Lok Sabha Question No. 4730 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-30
Subject: Sewage Treatment Plants under GAP
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: RAJ KUMAR SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4730 ANSWERED ON 30.03.2017

## SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS UNDER GAP

## 4730.         SHRI R.K. SINGH

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

(a) whether the Government has formulated any schemes for ensuring that untreated sewerage or drainage is not discharged  into  the  Ganga  river  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  cities  selected  for  the  purpose including the current status of such schemes;

(b)  the  present  status  of  construction  of  sewerage,  drainage  and  sewage  treatment  plants  in  towns  and  cities along the river Ganga under the Ganga Action Plan (GAP); and

(c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  complete  the  incomplete  works  under  the  said  schemes/plan  and integrate them with the present plan and if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION (SHRI VIJAY GOEL)

(a) Namami Gange aims to focus on pollution abatement interventions namely Interception, diversion & treatment  of  waste  water  flowing  through  the  open  drains  through  bio-remediation  /  appropriate  in-situ treatment / use of innovative technologies / Sewage Treatment Plant (STPs) / Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs); rehabilitation and augmentation of existing STPs and Immediate short term measures for arresting pollution at exit  points  on  river  front  to  prevent  inflow  of  sewage  etc.  into  the  river;  Common  Effluent  Treatment  Plant (CETP) for major industrial clusters and Operation & Maintenance (O&M) for a definite period etc. Apart from these  projects,  interventions  on  rural  sanitation,  river  front  development  /  management,  solid  waste  /  pious refuse management, sewerage network, river surface cleaning, afforestation and bio-diversity conservation also included.

Under  Namami Gange Programme till 20th March 2017, 145 projects are sanctioned at an estimated cost of Rs 10,730.71 Crores. Out of these 72 projects are sanctioned for creation of 932.84 million litres per day (MLD) new STP and rehabilitation of 1091.00 MLD of STP and laying/rehabilitation of 4031.41 km sewer network for abatement of pollution in river Ganga and Yamuna. Till date 13 projects are completed which has created  198.13  MLD  STP  capacity  (153.1  MLD  for  river  Ganga  and  45  MLD  for  Yamuna  River)  and  laid 1147.75 km of sewerage network.

(b)        Under  Ganga  Action  Plan  (GAP-I)  and  GAP-II,  1098.31  MLD  sewage  treatment  capacity  has  been created. 261 projects were approved at an estimated cost of Rs. 462.04 Crore. GAP-I was completed in 2000 at a total expenditure of Rs. 455.73 Crore. All schemes under GAP - 1 have been completed. Under GAP-II, 314 projects were approved at an estimated cost of Rs 591.05 Crore. Total fund released by Government of India was Rs. 522.11 Crore. Later GAP scheme was merged with National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) in 1996.

(c) Namami Gange (Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission under National Ganga River Basin Authority) programme was introduced in 2014 as an umbrella programme, with the aim of integrating previous & currently ongoing  initiatives by enhancing  efficiency, extracting synergies and supplementing  them  with  more comprehensive & better coordinated interventions. The Cabinet approved the Namami Gange programme on 13 th May, 2015 for Rs. 20,000 crore. Component A of the Namami Gange program comprises of all the ongoing programme  including  existing  projects  sanctioned  under  National  Ganga  River  Basin  Authority  (NGRBA) programme.

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