Lok Sabha Question No. 3192 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-12
Subject: Cleaning up of Buddha Nalla in Ludhiana
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Ravneet Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3192

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.07.2019

## CLEANING UP OF BUDHA NALLA IN LUDHIANA

## 3192. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:

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

- (a) whether the Government has sanctioned any funds for the cleaning up of the Buddha Nalla in Ludhiana and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to aid the State Government of Punjab for the purpose and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  intends  to  send  a  team  to  assist  the  municipal council of Ludhiana; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a) to (d) Water is  a  State  subject  therefore  the  State  Governments/concerned local  bodies  to  set  up  proper  facilities  for  collection  &  treatment  of  sewage  being generated  and  ensure  that  untreated  sewage  is  not  discharged  into  the  rivers  / drains.  Buddha  Nalla  is  a  non-perennial  natural  drain,  approximately  51  km  in length, which meets river Sutlej at village Walipur in District Ludhiana, Punjab.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has been supplementing  the  efforts  of  the  State  Governments  in  abatement  of  pollution  of identified  stretches  of  various  rivers  through  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) being implemented through National River Conservation  Directorate  (NRCD),  for  implementation  of  projects  on  cost  sharing basis between the Central and State Governments. The  Ministry  has  sanctioned 20  schemes  at  a  sanctioned  cost  of  Rs.  133.51  crores  for  pollution  abatement  of river  Sutlej  in  the  town  of  Ludhiana.  Under  the  project,  three  sewage  Treatment Plants (STPs) having total capacity of 311 million litre per day (mld) along with other sewerage infrastructure have been created in Ludhiana. In addition a scheme 'In-situ Treatment of Sewage through Bioremediation in Buddha Nalla, Ludhiana, Punjab', at a  sanctioned  cost  of  Rs.  15.28  crore,  was  also  sanctioned  under  NRCP  by  this

Ministry. Under the project, five green bridges (at the downstream of Buddha Nalla before  its  confluence  with  river  Sutlej)  have  been  created  to  improve  the  water quality of Buddha Nalla before it discharges into river Sutlej.

The Ministry has also sanctioned two schemes for construction of Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) having treatment capacity of 40 mld and 15 mld at  a  total  sanctioned  cost  of  Rs.  79.38  crores  to  reduce  the  pollution  load  from industries coming to  Buddha Nalla and ultimately discharging into river Sutlej.  From time to time officials of Ministry and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)  visits the  various  ongoing  project  sites  /  towns  and  give  requisite  assistance  /  advice  / directions  to  take  appropriate  pollution  abatement  measures  by  the  concerned authorities.

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