Lok Sabha Question No. 1795 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Utilisation of Funds under Namami Gange Mission
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: VINCENT H PALA

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 1795

ANSWERED ON 28 .12.2017

## UTILISATION OF FUNDS UNDER NAMAMI GANGE M ISSION

## 1795. SHRI VINCENT H. PALA

## Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

(a) the present status of all the initiatives/projects taken up under the Namami Gange Mis

(b)  the  quantum  of  funds  sanctioned  and  utilised  thereund er  since  its  announcement  and  the achievements made in this regard so far;

(c) whether the funds allocated for the project were under - utilised and if so, the reasons therefor;

(d) the most recent pollution levels in the river in comparison to its earlier pollution levels; and

(e) the details of waste treatment that has been carried out during the last three years year?

## ANSWER

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

( DR. SATYA PAL SINGH )

(a)  &  (b) Government  of  India  has  launched  Namami  Gange  Programme  in  May  2015  for conservation of river Ganga with total outlay of Rs 20,000 crores. Namami Gange Programme is a holistic approach to clean Ganga through various acti v ties such as treatment of municipal sewage treatment  of  industrial  effluent,  river  surface  cleaning,  rural  sanitation,  ghats  &  cr afforestation,  biodiversity,  awareness  creation  &  public  outreach  etc.  Total  187  pro 16713.17 cro res have been sanctioned for such activities, out of which, 47 have been complet An amount of Rs. 2,267.69 crore has been spent against the actual released amount of Rs crore by Government of India till 30 November, 2017.

(c ) Funds allocated for the projects could not be fully utilised due to various reasons . During the implementation  of  projects,  some  bottlenecks  like  delay  in  tendering  process,  retende -availability of land, legal issues, natural calamities (like floo ds, landslides, etc.), delay in permissi from local authorities on road cutting/crossing etc. have been experienced. The issues with continuous coordination with the state government at various levels, field visits a monitoring. Effective steps are being taken to overcome these difficulties by capacity build Programme Management Groups (SPMGs) and close interaction with State Authorities. However new projects attempts are made to address such problems at the initi al stage itself.

- (d) Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  assesses  water  quality  of  river  Ganga  in  5 association with respective State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) on monthly basis.

The overall water quality of Ganga for the period 2014 - 16 is given in the table below:

| YEAR    | TEMPERATURE ºC   | TEMPERATURE ºC   | D.O. (mg/l)   | D.O. (mg/l)   | pH   | pH   | CONDUCTIVITY (µmhos/cm)   | CONDUCTIVITY (µmhos/cm)   | B.O.D. (mg/l)   | B.O.D. (mg/l)   | FECAL COLIFORM (MPN/100ml)   | FECAL COLIFORM (MPN/100ml)   | TOTAL COLIFORM (MPN/100ml)   | TOTAL COLIFORM (MPN/100ml)   |
|---------|------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|------|------|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|         | Min              | Max              | Min           | Max           | Min  | Max  | Min                       | Max                       | Min             | Max             | Min                          | Max                          | Min                          | Max                          |
| 2014    | 13               | 35 2.8           | 11.1          | 6.3           | 8.9  |      | 42                        | 6320                      | 0               | 12              | 370                          | 1300000                      | 4                            | 5000000                      |
| 2015 12 |                  | 40 2.9           | 11.6          | 6.7           |      | 9.3  | 153                       | 6250                      | 0.4             | 16              | 370                          | 700000                       | 2                            | 1400000                      |
| 2016    | 5                | 36 2.5           | 10.6          | 6.3           | 8.7  |      | 98                        | 13370                     | 0.0             | 12.2            | 220                          | 300000                       | 21                           | 500000                       |

As can be seen from the above table, water quality of Ganga w.r.t key parameters is during the period 2014 -2016

- (e) As per the inventorization of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) under Pollution Inventorizat Assessment and Surveillance (PIAS) project, carried out by Central Pollution Control Boar 67 STPs are located on the main stem of river Ganga. The installed capacity of the STP 1209 MLD. CPCB monitored 64 STPs out of 67 and based on latest inspection, only 32 treatment f have been observed to be functional with capacity of 675.7 MLD.

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