BEFORE THE HON'BLE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL, PRINCIPAL BENCH AT NEW DELHI

IN THE MATTER OF

ORIGINAL APPLICATION NO. 606 OF 2018

STATUS REPORT

BY THE

STATE OF

April 12, 2019

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STATUS REPORT BY THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH

IN ORIGINAL APPLICATION NO. 606 OF 2018

"COMPLIANCE OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES, 2016"

IN COMPLIANCE OF THE HON'BLE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL, PRINCIPAL BENCH, ORDER DATED 16.01.2019 PASSED IN O.A. NO 606/2018

1. The instant matter pertains to the compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Rules, 2016 by all the States and Union Territories. Hon'ble Tribunal was pleased to pass the following directions vide para no. 40 of its order dated 16.01.2019:-

"The Chief Secretaries may acquaint and keep themselves ready on the following points: a. Status of compliance of SWM Rule, 2016, Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 and Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 in their respective areas. b. Status of functioning of Committees constituted by this order. c. Status of the Action Plan in compliance vide order dated 20.09.2018 in the News Item published in “The Hindu” authored by Shri Jacob Koshy Titled “More river stretches are now critically polluted: CPCB (Original Application No. 673/2018). d. Status of functioning of Committees constituted in News Item Published in “The Times of ’ Authored by Shri Vishwa Mohan Titled “NCAP with Multiple timelines to Clear Air in 102 Cities to be released around August 15” dated 08.10.2018. e. Status of Action Plan with regard to identification of polluted industrial clusters in O.A. No. 1038/2018, News item published in “The Asian Age” Authored by Sanjay Kaw Titled “CPCB to rank industrial units on pollution levels” dated 13.12.2018. f. Status of the work in compliance of the directions passed in O.A. No. 173 of 2018, Sudarsan Das v. State of West Bengal & Ors. Order dated 04.09.2018. g. Total amount collected from erring industries on the basis of ‘Polluter Pays’ principle, ‘Precautionary principle’ and details of utilization of funds collected. h. Status of the identification and development of Model Cities and Towns in the State in the first phase, which can be replicated, later for other cities and towns of the State.

2. The Hon'ble Tribunal vide para 42 of its order dated 16.01.2019 was pleased to direct the States to "display on their respective websites and the websites of the pollution control boards /committees the progress made on each issues". In compliance of the above stated order, the progress is being regularly updated on the website of the MPPCB i.e. http://www.mppcb.nic.in/ . The screenshot of the website is enclosed herewith as Annexure 1.

3. That, the State of Madhya Pradesh hereby submits the point-wise compliance of the directions passed by Hon'ble Tribunal as under :-

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A. STATUS OF COMPLIANCE OF SWM RULES, 2016, PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES, 2016 AND BIO-MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES, 2016 IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS.

A-1 - STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES, 2016

(a) ACTION TAKEN :-

i) In compliance of Hon'ble Tribunal's order dated 16.01.2019, review meeting was conducted under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary, State of Madhya Pradesh on 13.02.2019, attended by the Principal Secretaries of concerned departments. The minutes of the meeting dated 13.02.2019 are enclosed herewith as Annexure 2.

ii) Under Rule 22 of the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, a time frame has been specified for the activities required to be done for implementation of the rules. The following chart indicates the status and time frame of the different activities:-

Time limit Sl. Activity from the STATUS No date of notification of rules 1 Identification of suitable sites for setting 1 year COMPLETE up solid waste processing facilities

2 Identification of suitable sites for setting 1 Year COMPLETE up common regional sanitary landfill facilities for suitable clusters of local authorities under 0.5 million population and for setting up common regional sanitary landfill facilities or stand alone sanitary landfill facilities by all local authorities having a population of 0.5 million or more. 3 Procurement of suitable sites for setting 2 years COMPLETE up solid waste processing facility and sanitary landfill facilities. 4 Enforcing waste generators to practice 2 years IN PROCESS segregation of bio degradable, recyclable, combustible, sanitary waste domestic 100% at source hazardous and inert solid wastes at segregation in 249 source. ULBs - Achieved

Partially achieved in 129 ULBs 5 Ensure door to door collection (DTDC) of 2 years IN PROCESS segregated waste and its transportation 100% DTDC in 364 in covered vehicles to processing or 3

disposal facilities. ULBs - Achieved

Partially achieved in 14 ULBs 6 Ensure separate storage, collection and 2 years IN PROCESS transportation of construction and Mechanism established demolition wastes. in 284 ULBs

