Lok Sabha Question No. 1308 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-09
Subject: Pollution in Rivers/Lakes
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: JAGDAMBIKA PAL

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1308

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2018

## Pollution in Rivers/Lakes

1308. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  scheme  for  prevention  of pollution in rivers, ponds and lakes and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the funds allocated to various agencies for implementation of programmes relating  to  prevention  of  pollution  in  rivers,  lakes  and  ground  water  all  over  the country during the last three years and the current year, year-wise, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) whether the funds was spent for the purpose for which it was allotted;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor along with the steps taken by the Government to ensure proper utilisation of funds meant for prevention of pollution; and
- (e) whether  the  European  Union  (EU)  has  offered/provided  any  financial assistance for the preservation of natural lakes/rivers in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) to (d) Pollution abatement of rivers, lakes and ponds is a continuous and ongoing  process.    It  is  the  responsibility  of  the  State  Governments/  concerned local bodies to set up proper facilities for collection, transportation and treatment of sewage for abatement of pollution of rivers, lakes & ponds. This Ministry has been supplementing the efforts of the State Governments in abatement of pollution and conservation of rivers, lakes & wetlands under the programmes of National River Conservation Plan (NRCP)  and National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems  (NPCA),  on  a  cost  sharing  basis  between  the  Central  and  State Governments.

NRCP has so far covered polluted stretches of 32 rivers  in 76 towns spread over 14 States in the country at a sanctioned cost of Rs. 4579.56 crore (excluding Ganga and its tributaries), and Central share of Rs. 2207.97 crore has been released to the State Governments for implementation of various pollution abatement schemes.   Sewage treatment capacity of  2455.43 mld  (million litres per day)  has  been created so far under the NRCP.  Details of the funds released to various State Governments for pollution abatement of rivers under NRCP during the last three years and current year are at Annexure-I.

State Governments, apart from their own budgetary allocation, are also accessing  financial  assistance  for  creation  of  sewerage  infrastructure,  including STPs,  in  various  cities/towns  under  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Smart Cities Mission of Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs  as  well  as  Namami  Gange  programme  of  Ministry  of  Water  Resources, River  Development  &  Ganga  Rejuvenation  (MoWR,RD&GR).  The  details  of amount spent by National  Mission  for  Clean  Ganga  (NMCG)  of  MoWR,RD&GR under  Namami  Gange  programme,  including  Uttar  Pradesh,    during  last  three years and current year  is at Annexure -II.

Under NPCA, an amount of Rs. 167.96 crore has been released so far to the  States  and  other  organizations  for  conservation  and  management  of  82 identified  wetlands  in  the  country.  Similarly,  this  Ministry  has  so  far  sanctioned projects for conservation of 64 lakes at a total cost of Rs. 1118.08 crores. So far, Central share of Rs.719.627 crore has been released to the State Governments for the sanctioned projects and work on 36 lakes has been completed.  Details of the funds released to various State Governments under NPCA during last three years and current year are at Annexure-III.

The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation  is  also  implementing  the  scheme  of  Repair,  Renovation  and Restoration  (RRR)  of  water  bodies,  including  ponds  and  tanks,  which  aims  at improving  catchment  areas  of  tanks  commands,  increase  in  storage  capacity, ground  water  recharge,  improvement  in  agriculture  and  increased  availability  of drinking water.

Funds for  implementation  of  pollution  abatement  schemes  under  NRCP  & NPCA are released by this Ministry in a phased manner to the concerned States based  on  progress  of  work  and  on  receipt  of  Utilization  Certificates  as  well  as Physical and Financial Progress Reports from the States.  The reports on physical progress  of  works  as  well  as  Utilization  Certificates  are  examined  and  unspent balances are taken into account before releasing the next installment of funds.  In addition,  regular  review  of  progress  of  implementation  of  schemes  by  Central Government/State Government officers, including undertaking site visits, is carried out.

(e) No financial assistance has been received so far from European Union (EU) for  conservation  of  rivers,  lakes  and  wetlands  under  the  schemes  of  NRCP  & NPCA.

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## Annexure - I

Annexure-I referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1308 to be answered on Friday, the 9 th February, 2018 on 'Pollution in Rivers/Lakes'

Details of the funds released to the State Government during the last three years and current year for pollution abatement of various rivers (excluding Ganga and its tributaries) under NRCP

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | State                              | River                  | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18 (till date)   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|
| 1.        | Gujarat                            | Sabarmati & Mindola    | 44.00     | 24.12     | 71.40     | 62.00                 |
| 2.        | Maharashtra                        | Mula Mutha             | --        | 4.99      | 21.00     | --                    |
| 3.        | Punjab                             | Ghaggar, Beas & Satluj | 28.80     | 17.61     | --        | 50.00                 |
| 4.        | Kerala                             | Pamba                  | --        | 5.00      | --        | --                    |
| 5.        | Sikkim                             | Rani Chu               | --        | 1.00      | 5.00      | 12.00                 |
| 6.        | Nagaland                           | Diphu & Dhansiri       | --        | 10.00     | --        | 5.00                  |
| 7.        | Odisha                             | Coastal Area (Puri)    | --        | --        | --        | 1.99                  |
| 8.        | Goa                                | Sal                    | --        | --        | --        | 3.00                  |
| 9.        | General / Miscellaneous activities | --                     | 4.79      | 4.00      | 1.59      | 0                     |
| Total     | Total                              |                        | 77.59     | 66.72     | 98.99     | 133.99                |

