Lok Sabha Question No. 1751 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Sewage Treatment Plants
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: SRIRAM MALYADRI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1751

## TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 26, 2017

## SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS

No.1751  SHRI MALYADRI SRIRAM:

Will the Minister of HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS  be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  increase  the  capacity  of
- existing  sewage  treatment  plants  or  install  more  sewage  treatment plants to meet the gap in demand and supply;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)    whether  the  Government  proposes  to  decentralize  more  sewage
- treatment plants;
- (d)  if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e)  the plans of the Government to tackle the issue of underutilization
- of the existing sewage treatment plants?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a)to(d) The Govt. has launched the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Tranformation (AMRUT) on 25.06.2015 for basic urban infrastructure developments in 500 Mission cities/towns. Sewerage is one  of the admissible components  eligible  for grant of Central Assistance  under  it.    It  consists  of  (i)    Decentralised,  networked underground  sewerage  systems,  including  augmentation  of  existing sewerage systems and sewage treatment plants, (ii) rehabilitation of old sewerage system and treatment plant.

Under the Mission, the Centre  approves the State Annual Action Plans  (SAAPs)  submitted  by  the  States/  UTs.  The  State  Govt.'s concerned  have  been  empowered  to  select  individual  projects  to  be taken  up,  prepare,  appraise  and    approve  the  DPRs  and  thereafter

implements  the  projects. The  Centre  has  already  approved  1 st &  2 nd SAAP and have also considered/ approved the third and final SAAP of all  36 States/UTs.  The details of sewerage projects proposed by the States/ UTs  state-wise, year-wise under AMRUT  is  attached at Annexure-I

(e)  One  focus  area  of  AMRUT  is  to  provide  sewerage  connections  to households. This will result in maximizing capacity utilisation, wherever surplus capacity is available.

ANNEXURE-I Annexure referred to in reply to part (a)-(d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1751 for answer on 26 th  July, 2017 Details of Sewerage Projects proposed by States in approved SAAP  under AMRUT

(Rs. in crore)

|   Sl. no. | Name of State/UT     |   2015-16 |   2016-17 | 3 rd & final SAAP   |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|---------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh       |      0    |    268.49 | 260.64              |
|         2 | A &N Islands         |      0    |      0    |                     |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh    |     23    |     15    |                     |
|         4 | Assam                |     31.95 |      0    |                     |
|         5 | Bihar                |      0    |      0    | 37.74               |
|         6 | Chandigarh           |      1    |      0    | 60.00               |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh         |    122.79 |    320.65 | 4.00                |
|         8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |      0    |      0    |                     |
|         9 | Daman & Diu          |      4.44 |      5.75 |                     |
|        10 | Delhi                |    104    |    150    |                     |
|        11 | Goa                  |      7.71 |     10.5  | 0                   |
|        12 | Gujarat              |    916.07 |    628.8  | 1089.50             |
|        13 | Haryana              |    200    |    219.67 |                     |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh     |     37.28 |     20.31 | 27.07               |
|        15 | Jammu & Kashmir      |     50.5  |     26    | 38.42               |
|        16 | Jharkhand            |    116.36 |    130.8  | 196.94              |
|        17 | Karnataka            |    612.65 |    727.24 | 1061.47             |
|        18 | Kerala               |    171.79 |    216.65 |                     |
|        19 | Lakshadweep          |      0    |      0    |                     |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh       |    925.65 |   1207.79 | 1578.81             |
|        21 | Maharashtra          |    223.1  |    963.52 | 2529.00             |
|        22 | Manipur              |      0    |      0    |                     |
|        23 | Meghalaya            |     22.22 |     26    |                     |
|        24 | Mizoram              |      4.06 |      3.67 | 6.00                |
|        25 | Nagaland             |      2.5  |      0    |                     |
|        26 | Odisha               |     52.86 |     20.55 | 84.40               |
|        27 | Puducherry           |      6    |      4.5  |                     |
|        28 | Punjab               |    296.5  |    613.6  |                     |

| 29   | Rajasthan             | 555.00        |   786.25 | 766.50   |
|------|-----------------------|---------------|----------|----------|
| 30   | Sikkim                | 0.00          |     0    |          |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu            | 33.71 1974.42 |  3287.29 |          |
| 32   | Telangana             | 18.34         |    40    |          |
| 33   | Tripura               | 2.50          |     5    |          |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh 1697.62 | 1795.         |  2149.46 |          |
| 35   | Uttarakhand           | 39.36         |    97.4  | 88.98    |
| 36   | West Bengal           | 0.00          |   297.6  |          |
|      | Total                 | 6278.96       | 10576    | 13266.22 |