Under process in 94 ULBs 7 Setting up solid waste processing 2 years IN PROCESS facilities by all local bodies having 100000 facilities functional in or more population. 18 out of 34 towns

Partial / decentralized processing in remaining 16 towns 8 Setting up solid waste processing 3 years IN PROCESS facilities by local bodies and census towns below 100000 populations. facilities functional in 145 ULBs

Partial / decentralized processing in remaining 199 towns 9 Setting up common or stand alone 3 years COMPLETE sanitary landfills by or for all local bodies All 5 ULBs have having 0.5 million or more population for operational stand the disposal of only such residual wastes alone facilities from the processing facilities as well as untreatable inert wastes as permitted under the Rules 10 Setting up common or regional sanitary 3years IN PROCESS landfills by all local bodies and census towns under 0.5 million population for the disposal of permitted waste under the rules. 11 Bio-remediation or capping of old and 5years IN PROCESS abandoned dump sites. Dump site remediation completed in Indore and under process in 32 ULBs

187.9 acres of land has been reclaimed (out of 407.80 acres)

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iii) The total municipal solid waste generated in the State is approximately 8000 TPD. The present status of the waste management is as follows:-

Approximate Quantity 1. Total Waste Generated 8000 TPD 2. Total Collection 7500 TPD ( 93 %) 3. Total Waste Treated 6100 TPD ( 81 %)  Compost Making 5000 TPD  Waste to Energy 400 TPD  Material Recovery 700 TPD Facility* 4. Total Waste Land Filled 1400 TPD (18%) * The material recovered at Material Recovery Facility is collected by Rag-pickers/Junk Dealers

iv) The implementation of time-targeted action plan for management of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) for each city and town in the State is being done in accordance with the population and development growth to improve environmental conditions.

v) The State Government has decided to follow three strategic initiatives –  In the short term, setting up of waste collection and transportation infrastructure;  In the long term, setting up infrastructure for processing and scientific disposal of inert waste;  State-wide IEC-BCC Initiatives to inculcate behavioral changes among citizens and communities.

vi) The short term plan focuses on establishing the requisite infrastructure for collection and transportation of waste. The State has sanctioned funds for purchase of vehicles to ensure motorized door-to-door collection (DTDC) and transportation of waste from every ward across all the ULBs. In addition, the State has developed guidelines and framework for Route Mapping, Rostering of Sanitation Staff, Micro Level Planning, Setting-up of Transfer Stations and Material Recovery Facilities (The sample image of MRFs is enclosed as Annexure 3), Decentralized Composting Initiatives (The sample image is enclosed as Annexure 4), Twin Bins, Technological monitoring interventions (The screenshot is enclosed as Annexure 5), among other similar initiatives.

vii) In the long term, the State Government has decided to form cluster of ULBs for effective Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) of Regional Landfill concept through Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. Therefore, 26 cluster have been formed covering all the 378 ULBs of the state with minimum total waste of around 150 TPD. The details of Clusters, ULBs associated, waste generation in clusters, type of processing, current status and timelines have been mentioned in Annexure 6. viii) Out of 26 clusters, the waste processing in 05 clusters is based on “Waste to Energy generation” (67-73 MW target) and remaining 21 clusters are based on "Composting / Biomethanization”. 5

ix) Currently, 3 ISWM projects are operational in Katni, Jabalpur and and 5 ISWM projects are in various stages of implementation (Bhopal, Rewa, Indore, Gwalior and Sagar), PPP Partners are appointed for 5 ISWM projects (Khandwa, Chhatarpur, Jabalpur (C&T), and Singrauli).

x) Out of the remaining 13 ISWM projects, 4 ISWM projects are in ‘Live Tender’ stage (Shahdol, Betul, Damoh and Vidisha) and the tenders are yet to be floated for remaining 9 ISWM projects (Guna, Shivpuri, Balaghat, Badwani, , , Hoshangabad, , Bhind and Chhindwara).

