Lok Sabha Question No. 3082 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: Foreign Aid for Namami Gange Mission
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 3082

ANSWERED ON 03 .0 8.201 7

## FOREIGN AID FOR NAMA MI GANGE MISSION

## 3082. SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

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

(a) the time - frame  set  for completion of the Namami Gange Mission by the Union Governmen along with the present status of its implementation;

- (b) the qu antum of foreign aid received under the Mission, country - wise; and

(c) the steps taken by the Union Government to clean the upper surface of the Ganga River prevent the drains of the cities and toxic industrial effluents from falling into the riv er?

## ANSWER

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

( DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN )

(a)    Cleaning  of  river  is  a  continuous  process.  The  Government  has  launched  Namami  G Programme covering short term, medium term and long term activities. Under Short term ac certain entry level activities which covers development of Ghat crematoria & river surfac activities etc have been taken up.

Under Medium term acti vities existing sewage treatment plant and Effluent treatment are being upgraded and new Sewage Treatment Plants, (STPs) & Effluent Treatment Plants ( are being established. Beside, rural sanitation has been taken up in the villages on the of river Ganga.

The  long  term  action  plan  involves  restoration  of  wholesomeness  of  river  Ganga maintaining the ecological & geological integrity of river.

Short term & Medium term projects are likely to be completed by 2020.    Under Na Gange Programme total 163 projects for various activities such as sewage infrastructure, development, ghat & crematoria, ghat cleaning, rural sanitation etc. have been sanction 163 projects 41 numbers of projects have been completed so far.

(b)    Japan  International  Co - operation  Agency  (JICA)  has  sanctioned  two  loans  for  Japanese  Y 11.184 billion for Varanasi Project under Ganga Action Plan -II and Japanese Yen 32.571 billion for Sewage Projects in Delhi under Yamuna Action Plan -III.

World Bank has sanctioned a loan of US $ 1 billion for funding Institutional Develo for  construction  of  priority  infrastructure  projects  for  municipal  waste  water  treatm waste treatment on the main stem of Ganga in the five Ganga basin states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal.

Government of India has withdrawn a cumulative amount of US $ 91.26 million (Rs. 5 crore) under this loan till date.

(c) Upper  surface  of  river  is  be ing  cleaned  by  deploying  Trash  skimmer.  At  present  11  tras skimmers have been deployed in city of K olkata, N abadwip, Patna, Sahibganj, Delhi, Allahabad, Haridwar, Varanasi, Garhmukteshawar, Kanpur, and Mathura - Vrindawan  under Namami Gange Programme.  To prevent  the  discharge  from  municipal  towns  falling  into  the  river,  s infrastructure projects are being taken up. Discharge of effluents from industrial uni monitored  by  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  and  State  Pollution  Control  Bo rds (SPCBs). Actions are being taken by CPCB and SPCBs against non - compliant industries under the provision of Environment Protection Act, 1986 and Water (Prevention and Control of Pol Act, 1974.

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