Lok Sabha Question No. 2639 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Solid Waste Management
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, SUDHEER GUPTA, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 2639

ANSWERED ON 02.0 8.201 8

## SOLID WASTE MANAGEME NT

| 2639.   | SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR   | SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO   |
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Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether any meeting has been held recently to discuss the progress of Solid Waste Manageme projects and also for development of ghats and crematoria in five States along the Ganga river;

(b) if so, the details along with the outcome thereof;

(c) the nam es of the towns identified for SWM projects along this river through Sewage Treatm State - wise;

(d)  whether  the  Ganga  basin  States  have  been  instructed  to  achieve  100%  Solid  Waste  Manag December, 2018;

(e) if so, the details thereof alo ng with the response of the State Governments thereto; and

(f)  the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  for  trapping  of  solid  waste  enterin through drains, disposal of the collected waste from ghats and river banks?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  WATER  RESOURCES, RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND  GANGA REJUVENATION & HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

## ( DR. SATYA PAL SINGH )

(a) & (b) A meeting was held between Hon'ble Minister for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation and Hon'ble Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs along with other concerned officials on  9 - 7- 2018  to  review  the  Solid  Waste  Management  (SWM)  projects  in  97  Ganga  towns  in  the  St Uttarakhand,  Uttar  Pradesh,  Bihar,  Jharkhand,  and  West  Bengal.  It was  decided  to  continue  pursuing  th respective State Governments for taking up SWM projects as required.

Under Namami Gange programme the development of ghats and crematoria are also being taken up a the progress on the same is reviewed regularly in meeting with concerned stakeholders at the l General, NMCG. A total of 63 projects are sanctioned for River Front Development and developmen hats and Crematoria at an estimated cost of Rs . 1197 Cr. Out of these 24 projects are completed and other p are at various stages of implementation.

(c) to (e) There is no correlation between 'identification of name of town for solid waste management' and 'through sewage treatment plants'.

97 towns along river Ganga have been identified for solid waste management. The list of enclosed at Annexure - I .

Secretary - MoHUA  has  addressed the Chief Secretaries of all the five Ga nga States to submit Action Plan, with timelines for achieving the objectives by December 2018 so that the progress in th regularly  monitored  by  MoHUA.  The  focus  in  the  letter  was  for  the  states  to  finalize  the Reports  (DPRs )  for  Solid  Waste  Management  activities  and  seek  central  assistance  under  SBM - U  as  per guidelines.

The Status reported by the States is as under:

| State         | Total Waste Generation (TPD)   | Status of Waste Processing Plant(s) (all capacities are   | Status of Waste Processing Plant(s) (all capacities are   | Status of Waste Processing Plant(s) (all capacities are   | Status of Waste Processing Plant(s) (all capacities are   | Status of Waste Processing Plant(s) (all capacities are   |
|---------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| State         | Total Waste Generation (TPD)   | Plant Operational                                         | Under Construction                                        | DPR approved                                              | DPR submitted for approval                                | DPR to be Prepared                                        |
| Uttarakhand   | 306                            | 255                                                       | -                                                         | 23                                                        | 12                                                        | 57                                                        |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3145                           | 2725                                                      | 180                                                       | 98                                                        | 106                                                       | 173                                                       |
| Bihar         | 1,861                          | 82                                                        | 900                                                       |                                                           | 240                                                       | 549                                                       |
| Jharkhand     | 27                             | -                                                         | -                                                         | 27                                                        | -                                                         | -                                                         |
| West Bengal   | 6001                           | 909                                                       | 465                                                       | 519                                                       | 55                                                        | 4053                                                      |

## (f) The Government has taken various other interventions to arrest the solid waste entering in include

- a) Deployment of trash skimmers at 11 locations for removal of floating trash from the river.
- b) 24X7 ghatcleaning project at Varanasi to regularly clean, collect waste and hand over was its processing  & disposal. Similar projects have been  approved for 5 more towns namel Bithoor, Kanpur, Allahabad and Mathura - Vrindavan.
- c) States have be en advised for making adequate arrangements for the drains joining the river, least 1 km from the river confluence, for trapping the solid waste entry to rivers and it on  top  priority,  such  as  screens,  in  the  drains.  Ministr y  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  has  been coordinating & monitoring this with the States.

