Lok Sabha Question No. 1952 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-14
Subject: Cleaning of Rivers
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: M. K. RAGHAVAN, NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE, RAMCHARAN BOHARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1952

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2017

## Cleaning of Rivers

1952. SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN: SHRI NANA PATOLE: SHRI RAM CHARAN BOHRA:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  is  any  proposal  to  clean  rivers  across  the  country  including Kallayi, Gomati, Shipra and Wainganga and restore them to their pristine glory, apart from river Ganga;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise including Kerala;
- (c) whether the Government has fixed any timeline for cleaning of the rivers and renovation of ghats situated on the banks of these rivers and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has reviewed the progress of cleaning of rivers/ major rivers  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  and  the  outcome  thereof  along  with  the expenditure incurred thereon, river and State-wise;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  sought  financial  assistance  from  the  world bank/international agencies/nongovernmental organizations for cleaning the rivers and if so, the details thereof, agency-wise; and
- (f) the  details  of  funds  received  by  the  Government  from  such  agencies  for cleaning of rivers in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) to (d) Pollution abatement of rivers is a continuous and ongoing process. State Governments/  concerned  local  bodies  are  responsible  for  setting  up  facilities  for collection, transportation and treatment of sewage as well as proper disposal of dead bodies for abatement of pollution of rivers. This Ministry has been supplementing the efforts  of  the  State  Governments  in  abatement  of  pollution  in  identified  stretches  of various rivers in the country under National River Conservation Plan (NRCP).  NRCP (excluding Ganga and its tributaries which is handled by Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation from 01.08.2014 onwards) has covered polluted stretches of 31 rivers in 75 towns spread over 14 States at a sanctioned cost of Rs. 4517.82 crore. So far, Central share of  Rs. 2056.58 crore has been released to the  State  Governments  for  implementation  of  various  pollution  abatement  schemes and  sewage  treatment  capacity  of  2445.71  million  litres  per  day  (mld)  has  been created under the NRCP programme (excluding Ganga & its tributaries).  The details of rivers covered, sanctioned cost, funds released to the States and sewage treatment capacity created under NRCP, State-wise, including Kerala, are given at Annexure.

Kallayi  river  in  Kerala  is  not  covered  under  NRCP,  since  no  proposal  for pollution  abatement  of  the  river  has  been  received  from  the  State  Government. However,  works  at  a  sanctioned  cost  of  Rs.1.01  crore  have  been  implemented  for pollution abatement of river Wainganga in  3 towns in Madhya Pradesh  and treatment capacity of 1.95 mld has been created under NRCP.   Similarly, works at a sanctioned cost of Rs.318.79 crore have been implemented for pollution abatement of river Gomti in  3  towns  in  Uttar  Pradesh    and    treatment  capacity  of  392  mld  has  been  created under  the  programme.      For  pollution  abatement  of  river  Kshipra,  works  at  a sanctioned  cost  of  Rs.  18.05  crore  have  been  implemented  in  Ujjain  in    Madhya Pradesh and treatment capacity of 55.46 mld has been created under the programme. The  work  of  rivers  Gomti  and  Kshipra,  which  are  tributaries  of  Ganga,  is  being handled by Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuivenation (MoWR, RD&GR) from 01.08.2014 onwards.

(e) & (f) Under  the  NRCP  programme  (which  commenced  in  the  year  1995), financial assistance have been received from various foreign agencies, as per details given below :

|   Sl. No. | Project                                                                    | Donor Agency                                                    | Type of assistance   |   Sanctioned cost of project (Rs. crore) |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Pollution abatement of river Gomti at Lucknow (implemented from 1995-1999) | Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom | Grant                |                                     7.04 |
|         2 | Pollution abatement of river Ganga at Kanpur (implemented from 1997-2004)  | Government of Netherlands                                       | Grant                |                                    82.26 |
|         3 | Yamuna Action Plan Phase-I & II (implemented from 1993-2012)               | Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)                   | Loan                 |                                  1366.45 |
|         4 | Pollution abatement of Mula Mutha River at Pune' (commenced in 2016)       | Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)                   | Loan                 |                                   990.26 |

In addition, loan assistance is also being received by MoWR, RD & GR from World Bank & JICA for the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA)/Namami Gange programme.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1952 to be answered on 14 th  March on 'Cleaning of Rivers'

## State-wise details of rivers covered under National River Conservation Plan (excluding Ganga and its tributaries)

| S. No.   | State          | Rivers covered                                      |   Sanctioned Cost (Rs. in crore) | Funds Released (Rs. in crore)   |   STP Capacity created (in mld) |
|----------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh | Godavari                                            |                            21.79 |                                 |                           30    |
| 2        | Telangana      | Godavari & Musi                                     |                           345.72 | 259.80                          |                          621.46 |
| 3        | Jharkhand      | Subarnarekha                                        |                             3.14 | 4.26                            |                            0    |
| 4        | Gujarat        | Sabarmati & Mindola                                 |                           808.53 | 260.86                          |                          285    |
| 5        | Goa            | Mandovi                                             |                            14.1  | 9.26                            |                           12.5  |
| 6        | Karnataka      | Tunga, Bhadra, Tungabhadra, Cauvery & Pennar        |                            66.25 | 47.83                           |                           41.64 |
| 7        | Maharashtra    | Godavari, Tapi, Krishna, Panchganga & Mula Mutha.   |                          1182.86 | 177.20                          |                          260    |
| 8        | Madhya Pradesh | Wainganga, Narmada & Tapti.                         |                            20.16 | 12.46                           |                            7.95 |
| 9        | Odisha         | Brahmini & Mahanadi                                 |                            92.74 | 61.41                           |                           53.3  |
| 10       | Punjab         | Ghaggar, Beas & Satluj                              |                           774.43 | 466.16                          |                          648.2  |
| 11       | Tamil Nadu     | Adyar, Cooum, Vaigai, Vennar, Cauvery & Tamrabarani |                           905.78 | 623.65                          |                          477.66 |
| 12       | Kerala         | Pamba                                               |                            18.45 | 7.78                            |                            0    |
| 13       | Sikkim         | Rani Chu                                            |                           181.09 | 111.41                          |                            8    |
| 14       | Nagaland       | Diphu and Dhansiri                                  |                            82.8  | 14.50                           |                            0    |
| Total    |                |                                                     |                          4517.84 | 2056.58                         |                         2445.71 |