Lok Sabha Question No. 236 (STARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Sewerage Treatment Plants
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*236

ANSWERED ON 02 .0 8.2018

## SEWERAGE TREATMENT P LANTS

## †*236. SHRI BHARAT SINGH

|                                                                                                                           | SHRI BHARAT SINGH                                                                                                         |
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| Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:                       | Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:                       |
| ANSWER THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION , ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS AND SHIPPING | ANSWER THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION , ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS AND SHIPPING |
| (a) to                                                                                                                    | (d):A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.                                                                        |

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (A)  TO  (D)  OF  STARRED QUESTION  NO. † *236 T O  BE  ANSWERED IN  LOK  SABHA ON  2 nd AUGUST,  2018 REGARDING ' SEWERAGE TREATMENT  PLANTS ' ASKED BY SHRI  BHARAT SINGH, MP .

- (a) & (b) Wherever feasible, Government is adopting the approach of 'One City -One Operator' which  includes rehabilitation and Operation & Maintenance (O& M) of existing Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in the city / town along with construction a d operation  & Maintenance of new STPs as per the requirement for creating adequate treatment capacity assigned to an operato through open bidding process on hybrid annuity mode. Bunching of smaller cities / towns has a been considered wherever needed to ensure viability.

The Government has approved projects for 15 towns, covered under 10 packages, t awarded on 'one city one operator' approach. The packages and town details are as under:

|   Package No. | Town                  |
|---------------|-----------------------|
|             1 | Kanpur                |
|             1 | Unnao                 |
|             1 | Shuklaganj            |
|             2 | Allahabad             |
|             3 | Mirzapur              |
|             3 | Ghazipur              |
|             4 | Farukhabad            |
|             5 | Kolkata               |
|             6 | Howrah                |
|             6 | Baranagar - Kamarhati |
|             6 | Bally                 |
|             7 | Bhagalpur             |
|             8 | Mathura               |
|             9 | Hugli-Chinsurah       |
|            10 | Maheshtala            |

- (c)The Government has identified 97 towns along main stem of river Ganga. These includ towns in Uttarakhand, 21 towns in Uttar Pradesh, 18 towns in Bihar, 2 towns in Jharkhand towns in West Bengal.
- (d)Cleaning of river is a continuous process and efforts are being made to complete the p the year 2020.

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