Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the matter of Ganga pollution Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 10/02/2025. The matter is related to pollution of river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh.

The CPCB had constituted about 50 teams consisting of CPCB officials to undertake surprise and random inspection of 1370 grossly polluting industries (GPIs), 36 sewage treatment plants (STPs) and eight common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) / common chrome recovery unit (CCRU) located in Uttar Pradesh.

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The inspections by the CPCB teams commenced on August 26, 2022 and till November 30, 2024, a total of 1391 inspections have been completed including 1347 GPIs located in 62 districts of Uttar Pradesh, 36 STPs in ten districts and eight CETPs/ CCRU in five districts. The remaining 23 GPIs are under process for inspection.

As per the 145 inspection reports, 76 GPIs were found operational and 69 were found non-operational. Out of the 76 operational GPIs, 34 GPIs were found complying, 40 GPIs were found to be non-complying and 02 units which were found dry operational on the day of inspection were recommended to be re-inspected by UPPCB since the compliance of these units could not be verified.