xi) The State has adopted an inclusive strategic model for IEC-BCC initiatives to bring the desired changes in the community behavior and ensuring ownership among citizens and communities towards cleanliness. Our IEC-BCC initiatives target broader spectrum of cleanliness factors covering DTDC, source segregation, open defecation, prevention of manual scavenging, hygiene practices, etc., and creating awareness on health and environmental benefits among masses. xii) The State’s IEC-BCC Campaigns have targeted all the key stakeholders including Resident Welfare Associations (RWA), Educational Institutions, Businesses, Community Leaders, Sanitation Staff, Bulk Waste Generators, etc. xiii) The State has conducted 9 State-wide Campaigns in the year 2018. The photos of campaigns are enclosed herewith as Annexure 7. xiv) The state is also taking sincere efforts to sensitize the students by conducting seminars, workshops and campaigns in every district covering approximately 25,000 school of the State. The State intends to create a healthy competition among the schools by declaring 6 Schools in every district as “Green Schools” on the basis of cleanliness maintained in the schools, waste management, water conservation techniques, plantation done, making and using eco-friendly items, reusing the old text books etc. A state level award has also been instituted for 3 best environment friendly schools under primary, middle and higher secondary categories respectively. xv) “Eco-club” has been constituted in 250 schools of every district i.e. 13,000 schools in the State. Environment related activities are conducted throughout the year in these schools with the help of the eco-clubs. The eco-clubs also act as the resource school for other schools in their vicinity. xvi) The Urban Development & Housing Department of the State Government has notified “Solid Waste Management Policy-2018” on 05.09.2018 under Rule 11 (1)(a) of SWM Rules 2018.

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xvii) The Annual Report for year 2017-18 as per the provisions of Rule 24 (3) was submitted vide letter dated 27.08.2018 . xviii) In order to comply with the Rules, 2016 and the concerned orders of the Hon’ble Tribunal, following steps have been taken by the state:-

 100% door to door collection of the waste has increased from 274 ULBs in August 2018 to 364 ULBs.

 100% Segregation at source of waste has increased from 133 ULBs in August 2018 to 249 ULBs. However, for the remaining 129 ULBs, 100% segregation of waste from each house is yet to be achieved.

 Sites have been selected for common regional sanitary landfills for disposal of inert waste from the cities having population > 5.00 lakhs namely, Indore, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Bhopal and Gwalior,

 Out of 34 towns (population > 1.00 Lakhs), waste processing facilities are fully operational in 18 towns and partially operational in 16 towns.

 Out of 344 ULBs (population <1.00 Lakhs), 1779 geo-tagged waste processing facilities (Material Recovery and Composting facilities) are operational in 145 ULBs.

 Geo-tagged composting facilities are operational in 145 ULBs. In rest of the ULBs, composting facilities are being improved.

 Material recovery is being done in all the ULBs. Permanent Material Recovery Facilities [MRFs] have been setup in 112 ULBs.

 The ULBs across the State are selling 227 TDP of compost per day.

 Home composting is being done in 148716 households.

 Out of 378 identified dumping sites with an area of 407.80 acres , 33 dumping sites have been taken for bio remediation of legacy waste. 10 dumping sites at , Nagada, Rampur Naikin , Indore, Panna , Hatod, Rau , Khand , Umariya , Gautampura are completely cleared of their legacy waste and 187.9 acres of land has been reclaimed(45%). The list of ULBs and photos of land reclaimed by removing legacy waste is enclosed as Annexure 8.

 The State has identified 1490 drains connected to water bodies across the State. Wire mesh installation has been implemented in 490 / 1490 drains.

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 Presently, the following plants are operational in the State:  Jabalpur (462 MT capacity): Waste to Energy – 11.5 MW Generation – 8 MW (Avg)  Indore (800 TPD): [Composting — 500 TPD, RDF — 200 TPD & Landfill:- 100 TPD)  Katni: Compost plant – waste treatment capacity – 95 TPD.  Ujjain: Compost plant – waste treatment capacity – 160 TPD.

xix) 138 prosecutions have been filed against the violators of the rules.

xx) The State Government has constituted State Level Advisory Body (SLAB) as per Rule 23 (1) of Solid waste Management Rules 2016 vide letter dated 13.10.2017. The meetings of SLAB were held on 16.02.2018, 11.09.2018 and 05.04.2019 respectively. The order dated 13.10.2017 and minutes of the meeting have been enclosed herewith as Annexure 9.

xxi) The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India conducts nation-wide Swachh Survekshan survey under Swachh Bharat Mission. The efforts being taken by the State for effective disposal of waste and cleanliness, have been reflected in the rankings of Swachh Survekshan 2019, wherein Madhya Pradesh has been declared the Best Solid Waste Management State of India. In addition, Indore has been declared the cleanest city of the country for the last 3 years; Bhopal has been declared cleanest capital in Swachh Survekshan 2019 and second cleanest city in India in 2017 and 2018. Among the Top 100 cleanest cities in India, Madhya Pradesh has 20 Cities in Swachh Survekshan 2019. xxii) Madhya Pradesh is declared as 100% Open Defecation Free (ODF) in urban areas with third party inspection by Quality Council of India. 44 cities of the State have been declared as ODF+ and 14 cities are declared as ODF++ by Government of India. xxiii) 310 ULBs have framed bye-laws under Rule 15 of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and collected penalty of 1.66 Cr during 2018-19. xxiv) The State has declared three model cities – Indore (Cleanest city of India, for three years in a row 2017-19) for cities with population of over 5 Lakhs, Khargone (17th Cleanest City in India in Swachh Survekshan 2019) for cities with a population of 1 to 5 Lakhs and Shahganj (5th Cleanest City in less than 1 Lakh population category of Swachh Survekshan 2019) for cities with a population of less than 1 Lakh population.

