Lok Sabha Question No. 340 (STARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Conservation/Preservation of Ganga River
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*340

ANSWERED ON 0 9.0 8.2018

## CONSERVATION/PRESERV ATION OF GANGA RIVER

## †*340. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKA SH JOSHI SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS

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

- (a) the details of works executed for conservation/preservation of the Ganga river dur three years in the country;
- (b) the names of the Stat es where maximum works have been executed for the said purpose alo with the reasons for the same; and
- (c) the time by which the said river is likely to be conserved/preserved completely?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEV ELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION , ROAD TRANSPORT  &  HIGHWAYS AND SHIPPING

( SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- ( a) t o (c)  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (A)  TO  (C)  OF  STARRED  QUESTION NO. † *340  TO BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 9 th AUGUST,  2018  REGARDING ' CONSERVATION / PRESERVATION  OF  GANGA  RIVER '    ASKED  BY  SHRI  CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI & SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS,  HON'BLE MPs

- (a) Union G overnment approved ' Namami Gange Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission/ Programme' in  May  2 015  with  a  budget  outlay  of  Rs. 20,000  crore  by  converging  ongoing  programmes  and  ne components to be implemented by 2020. Till date, 221 projects at an estimate d cost of Rs. 22,238 crore have been  sanctioned  for  sewerage  infrast ructure,  bioremediation,  modular Sewage  Treatment  Plant s  (STPs), rural sanitation (construction of Individual Household Latrine (IHHL) across gram panchayat river),  industrial  pollution  abatement,  river  front  development,  ghats  and  crematoria  d evelopment,  ghats cleaning,  river  surface  cleaning,  biodiversity  conservation,  afforestation,  institutional -infrastructure), project implementation support / research and study projects, and composit force.
- (b)Projects are sanctioned by this M inistry as and when proposal is received in National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) for financial assistance. The Stat- wise details of projects and allocation of funds ( years) are as under:
- (c)Cleaning of river is a continuous process and efforts are being made to complete the proj 2020.

In last 3 year s, following works have been undertaken for conservation/preservation of Gan

| S.No.   | Description                               |   No. of Projects |
|---------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 1       | Sewerage Infrastructure                   |                70 |
| 2       | Ghats and Crematoria Development          |                37 |
| 3       | Ghats Cleaning                            |                 3 |
| 4       | Institutional Development Project         |                 9 |
| 5       | Research Studies, Afforestation           |                21 |
| 6       | River Surface Cleaning i.e Trash skimmers |                 1 |
| 7       | Bioremediation                            |                 8 |
| 8       | Modular STP                               |                 1 |
| 9       | IHHL                                      |                 1 |
| 10      | Composite Ecological Task Force           |                 2 |
|         | Total                                     |               153 |

|   S. No. | State         |   No. of projects |   Sanctioned Cost (Rs. in crore) |
|----------|---------------|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|        1 | Uttarakhand   |                35 |                             1164 |
|        2 | Uttar Pradesh |                40 |                             5755 |
|        3 | Bihar         |                27 |                             4273 |
|        4 | Jharkhand     |                 8 |                              139 |
|        5 | West Bengal   |                20 |                             1601 |
|        6 | Delhi         |                 3 |                             1820 |

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