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First respondent - MoEF & CC submitted a report stating that protection of river etc are within the purview of State Government and it is for the State, Municipalities and urban bodies to look into the issue. Local bodies are expected to maintain and implement Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016 Hazardous and other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016, Bio Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016, E-waste (Management) Rules, 2016 and Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 respectively. Fourth respondent Pollution Control Board is the body to regulate the activities, curtailing pollution as per the provisions of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. First respondent Ministry is supplementing the efforts of State Government in pollution abatement of identified stretches of rivers by providing financial assistance under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) scheme. State Government, apart from their own budgetary allocations, could have assessed financial assistance for creation of sewage infrastructure, including STPs in various cities, towns and other central sector schemes of Union Ministry of Urban Development under their earlier schemes of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small & Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) or now can assess the present scheme of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). Funds have been provided for this purpose. Central Pollution Control Board has given directions under Section 18(1)(b) of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 to all State Governments to make mandatory for local/urban bodies to set up STPs of adequate capacity and provide underground sewage system to cover entire local/urban areas and to bridge treatment capacity gap as well as enforcement of consent management in line with standards for sewage treatment provided therefor.