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(b) ACTIONS PROPOSED:-

i) The ISWM projects in process shall be made operational within the timeline stipulated and tenders shall be floated in the remaining clusters.

ii) 100 % door to door collection of waste and segregation of waste at source in all ULBs shall be achieved by 30.09.2019. iii) The legacy waste has been removed from 187.9 acres of land out of 407.80 (45.7%) acres identified. The process of removing the legacy waste and reclaiming the land shall continue. iv) Home composting shall be taken up on a bigger scale.

A-2 - STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES, 2016

(a) ACTION TAKEN:-

i) The plastic waste generation in the State of Madhya Pradesh during 2017-18 was 61,039 MT out of which non-recyclable plastic waste is approximately 15,260 MT. The Annual Report for the year 2017-18 under Rule 17 of the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 was submitted vide letter dated 18.7.2018.

ii) The State of Madhya Pradesh has formulated Madhya Pradesh Jaiv Anashya Apashishta (Niyantran) Adhiniyam, 2004 to deal exclusively with the non- biodegradable waste and its disposal. The State has imposed complete ban under Section 3 of the Act, on the production, storage, transportation, sale and use of Plastic Carry bags in the State vide notification dated 24.05.2017. The copy of the notification dated 24.05.2017 is enclosed as Annexure 10. iii) The State Government has also constituted State Level Advisory Committee under Rule 16 vide letter dated 30.11.2016 enclosed herewith as Annexure 11. The meetings of the committee were held on 21.11.2017 and 11.09.2018. The minutes of the meetings are enclosed herewith as Annexure 12. iv) In order to implement the ban on the manufacturing of plastic carry bags, all 21 plastic carry bag manufacturing units have been closed in the State. v) Further, in order to implement the ban on the use of plastic carry bags, concerned authorities i.e. District Administration, Local Bodies and MPPCB are carrying out regular inspections and seizures. During the year 2018-19, more than 50 MT of plastic has been seized and a penalty of approximately Rs. 44.21 Lakhs has been imposed. The details of seizure and penalty imposed have been

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provided in the chart enclosed herewith as Annexure 13. Total 592 awareness programs and raids/seizures have been conducted by the 17 Regional offices of MPPCB and local bodies, upto March 2019.

vi) In order to spread awareness regarding the ban on plastic goods, Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities are being carried out regularly by using all mediums of communication i.e. radio, television, social media etc. A radio program by the name of "Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum" is broadcast every Monday from 06:15 pm to 06:30 pm to sensitize the public on environmental issues. The schools are being motivated towards becoming plastic free zones. vii) In the year 2008-09, a detailed study was conducted in coordination with the cement plants in the State, to co-process the non-recyclable plastic waste in the cement kilns. At present, 13 cement plants of the state have obtained consent to co-process the plastic waste in their kilns. The details of plastic waste co-processed in the cement kilns have been provided in the chart enclosed herewith as Annexure 14. Approximately, 64,000 MT of plastic waste has been co-processed by these units up to February 2019. viii) In the State, plastic waste is also being utilized for road construction since 2012- 13. The MP Rural Road Development Authority has utilized approximately 43892 MT of plastic waste for the construction of road in last 3 years.

ix) The State Government is taking sincere efforts for the implementation of Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. In order to implement the Extended Producer Responsibility [EPR], the state has prepared a concept note on the EPR and

is proposing a set of guidelines for producers/ importers/ brand owners to collect the plastic waste through buy back mechanism. The producers/ importers/ brand owners will also be required to sensitize the people and motivate them for the same. The copy of concept note on Extended Producer Responsibility [EPR] is enclosed as Annexure 15.

x) State level workshop has been conducted for the producers and brand owners to spread awareness regarding the EPR provisions of the rules.

xi) The State keeps strict vigil on the handling of plastic waste. Prosecutions have been filed against the violators and 02 of these cases have been decided in favor of the MPPCB. The penalty of Rs 25,000/- has been imposed in these cases by the Hon’ble Courts.

