of GPI units in the country is at Annexure-I.




Assessment with regard to the quantum of water being rendered unfit for use every year due to industrial pollution is not carried out by CPCB. However, based on water quality monitoring carried out under National Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NWMP), considering Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) as criteria pollutant, in the year 2018, CPCB identified 351 polluted river stretches on 323 rivers on basis of two years’ data of 2016 & 2017 (Annexure – II).




This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written      reply in Lok Sabha today.


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ANNEXURE-I


Compliance Status of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs)












































SPCB/PCC

Total no. of industries

No. of industries closed  by their own

No. of industries operational

No. of industries complying with environmental standards

No. of industries non-complying with environmental standards

No. of industries against which action is  taken for non-complying with environmental standards

Show cause notice issued

Closure directions issued

Legal cases filed

Action under process

Andaman & Nicobar

2

2

1

1

1

Andhra Pradesh

66

11

55

50

5

2

1

2

Arunachal Pradesh

97

8

89

63

26

3

23

Assam








Bihar

84

34

50

50




Chandigarh








Chhattisgarh

2

2

1

1

1

Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli








Delhi

3

3

3




Goa








Gujarat

25

1

24

20

4

3

1

Haryana

627

27

600

594

6

6

Himachal Pradesh








Jammu & Kashmir

69

69

66

3

3


Jharkhand

45

6

39

5

34

14

10

2

8

Karnataka

4

4

4




Kerala

29

1

28

27

1

1

Lakshadweep








Madhya Pradesh

2

2

2




Maharashtra

4

1

3

3




Manipur








Meghalaya

2

2

2




Mizoram








Nagaland








Odisha

6

6

6




Puducherry

3

3

3




Punjab

5

5

4

1

1


Rajasthan

1

1

1




Sikkim








Tamil Nadu








Telangana

3

1

2

2




Tripura








Uttar Pradesh

1,648

560

1,088

1,047

41

22

13

6

Uttarakhand

64

64

60

4

4


West Bengal

48

3

45

41

4

3

1

Total

2,839

653

2,186

2,055

131

55

56

2

18






ANNEXURE-II




State-wise & Priority wise number of Polluted River Stretches






































S. No.

STATE/UNION TERRITORY

PRIORITY

Grand Total

I

II

III

IV

V

1

ANDHRA PRADESH

–

–

–

2

3

5

2

ASSAM

3

1

4

3

33

44

3

BIHAR

–

–

1

–

5

6

4

CHHATTISGARH

–

–

–

4

1

5

5

DAMAN, DIU AND DADRA NAGAR HAVELI

1

–

–

–

–

1

6

DELHI

1

–

–

–

–

1

7

GOA

–

–

1

2

8

11

8

GUJARAT

5

1

2

6

6

20

9

HARYANA

2

–

–

–

–

2

10

HIMACHAL PRADESH

1

1

1

–

4

7

11

JAMMU & KASHMIR

–

1

2

2

4

9

12

JHARKHAND

–

–

–

3

4

7

13

KARNATAKA

–

–

4

7

6

17

14

KERALA

1

–

–

5

15

21

15

MADHYA PRADESH

3

1

1

3

14

22

16

MAHARASHTRA

9

6

14

10

14

53

17

MANIPUR

–

1

–

–

8

9

18

MEGHALAYA

2

–

–

3

2

7

19

MIZORAM

–

–

1

3

5

9

20

NAGALAND

1

–

1

2

2

6

21

ODISHA

1

–

3

2

13

19

22

PUDUCHERRY

–

–

–

1

1

2

23

PUNJAB

2

–

–

1

1

4

24

RAJASTHAN

–

–

1

–

1

2

25

SIKKIM

–

–

–

–

4

4

26

TAMIL NADU

4

–

–

1

1

6

27

TELANGANA

1

2

2

2

1

8

28

TRIPURA

–

–

–

–

6

6

29

UTTAR PRADESH

4

–

1

2

5

12

30

UTTARAKHAND

3

1

1

4

–

9

31

WEST BENGAL

1

1

3

4

8

17

Grand Total

45

16

43

72

175

351


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