Lok Sabha Question No. 2239 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-08
Subject: STPs for Ganga River Cleaning
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: MAUSAM NOOR

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

## LOK SABHA

## UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 2239

ANSWERED ON 08.0 3.201 8

## STP sFOR GANGA RIVER CLEA NING

## 2239. SHRIMATI MAUSAM NOOR

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

- (a) whether any policy or plan has been conceived by the Government to curb the flow of Ganga river by setting up Sewage Treatment Plants ( STPs) in 10 major cities on a pilot basis;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the cities included in the plan on pilot basis;
- (c) whether the cities cited in the pilot project are identified as major contributors water flowin g into Ganga river;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the further steps to be taken to curb the flow of sewer water in the said river?

## ANSWER

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

## ( DR. SATYA PAL SINGH )

- (a)  to  (e) The  Namami  Gange  programme  has  been  focusing  on  rejuvenation  of  river  Ganga  t various  initiatives  including  curbing  of  flow  of  sewage  in  the  river  Ganga  by  settin treatment plants (STPs).

National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has identified 97 towns located along mai river Ganga having an estimated sewage generation of 2953 million litres per day (mld) for interventions.  Of  this  1967  mld  (65%)  is  generated  from  10  ma jor  towns  namely  Haridwar,  Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Farukhabad, Patna, Bhagalpur, Kolkata, Howrah and Bally. The detail generation & STP capacity in these 10 towns is as under:

under

| S. No.   | Town       |   Estimated Sewage generation (mld) - 2016 | Existing f unctional STP Capacity available (mld)   |   Additional STP capacity construction / approved (mld) 2035 demand |
|----------|------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Haridwar   |                                        114 | 45                                                  |                                                                  82 |
| 2        | Farukhabad |                                         33 | 2.7                                                 |                                                                  35 |
| 3        | Kanpur     |                                        375 | 414                                                 |                                                                  88 |
| 4        | Allahabad  |                                        188 | 268                                                 |                                                                  72 |
| 5        | Varanasi   |                                        236 | 102                                                 |                                                                 310 |
| 6        | Patna      |                                        234 | 0                                                   |                                                                 350 |
| 7        | Bhagalpur  |                                         47 | 0                                                   |                                                                  65 |
| 8        | Kolkata    |                                        570 | 206*                                                |                                                                  26 |
| 9        | Howrah     |                                        136 | 27                                                  |                                                                  65 |
| 10       | Bally      |                                         34 | 30                                                  |                                                                  40 |
|          |            |                                       1967 | 1094.7*                                             |                                                                1133 |

For cleaning of river Ganga, apart from sewage treatment, various other measures such industrial  effluent,  in - situ  bioremediation  of  drains,  river  surface  cleaning,  rural  sanita crematoria works, afforestation, biodiversity con servation, awareness creation & public outreach e are also being undertaken.

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