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(b) ACTIONS PROPOSED:-

i) The State Government shall continue to comply with the provisions of the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, and ensure effective implementation of the same.

ii) The State shall continue to carry out IEC activities to spread awareness and conduct seizures and raids to keep a check on the implementation of the ban. iii) The MPPCB proposes to co-process 20,000 MT of plastic waste through cement industries of the State during 2019-2020. iv) Efforts shall be made to increase the quantity of plastic waste being utilized in the road construction .

v) Review meeting dated 28.01.2019 was conducted to implement the provisions of EPR in the milk processing industries of Madhya Pradesh. It has been decided that, the industries shall submit a plan to have a provision for buy-back price mechanism on every used pouch. vi) The status of implementation of the provisions of EPR by the producers, importers & brand owners using multi layer packaging has been reviewed on 08.04.2019. It has been decided that, the producers, importers & brand owners shall submit detailed plan to implement the EPR provisions including the proposal to employ the Producers Responsibility Organisation (PRO) for the above purpose.

A-3 - STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BIO-MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES, 2016 (a) ACTION TAKEN:- i) The Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 makes it mandatory for all the health care facilities generating Bio-medical waste (bedded and non-bedded) irrespective of the quantity to obtain authorization from the MP Pollution Control Board. ii) The Annual report for the Year 2017 in terms of Rule 13 of BMW Rules, 2016, was submitted vide letter dated 31.07.2018 to CPCB . The annual reports are displayed on MPPCB website. iii) Total no. of HCFs in the State are approximately 6879, out of which 5107 ( 74% ) HCFs have obtained authorization from the MPPCB. The total no. of beds in the HCFs is around 87,165.

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real time monitoring of PTZ camera is also monitored by “Environment Surveillance Center”, Bhopal. xi) 45 awareness and training programs have been organized till date by the State for the stakeholders including health care institutes, CBWTF operators and general public for implementation of various provisions of BMW Rules, 2016.

(b) ACTIONS PROPOSED:- i) The State envisages the establishment of more CBWTF’s at various locations to make the Bio-medical Waste treatment facilities available near the point of generation. At present new CBWTF at Bhopal, Ujjain, Sagar, Mandla, Morena, Mandideep are under installation and shall soon become operational. ii) In order to keep a strict vigil on the handling of Bio-medical Waste by the CBWTF operators, the transportation vehicles will be made GPS enabled and connected through the Environmental Surveillance Centre at Bhopal, to ensure timely collection and effective disposal of BMW. The total no of vehicles used by CBWTFs are 81 and 71 of these are GPS enabled. The GPS systems shall be installed in remaining 10 vehicles by 30.06.2019. The sample image of GPS tracking is enclosed as Annexure 16 A. iii) HCF’s operating without obtaining authorization from the Board shall be identified and covered under the Rules of 2016, and action against the defaulting units shall be initiated. iv) To check the pilferage of bio-medical waste during collection & transportation, bar code system shall be made compulsory in all the HCF’s through CBWTF operator, which would help in accounting the quantity of biomedical waste being collected, treated and disposed. This system would also help the prescribed authorities in monitoring the implementation of BMW Rules, 2016. This system would be put in place in all CBWTF by 30.09.2019 v) PTZ cameras shall be installed in the remaining CBWTFs by 30.09.2019

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B. STATUS OF FUNCTIONING OF COMMITTEES CONSTITUTED BY THIS ORDER.

i) The Hon'ble Tribunal vide its order dated 31.08.2018 had constituted Apex Monitoring Committee, Regional Monitoring Committee (Central Zone) and State Level Committee. The meeting of the Regional Monitoring Committee constituted under the Chairmanship of Justice Mr. K.K Trivedi was held on 07.02.2019.

ii) Thereafter, the Hon'ble Tribunal vide its order dated 16.01.2019 modified the earlier directions with respect to Regional Monitoring Committee and reconstituted them as State Level Committees. The State Level Committee [SLC] was accordingly reconstituted vide order dated 27.03.2019 enclosed herewith as Annexure 17. The SLC held its meetings under the Chairmanship of Justice Mr. K.K Trivedi on 15.02.2019 and 30.03.2019. The copy of minutes of the meetings have been enclosed herewith as Annexure 18. iii) The Special Task Force was constituted in every district vide letter dated 12.02.2019 enclosed herewith as Annexure 19. The STF comprises of the following members :- i. Representative nominated by District collector. ii. Representative nominated by The Superintendent of police of the District. iii. Concerned Regional Officer, Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board. iv. One member nominated by the president district legal services authority. (A request has been made to the Law department separately in this regard.) iv) The State shall continue to conduct regular meetings of the committees and ensure the implementation of the Rules.

