Lok Sabha Question No. 3283 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-15
Subject: Beautification of Ganga River Ghats
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. †3283

ANSWERED ON 15.0 3.201 8

## BEAUTIFICATION OF GA NGA RIVER GHATS

## †3283. SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI

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

- (a) the funds allocated during the last three years for cleaning the Ganga river and beaut ghats;
- (b) the number of ghats beautified so f ar under the Riverfront Development Scheme in the countr State - wise; and
- (c) the number of drains and industrial plants identified and action taken against them f waste materials in the Ganga river in each State of the country especially U ttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

( DR. SATYA PAL SINGH )

- (a) An amount of Rs. 3633.00 crore has been allocated during the last three years (2014 - 15 to - 6 17) for Cleaning the Ganga river and beautification of its ghats.
- (b)  Under  the  Namami  Gange  programme,  till  date  a  total  of  361  ghats  have  been  sancti construction  and  beautificati on  (including  the  ghats  sanctioned  under National  Ganga  River  Basin Authority programme) and out of these 228 ghats have been completed and rest are under v stages of construction. State - wise details are as under: -

| S. No.   | State         |   No. of Ghats Sanctioned |   No. completed |
|----------|---------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
| 1        | Uttarakhand   |                        23 |               2 |
| 2        | Uttar Pradesh |                        88 |              20 |
| 3        | Bihar         |                        34 |              16 |
| 4        | Jharkhand     |                        12 |               1 |
| 5        | West Bengal   |                       204 |             189 |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL         |                       361 |             228 |

- (c)154 Priority Drains and 1109 Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs) have been identified a state -wise details given below:

Priority Drains discharging into main stem of River Ganga

| State/ Phase/Segment   | No. of priority drains   | No. of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs)   |
|------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 12                     | 68                       | Uttarakhand                                  |
| 59                     | 955                      | Uttar Pradesh                                |
| 22                     | 40                       | Bihar                                        |
| 2                      | 0                        | Jharkhand                                    |
| 59                     | 46                       | West Bengal                                  |
| Total 154              |                          | 1109                                         |

The Government has taken following measures for pollution abatement in river Ganga.

- ( i ) Surprise  inspection  of  Grossly  Polluting  Industries  (GPIs)  is  carried  out  for verification of the stipulated environmental norms. 1109 GPIs have been identified on of  river  Ganga  and  its  tributaries.  Out  of  1109  GPIs  inspected,  538  wer e  found  to  be  non -complying, out of which 358 have been issued closure directions and 180 have been issu cause notices.
- ( ii ) Implementation of water conservation measures in key industrial sectors namely Distil & Paper, Sugar, Textile and Tannery.
- ( iii )Installation of Online Continuous Effluent Monitoring System (OCEMS) has been initia assessment of effluent quality and compliance status. Out of 1109 GPIs, OCEMS connectiv been established in 753 out of 1 109 GPIs.
- ( iv ) Establishment/Upgradation of Sewage treatment Plants and Common Effluent Treatment Pl (CETPs) for the towns located on Ganga main stem and its tribuatries. The estimated generation of Ganga front towns as per year 2035 is 3603 MLD and capacity of existing STPs is 1584 MLD. 100 sewerage infrastructure projects have been sanctioned, out of which 20 ha completed and remaining projects are in different stages of execution which will lead addition of 1607 MLD.
- ( v) With respec t to industrial effluents, consent management for compliance of standards enforced  by StatePollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)/ Pollution  Control  Committees (PCCs)  to improve the water quality of the rivers.

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