Lok Sabha Question No. 3190 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: Projects under Namami Gange Mission
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. † 3190

ANSWERED ON 03 .0 8.201 7

## PROJECTS UNDER NAMAM I GANGE MISSION

†3190. DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK'

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

- (a) the funds allocated/released to the States under Namami Gange Mission so far;
- (b) the number of projects being implemented in various States under th is Mission along with their cost;
- (c) the time by which these projects are likely to be completed;
- (d) the present status of checking the discharge of sewerage water into the Ganga rive concerned States including Uttarakhand; and
- (e) the cur rent status of checking discharge of water from polluting industries into the Gan

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  WATER  RESOURCES, RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND GANGA REJUVENATION ( DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BA LYAN )

- (a) The  funds  allocated/released  by  National  Mission  for  Clean  Ganga  (NMCG)  to States/CPSUs/other agencies under Namami Gange Mission so far from Financial year 2014 - 15 to 2017- 18 till 30 th June,2017 is tabulated below.

FY 2014- 15 to 2017 - 18 till 30.06.2017 (Rs. in crores)

| States         | 2014- 15   |   2015- 16 |   2016- 17 | 2017- 18   |
|----------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| Bihar          |            |     120.23 |      82.03 | 0.20       |
| Jharkhand      | 0.97       |      27.83 |      46.18 | 2.47       |
| UP             | 74.58      |     147.58 |     587.17 | 38.22      |
| Uttarakhand    | 4.26       |      30.26 |      30.66 | 16.26      |
| West Bengal    | 73.85      |     185.79 |     114.25 | 0.11       |
| Haryana        |            |      30    |      52.73 |            |
| Delhi          |            |       4.96 |       2.17 | 2.66       |
| Madhya Pradesh |            |       3.39 |       6.5  |            |
| Rajasthan      |            |       0    |      20    |            |
| Total          | 153.66     |     550.04 |     941.69 | 59.52      |

(b) & (c) Total no of 163 projects have been sanctioned under Namami Gange programme at a cost of Rs. 12892.33 crore for various activities such as sewage infrastructure, river front ghat  &  crematoria,  ghat  cleaning,  rural  sanitation,  afforestation  biodiversity  conse Efforts are being made to complete Short term & Medium term projects by 2020.

(d) & (e) Assessment of sewage load through major drains discharging into main stem of Ganga  and  its  major  tributaries  is  carried  out  under  Pollution  Inventorisation,  Asses Surveillance of river Ganga project undertaken by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) under Namami Gange Programme. As per CPCB data of 2016 - 17, 10705 MLD of flow (which includes sewer as well as non - sewer/natural flow) was estimated from 211 drains outfalling in river and  its  trib utaries  namely  Ramganga,  Kali  (East)  and  Pandu.  As  per  condition  assessment feasibility study carried  out by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), sewage gene from the 108 towns located on the main stem of river Ganga was estimated to be 3078 MLD.

As  per  the  CPCB  2016 - 17  data,  1109  Grossly  Polluting  Industries  (GPIs)  have  be identified on the main stem of River Ganga and major Tributaries. Surprise inspection of thes GPIs is done on regular basis for compliance verification as per the industry discharg and action is taken against the defaulting industries as per the provisions contained in Prot ection Act, 1986 and Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.

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