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C. Status of the Action Plan in compliance vide order dated 20.09.2018 in the News Item published in “The Hindu” authored by Shri Jacob Koshy Titled “More river stretches are now critically polluted: CPCB (Original Application No. 673/2018)

(a) ACTION TAKEN :-

i) In compliance of the directions of Hon'ble Tribunal dated 20.09.2018, River Rejuvenation Committee (RRC) has been constituted on 01.11.2018. The Copy of the order dated 01.11.2018 constituting the committee has been enclosed herewith as Annexure 20.

ii) The meetings of the committee were held on 12.11.2018 and 30.01.2019. The copy of the minutes of meetings has been enclosed herewith as Annexure 21.

iii) Accordingly, the committee has prepared the Action Plans for the Priority I and Priority II polluted river stretches after taking into account the Model Action Plan for Hindon River prepared by CPCB. There are 3 polluted stretches in Priority I namely River Chambal (from to Rampura), River Khan (from Kabit Khedi to Khajrana), River Kshipra (from Siddhawat to Trivenisangam) and 1 polluted stretch in Priority II namely, River Betwa (from mandideep to Vidisha)

iv) It is pertinent to note that, these polluted river stretches are non-perennial in nature and flow mostly during monsoon season only.

v) The River Rejuvenation Committee (RRC) finalized the Action Plans and sent the same to Central Pollution Control Board [CPCB] on 15.11.2018 for its approval. CPCB, vide letter dated 10.01.2019 communicated its observations on the action plans prepared by the committee.

vi) The observations made by CPCB were taken into consideration and the Revised Action Plans were sent to CPCB on 30.01.2019. vii) The presentation of the Action Plans was made before the CPCB on 12.02.2019. The CPCB has approved the Revised Action Plans. viii) In compliance of the direction with respect to setting up Special Environment Surveillance Task Force, such task force has been constituted in the concerned 04 districts namely Vidisha, Raisen, Ujjain and Indore comprising of the nominees of respective District Magistrate, Superintendent of Police, District Judge and the Regional Officer of MP Pollution Control Board. The Copy of the order dated 19.11.2018 constituting Special Environment Surveillance Task Force has been enclosed herewith as Annexure 22.

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(b) ACTIONS PROPOSED :-

i) Action Plans have been prepared for abatement of pollution in river stretches by identifying the sources of pollution i.e. the industrial and domestic sources and trapping the flow of untreated water from these sources into the Rivers. The following STPs and ETPs are being installed for treatment of waste water.

Polluted River Effluent Existing Proposed Cost Time line Stretches generation in treatment MLD treatment MLD MLD River Khan – (Indore) Sewage – 350.0 3 STPs - 335.0 05 STPs – 77 183.6 Cr. Dec. 2019 Kabitkhedi to Triveni 01 STP – 10 10.0 Cr. Dec. 2020 Sangam (72 Km) Industrial – 1.45 01 CETP – 4.0 NA NA NA River Kshipra (Ujjain) Sewage – 90.0 01 STPs – 83.0 01 STP - 92.5 332.5 Cr. Dec. 2020 Triveni to Siddhwat Industrial – 0.029 45 water polluting NA NA NA (10 Km) industries – All ETPs

Sewage –8.0 Nil 01 STP - 16.0 61.40 Cr. Dec. 2022 River Chambal Industrial – 19.5 04 water polluting (Nagda) industries – ZLD Nagda to Tal (Rajgarh) 01 industry up Proposed (16 Km) gradation required treatment 18.5 106 Cr. Jan. 2021

for ZLD

River Betwa (Mandideep) Mandideep Mandideep to Vidisha Sewage – 2.5 Sewage - Nil 05 STPs – 3.0 55.5 Cr. Dec. 2022 (70 Km) Industrial – 5.8 51 industries all NA NA NA are having ETPs – 5.8 Bhopal Sewage – 80 03 STPs – 26.12 04 STPs –66.5 178.57 Cr. Dec. 2022 Industrial – Nil Industrial – Nil NA NA NA Vidisha Sewage – 22.25 01 STPs – 7.2 03 STPs –22.25 84.20 Cr. Dec. 2020 Industrial - Nil Industrial – Nil NA NA NA

ii) In compliance of the Hon'ble Tribunal's direction pertaining to installation of wire-mesh on drains connecting water streams, 1490 drains have been identified. The wire-mesh have been installed in 490 drains and being installed in the remaining drains. The photos of drains and wire mesh installed are enclosed as Annexure 23.