These interventions are taken up in co - ordination with concerned urban local body to ensure th collected waste is removed and taken for further processing and disposal.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part s (c )to (e) of Unstarred Question No. 2639 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 02.08.2018 regarding ' Solid Waste Management '.

## List of Towns, Along Main Stem of River Ganga,  Identified for Solid Waste Management

| S.no.         | Town               |               |
|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
| Uttarakhand   | Uttarakhand        |               |
| 1             | Haridwar           |               |
| 2             | Rishikesh          |               |
| 3             | Muni -ki -Reti     |               |
| 4             | Tapovan            |               |
| 5             | Chamoli- Gopeshwar |               |
| 6             | Srinagar           |               |
| 7             | Uttarkashi         |               |
| 8             | Joshimath          |               |
| 9             | Rudraprayag        |               |
| 10            | Gauchar            |               |
| 11            | Karanprayag        |               |
| 12            | Devprayag          |               |
| 13            | Badrinath          |               |
| 14            | Nandprayag         |               |
| 15            | Kirtinagar         |               |
| 16            | Gangotri           |               |
| Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh      | Uttar Pradesh |
| 1             | Kanpur             |               |
| 2             | Varanasi           |               |
| 3             | Allahabad          |               |
| 4             | Farrukhabad        |               |
| 5             | Mirzapur           |               |
| 6             | Ghazipur           |               |
| 7             | Mughalsarai        |               |
| 8             | Ballia             |               |
| 9             | Bijnore            |               |
| 10            | Kannauj            |               |
| 11            | Gangaghat          |               |
| 12            | Ram Nagar          |               |
| 13            | GarhMukteshwar     |               |
| 14            | Chunar             |               |
| 15            | Anupshahar         |               |
| 16            | Hastinapur         |               |
| 17            | Saidpur            |               |
| 18            | Narora             |               |
| 19            | Babrala            |               |
| 20            | Allahabad          |               |
| 21            | Bithoor            |               |
| Bihar         | Bihar              | Bihar         |
| 1             | Patna              |               |
| 2             | Bhagalpur          |               |
| 3             | Munger             |               |

| S.no.       | Town              |
|-------------|-------------------|
| 4           | Chhapra           |
| 5           | Danapur           |
| 6           | Hajipur           |
| 7           | Buxar             |
| 8           | Jamalpur          |
| 9           | Begusarai         |
| 10          | Barh              |
| 11          | Mokameh           |
| 12          | Sultanganj        |
| 13          | Fatuha            |
| 14          | Bakhtiyarpur      |
| 15          | Barahiya          |
| 16          | Sonepur           |
| 17          | Kahelgaon         |
| 18          | Barauni           |
| Jharkhand   | Jharkhand         |
| 1           | Sahebganj         |
| 2           | Rajmahal          |
| West Bengal | West Bengal       |
| 1           | Baidyabati        |
| 2           | Bansberia         |
| 3           | Baranagar         |
| 4           | Berhampore        |
| 5           | Bhadreswar        |
| 6           | Bhatpara          |
| 7           | Budge Budge       |
| 8           | Chakdah           |
| 9           | Champdany         |
| 10          | Chandannagore MC  |
| 11          | Dhulian           |
| 12          | Diamond Harbour   |
| 13          | Garulia           |
| 14          | Gayeshpur Haldia  |
| 15          |                   |
| 16          | Halisahar         |
| 17          | Hooghly Chinsurah |
| 18          | Howrah MC         |
| 19 20       | Jangipur          |
|             | Jiaganj -Azimganj |
| 21          | Kalyani           |
| 24          | Katwa             |

|   S.no. | Town              |
|---------|-------------------|
|      25 | Khardah           |
|      26 | Kolkata MC        |
|      27 | Konnagar          |
|      28 | Krishnanagar      |
|      29 | Maheshtala        |
|      30 | Murshidabad       |
|      31 | Nabadwip          |
|      32 | Naihati           |
|      33 | North Barrackpore |
|      34 | Panihati          |
|      35 | Rishra            |
|      36 | Santipur          |
|      37 | Serampore         |
|      38 | Titagarh          |
|      39 | Uluberia          |
|      40 | UttarparaKotrung  |