## Annexure - II

## Annexure-II referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1308 to be answered on Friday, the 9 th February, 2018 on 'Pollution in Rivers/Lakes'

The details of amount spent by National Mission for Clean Ganga for conservation of river Ganga and tributaries

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | State                                                        | 2014-2015   | 2015-2016   | 2016-2017   | 2017-2018* (till 30.11.2017)   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.        | Uttarakhand                                                  | 4.26        | 30.26       | 30.66       | 75.49                          |
| 2.        | Uttar Pradesh                                                | 74.58       | 147.58      | 587.17      | 107.91                         |
| 3.        | Bihar                                                        | --          | 120.23      | 82.03       | 14.20                          |
| 4.        | Jharkhand                                                    | 0.97        | 27.83       | 46.18       | 7.57                           |
| 5.        | West Bengal                                                  | 73.85       | 185.79      | 114.25      | 37.37                          |
| 6.        | Haryana                                                      | --          | 30.00       | 52.73       | --                             |
| 7.        | Delhi                                                        | --          | 4.96        | 2.17        | 47.86                          |
| 8.        | Environmental Planning & Coordination Organization, Jabalpur | --          | 3.39        | 6.50        | --                             |
| 9.        | Urban Improvement Trust, Kota                                | --          | ---         | 20.0        | --                             |
| 10        | NMCG Exp                                                     | 17.08       | 30.78       | 64.18       | 30.97                          |
| 11.       | E.I.L                                                        | --          | 5.77        | 15.73       | 37.73                          |
| 12.       | N.B.C.C                                                      | --          | 4.00        | --          | 7.08                           |
| 13.       | WAPCOS Ltd                                                   | --          | 6.78        | 13.31       | 14.26                          |
| 14.       | NPCC                                                         | --          | --          | 3.35        | 6.59                           |
| 15.       | EPIL                                                         | --          | --          | 3.00        | --                             |
| 16.       | CPCB                                                         | --          | 1.86        | 6.94        | 8.35                           |
| 17.       | Wild life Institute                                          | --          | --          | 10.23       | --                             |
| 18.       | C.E.E, Lucknow                                               | 0.25        | 0.35        | 0.89        | --                             |
| 19.       | NEERI, Nagpur                                                | --          | 1.68        | 2.81        | 0.49                           |
| 20.       | F.R.I                                                        | --          | 1.33        | --          | 0.99                           |
| 21.       | CIFRI                                                        | --          | 0.01        | 0.68        | --                             |
| 22.       | NYKS                                                         | --          | --          | --          | 4.00                           |
| 23.       | PCDA (GTF)                                                   | --          | --          | --          | 30.34                          |
| 24.       | NGT                                                          | --          | --          | --          | 0.10                           |
|           | Total                                                        | 170.99      | 602.60      | 1062.81     | 431.29                         |

## Annexure - III

## Annexure-III referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1308 to be answered on Friday, the 9 th February, 2018 on 'Pollution in Rivers/Lakes'

Details  of  State-wise  and  year-wise  funds  released  to  the  State  Governments  during last  three  years  and  current  year  for  conservation  and  management  of  lakes  and wetlands under the NPCA scheme

(Rs. in crore)

| S.No   | State           | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18 ( till date)   |
|--------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------|
| 1      | Bihar           | -         | -         | -         | 3.607                  |
| 2      | Gujarat         | -         | 1.585     | -         | -                      |
| 3      | Haryana         | 0.626     | 0.285     | 0.652     | -                      |
| 4      | H.P             | -         |           | 0.870     | 0.989                  |
| 5      | Jammu & Kashmir | -         | 15.00     | -         | 23.82                  |
| 6      | Karnataka       | -         | -         | 2.28      | -                      |
| 7      | Kerala          | -         | -         | -         | -                      |
| 8      | Madhya Pradesh  | 2.50      | 4.90      | 12.00     | 3.424                  |
| 9      | Manipur         | 0.601     | 0.465     | 1.031     | 0.928                  |
| 10     | Mizoram         | 0.789     | 1.08      | 0.585     | 0.985                  |
| 11     | Nagaland        | 1.11      | -         | 0.42      | -                      |
| 12     | Odisha          | -         | -         | 0.399     | 6.184                  |
| 13     | Puducherry      | -         | 0.415     | 0.10      | 0.30                   |
| 14     | Punjab          | -         | 1.521     | -         | -                      |
| 15     | Rajasthan       | 25.66     | 10.95     | 13.56     | 1.54                   |
| 16     | Sikkim          | -         | 0.779     | 0.714     | 0.834                  |
| 17     | Tamil Nadu      | 0.311     | -         | -         | 1.057                  |
| 18     | Uttar Pradesh   | 5.069     | 1.241     | 26.172    | -                      |
| 19     | West Bengal     | -         | 0.918     | 1.013     | -                      |
|        | Total           | 36.666    | 39.139    | 59.796    | 43.668                 |