Question raised in Lok Sabha on Common Effluent Treatment Plants, 29/11/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Common Effluent Treatment Plants, 29/11/2016. According to Central Pollution Control Board, 193 Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) are installed in the country with combined capacity of 1474 Million Litres per Day (MLD) which is given at Annexure – I. There are 920 Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in different States/UTs including Tamil Nadu and West Bengal out of which, 615 STPs are operational, 80 STPs are non-operational, 154 STPs are under construction and 71 STPs are under planning stage. The details of the STPs are given at Annexure – II. The estimated sewage generation in the country was 61,948 MLD in 2015 against available treatment capacity of 23,277 MLD. Under NRCP, sewerage system and sewage treatment plants are set up in polluted stretches of Rivers based on the proposals received from State Governments. Sewage treatment capacity of 2373.41 MLD has been created at a sanctioned cost of Rs.4517.84 crore under NRCP (excluding Ganga and its tributaries). The details, State-wise, are given at Annexure-III.