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12. Joint Committee made inspection at the unit of PP-1 on 26.08.2020 and its report dated 01.10.2020 contains following conclusions and recommendations:

"14. Conclusion and Recommendations The Unit manufactures soft drink, juice & package drinking water and wherein the groundwater is main raw material. The Unit is located in Bisrakh block of Gautambudhanagar which falls under over-exploited category as per the Grounder Water Resource Assessment, 2017 of CGWB. Since September 2018, the unit is extracting groundwater without any NOC from the CGWA. The Unit during the visit found partially operational and not at its optimum capacity. The ETP was found operational during the visit and found conforming the discharge norms. The Unit also manufactures PET bottles for packaging of its drinking water/mineral water, however, the unit has not registered for the EPR Certification with CPCB/SPCB, as applicable, which is a violation under Rules 13 (2) of the Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016 as amended 2018.

Finally, it is to submit that both the Units has applied to CGWA before the expiry of last NOC issued by CGWA & also applied to the UPGWD/State Authority for registration of borewell & NOC for withdrawal of groundwater and borewells has been registered by the UPGWD, however the NOC is yet to be issued by UPGWD. The is observed the both the Unit is abstracting groundwater without paying any abstraction fees/withdrawal charges. Therefore, both the Unit may be levied groundwater abstraction charges and charges may be calculated since expiry date of their NOC by UPGWD as per Overexploited areas "charges and NOC conditions may be fixed in accordance to over-exploited areas"

The Model Groundwater (Sustainable Management) Bill, 2020 circulated by Central Ground Water Authority, Ministry of Jal Shakti to CPCB was also reviewed and comments were provided on concerns related to Groundwater use.

The draft policy on safe reuse of Used Water is under review. The policy document was debated amongst stakeholder organisations on November 11, 2020 and is under the process of finalisation by MoJS.

The issue of groundwater is being addressed by Union Government through the actions cited above. It is anticipated that the actions proposed will yield positive results and the goals set for sustainable management of ground water will be met." Reply dated 01.02.2021 filed by Ministry of Jal Shakti and CGWA i.e., respondents 2, 3 and 4 in Appeal:

64. Indians, in ancient times, had well developed concepts of groundwater occurrence, distribution and utilization. Ancient literature also reveals that hydrologic indicators such as physiographic features, termite mounds, soils, flora, fauna, rocks and minerals were used to detect presence of groundwater. In Vrhat Sanhita, chapter 54, we find a detailed description of variation in the height of water table with place, hot and cold springs, ground water utilization by means of wells, construction methods of well and requisite equipments. Chapter 54 of Vrhat Sanhita is named as 'Dakargala'. As early as 550 A.D., Varamihira presented a simple method for obtaining potable water from a contaminated source of water. Efficient water use, lining of canals, construction of dams, tanks, essential requirements for the construction of good tanks, bank protection methods, spillways and other minor aspects were given due consideration in ancient times in India.