Lok Sabha Question No. 3107 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-05
Subject: Mini-Sewage Treatment Plants
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3107

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.01.2018

## Mini-Sewage Treatment Plants

3107. SHRI  PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether the Government proposes to set up mini-sewage treatment plants in the country including Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Madhya Pradesh;
- (c) whether the sewage waste generation in the country is increasing; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to address the situation?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a)  to (d) It  is  the  responsibility  of  the  State  Governments  /  concerned  local bodies  to  set  up  facilities  for  collection,  treatment  &  proper  disposal  of  sewage generated  in    their  jurisdiction.    Capacities  of  large  and  small  /  mini  sewage treatment  plants  (STPs)  are  decided  by  the  State  Governments  /  concerned  local bodies based on sewage generation and other local conditions such as availability of land & regular power for the STP, configuration of the existing sewerage system, the treatment technology selected etc.  The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has not proposed to set up only mini sewage treatment plants in the country.

The sewage generation in the country is increasing due to increase in population and rapid urbanization. As per a report published by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)  in  March,  2015,  the  sewage  generation  from  urban  areas  in  the  country, including    Madhya  Pradesh,  is  estimated  at  61,948  million  litres  per  day  (mld), against  which  a  sewage  treatment  capacity  of  23,277  mld,  or  37%  of  the  sewage generation is available.

State  Governments,  apart  from  their  own  budgetary  allocations,  are  also accessing  financial  assistance  for  creation  of  sewerage  infrastructure,  including sewage  treatment  plants  (STPs),  in  various  cities/towns  under  Atal  Mission  for Rejuvenation  and  urban  Transformation  (AMRUT)  and  Smart  Cities  Mission  of Ministry of Urban Development as well as Namami Gange programme of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

This Ministry  has  been  supplementing the efforts of the  State  Governments in abatement of pollution in identified stretches of various rivers under National River Conservation Plan (NRCP). NRCP has so far covered polluted stretches of 31 rivers 75 towns spread over 14 States in the country at a sanctioned cost of Rs. 4517.82 crore  and  Central  share  of  Rs. 2180.97  crore  has  been  released  to  various  State Governments,  including  Madhya  Pradesh,  for  implementation  of  various  pollution abatement schemes. Sewage treatment capacity of 2455.43 mld (million litres per day) has been created so far under the NRCP, of which 7.95 mld was established in Madhya Pradesh.

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