Lok Sabha Question No. 870 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-17
Subject: Rural Sanitation Strategy
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Nayab Singh, Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva, John Barla, Pradeep Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO . 870 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.09.2020

## RURAL SANITATION STRATEGY

†870. SHRI NAYAB SINGH: SHRIMATI RATHVA GITABEN VAJESINGBHAI: SHRI JOHN BARLA: SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the key areas under the Rural Sanitation Strategy (2019-2020) formulated by the Government;
- (b) the details of technology being used for grey water treatment;
- (c) the steps being taken for black water sludge management;
- (d) the steps undertaken in this regard in the State of Haryana;
- (e) the details of technology being used for plastic treatment; and
- (f) the manner in which bio-waste is being treated and used thereunder?

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## ANSWER (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

(a)   Government had launched Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) [SBM(G)] with effect from 2 nd October, 2014 with the goal to achieve universal sanitation coverage by providing access to toilets to all rural households in the country by 2 nd October, 2019. Second phase of SBM(G) has been approved  by the Government to be  implemented  from 2020-21 to 2024-25.  A 10-year rural  sanitation  strategy  2019-2029  has  also  been  launched.    The  main  components  of  the programme are construction of  individual  household  latrines, community sanitary complexes, solid and liquid waste management (SLWM), and Information, Education and Communication (IEC).  SLWM includes biodegradable and  non-biodegradable waste management, greywater management and faecal sludge management.

(b) For greywater treatment, the suggested technology options are construction of soak pits/ leach pits/ magic  pits/  Waste  Stabilisation  Ponds/  Constructed  Wetlands/  Decentralized Wastewater  Treatment  System  (DEWATS),  etc.    However,  the  States  have  been  given flexibility to choose the technology best suited to the local conditions.

- (c) Regarding  faecal  sludge  (including  black  water) management, under SBM(G),  on-site sanitation system is recommended, such as construction of twin leach pit toilets, in which fecal matter  is  treated  on-site.    However,  for  some  households  having  septic  tanks  or  single  pit

toilets, especially in densely populated or large peri-urban villages, faecal sludge management system can be planned.

(d) As per the information furnished by the State of Haryana in its Annual Implementation Plans,  the  activities  taken-up  by  the  State  are  -  construction  of  sheds for  solid  waste management, construction of compost pits, bio-gas plant, waste stabilisation ponds, etc.

(e) The  main  components  of  plastic  waste  management  are  -  (i)  door  to  door  and  street collection of  non-biodegradable wastes  including plastics, (ii) construction of sheds at village for  segregation  and  transportation  of  the  waste  to  Material  Recovery  Facility,  (iii)  sale  of plastics that have value to recyclers, (iv) shredding/bailing of plastic waste at material recovery facility, (v) disposal of the shredded plastics by using in road construction or co-processing in cement industries.

(f) The bio-waste is bio-degradable and invariably treated with suitable technologies (like composting etc) and products generated are being used as manure in rural areas.