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D. Status of functioning of Committees constituted in News Item Published in “The Times of India’ Authored by Shri Vishwa Mohan Titled “NCAP with Multiple timelines to Clear Air in 102 Cities to be released around August 15” dated 08.10.2018

(a) ACTION TAKEN:-

i) CPCB has identified 102 cities as "Non-Attainment Cities" i.e. the cities that do not meet the Nation Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). 06 non-attainment cities have been identified in the State of Madhya Pradesh namely, Bhopal, Dewas, Indore, Sagar, Ujjain and Gwalior.

ii) In compliance of the directions of Hon'ble Tribunal dated 08.10.2019, Air Quality Monitoring Committee (AQMC) has been constituted vide order dated 19.11.2018 comprising of 6 members namely, Deputy Secretary Environment Department, Commissioner Urban Administration and Development Department, Commissioner Transport Department, Commissioner, Directorate of Industries, Director Agriculture Department and Member Secretary MP Pollution Control Board. The committee shall be under supervision and coordination of Principal Secretary, Environment Department. The copy of order dated 19.11.2018 has been enclosed herewith as Annexure 24. The meeting of the committee was held on 05.12.2018, minutes have been enclosed herewith as Annexure 25.

iii) That, the Action Plans of Non-attainment cities of Madhya Pradesh namely, Bhopal, Dewas, Indore, Sagar, Ujjain and Gwalior have been sent to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on 24.12.2018.

iv) The Action Plans have been approved by CPCB with conditions of source apportionment study and inventory of emission sources vide letter dated 12.02.2019 enclosed herewith as Annexure 26. v) Presently 11 Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) are operating in the State. 05 of these stations have been established by the MPPCB namely, Mandideep, Pitampur, Dewas, Ujjain and Singrauli. On persuasion by MPPCB, the private companies have installed CAAQMS stations in Damoh, Indore, Satna, Rewa, Ratlam, Mahiyar under CSR (corporate social responsibility) activities.

vi) 419 Pollution Under Control [PUC] centers are operational in the State. Approximately 3 lakh PUC certificates were issued between April 2018 to February 2019 .

vii) By notification dated 24.11.2010 the State has phased out 1331 public service vehicles (buses) which are more than fifteen year old.

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ix) 4676 E-rickshaws have been introduced in the State. 1,74,746 CNG/LPG driven vehicles are registered in the State.

x) Monitoring of vehicle fitness is regularly conducted and the fitness certificates are issued after fulfillment of norms.

(b) ACTIONS PROPOSED:-

i) In order to keep a check on the ambient air quality, 05 Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) are proposed to be installed by the MPPCB in Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur and Katni.

ii) A proposal for installation of additional 100 CAAQMS stations in the State has been sent for sanction under 15th Finance Commission.

iii) Software is being developed by M/s Smart Chip Limited for the web based check on vehicular emission and PUC certification.

iv) The State Government has issued direction to all the district collectors vide letter dated 27.02.2019, to ensure that PUC centers are established in every fuel station/ petrol pump.

v) The action plans of different cities have been summarized and enclosed as Annexure 27.

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E. Status of Action Plan with regard to identification of polluted industrial clusters in O.A. No. 1038/2018, News item published in “The Asian Age” Authored by Sanjay Kaw Titled “CPCB to rank industrial units on pollution levels” dated 13.12.2018.

a) ACTION TAKEN:-

i) Initially, CPCB had declared 88 industrial clusters as Critically and Severely Polluted Areas in the country, based on monitoring carried out during the year 2009-10. Industrial clusters having Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) score of 70 and above were declared as critically polluted areas. Industrial cluster having CEPI score between 60- 70 were declared as severely polluted areas.

ii) In the State of Madhya Pradesh, Indore was declared as one of the critically polluted areas and remedial action plan was prepared and implemented for the same. Thereafter, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) had informed vide letter dated 28.07.2017 that CEPI score of Indore was found to be 65.42. On the basis of above score, MPPCB has requested for delisting of Indore from Critically Polluted Area. CPCB has informed the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, vide its letter dated 04.10.2017 for delisting of Indore from Critically Polluted Area. Further communication from CPCB and MoEF&CC is still awaited. The copy of letter dated 04.10.2017 has been enclosed herewith as Annexure 28. iii) Now, CPCB has conducted environmental monitoring through third party for 100 Polluted Industrial Areas (PIAs) carried out during 2017-18 on the basis of which, CPCB has declared 100 Polluted Industrial Areas (PIAs). The CPCB vide letter no. 11976 dated 16.10.2017 has informed that the list includes, 06 Polluted Industrial Areas of the State namely, Indore, Dewas, Nagda-Ratlam, Pithampur, Mandiddep and Gwalior. The copy of letter dated 16.10.2017 has been enclosed herewith as Annexure 29. iv) The Hon'ble Tribunal, vide its order dated 13.12.2018 had directed the States, to prepare Action Plan for identified polluted industrial areas as per revised norms.

v) It is pertinent to mention that, the CPCB has provided the names of the industrial clusters but has not informed the CEPI score of these respective clusters. A request in this regard has been made to CPCB. Thereafter, the CEPI score has been informed to MoEF&CC but not communicated to MPPCB. vi) Though, the CEPI score of respective polluted industrial clusters is not known, the State Government is in the process of preparing the Action Plans for the 06 industrial clusters as per the directions of the Hon'ble Tribunal.

b) ACTIONS PROPOSED:-

i) The Actions Plans shall be prepared by 30.06.2019. 19

F. Status of the work in compliance of the directions passed in O.A. No. 173 of 2018, Sudarsan Das v. State of West Bengal & Ors. Order dated 04.09.2018.

i) The matter pertains to unchecked mechanized sand mining in the State of West Bengal and Odisha and directions issued by Hon'ble Tribunal vide order dated 04.09.2018 are required to be complied by the MoEF&CC and State of West Bengal and Odisha.

ii) However, the State of Madhya Pradesh is ensuring the compliance of relevant directions stated in the order passed by the Hon'ble Tribunal. iii) The sand mining activities in the State are being regulated by the State Mining Policy 2017 and MP State Mining Rules 2018 framed by the State Government.

G. Total amount collected from erring industries on the basis of ‘Polluter Pays’ principle, ‘Precautionary principle’ and details of utilization of funds collected.

The total amount of compensation that has been deposited with the MPPCB is Rs. 5.10 Cr. As per the directions of the Tribunal in OA No. 24/2011 Sameer Mehta vs Union of India order dated 07.02.2017, 25% of the said amount is required to be submitted to CPCB. Accordingly, an amount of Rs 1 Cr has been sent to CPCB on 17.02.2017. Apart from this, a panelty of Rs 1.47 Cr has been imposed on erring stone crushers at Satna as environmental compensation.

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H. Status of the identification and development of Model Cities and Towns in the State in the first phase which can be replicated later for other cities and towns of the State.

 In compliance of the orders of Hon'ble Tribunal, the State has identified and developed following model cities and plans to replicate this model in other cities and towns of the State :-

i) INDORE - The population of Indore is above 5 Lakhs and it has been declared as the cleanest city of India for three years in a row i.e. 2017-19. The State has identified Indore as the model city for cities having the population of above 5 lakhs namely,

ii) KHARGONE - The population of Khargone is between 1 to 5 Lakhs and it has been declared as the 17th cleanest city in India in Swachh Survekshan 2019. The State has identified Khargone as the model city for cities having the population between 1 to 5 Lakhs. iii) SHAHGANJ - Shahganj has been declared as the 5th cleanest city in less than 1 Lakh population category of Swachh Survekshan 2019. The State has identified Shahganj as the model city for cities having the population below 1 Lakhs.

 The State has identified the following 27 cities/town in different population categories to make them fully compliant to environmental norms.

LIST OF IDENTIFIED CITIES

Model cities S.no. Identified Cities INDORE 1 Bhopal (>10 Lakh Population) 2 Gwalior

3 Jabalpur UJJAIN 4 Burhanpur (3 ‐ 10 Lakh Population) 5 Morena 6 Katni 7 Ratlam 8 Khandwa 9 Sagar KHARGONE 10 Betul (AMRUT Towns | Nagar Palika) 11 Hoshangabad (1 ‐ 3 Lakh Population) 12

13 Neemuch 14 Pithampur 15 Sehore

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Model SHAHGANJ 16 Betul‐Bazar (Betul) Cities (Nagar Parishad) 17 Sohagpur (Hoshangabad) S.No. ( 5 ‐ 30 Thousand Population) 18 Anjad (Barwani)

19 Badnawar (Dhar) 20 Betma (Indore) 21 Kasrawad (Khargaon) 22 Sardarpur (Dhar) 23 Bagli (Dewas) 24 (Neemuch) 25 (Mandsaur) 26 Sailana (Ratlam) 27 Tonk Khurd (Dewas)

Upcoming Model Cities The Hon'ble Tribunal may kindly be pleased to take the status report submitted by the State of MP on record.

Date: - 12.04.2019 Place: - Bhopal Submitted by:- State of Madhya Pradesh

Through Anupam Rajan Principal Secretary Environment Department State Of Madhya Pradesh

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