Lok Sabha Question No. 911 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Discharge of Waste into Ganga River
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: RAM KUMAR SHARMA KUSHWAHA, VEENA DEVI

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. †911

ANSWERED ON 07.0 2.201 9

## DISCHARGE OF WASTE I NTO GANGA RIVER

†911.

SHRI RAM KUM AR SHARMA SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI

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

- (a) whether liquid and solid waste of municipal areas of almost 97 cities is being disch kilometre stretch of Ganga river and if so, the facts in this regard;
- (b) whether several projects have been formulated for management of the said wast e during the last five years;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the names of States where the waste management pro implemented and completed by indicating the capacity of each such project; and
- (d) the quantity of liquid and solid waste from municipal areas which is being/ has been discharged i Ganga river and processed till December, 2018?

## ANSWER

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

( DR. SATYA PAL SINGH )

- (a) to (d) Against the estimated sewage generation of 2953 Million Litres Per Day (MLD) fro towns along main stem of river Ganga, the current sewage treatment capacity in the towns Ganga is 2232 mld, including 410 mld sewage treatment through East Kolkata Wetland. Further, pro for creation of 819 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) capacity are at advanced stages of com addition, projects for creation of 731.5 MLD are under tendering process after approval.

Since May 2014, a total of 196 projects have been sanctioned under Namami Gange progr the towns located along river Ganga. 77 projects have been sanctioned for municipal sewage as per following state wise breakup:

|   Sl | State         |   No. of proje cts sanctioned since May 2014 |   New STP Capacity Sanctioned (MLD) |   Sanctioned Cost in Crore) |
|------|---------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|    1 | Uttarakhand   |                                           21 |                              131.75 |                      894.95 |
|    2 | Uttar Pradesh |                                           17 |                              260.5  |                     4329.8  |
|    3 | Bihar         |                                           25 |                              527.5  |                     4894.19 |
|    4 | Jharkhand     |                                            1 |                                3.5  |                       56.76 |
|    5 | West Bengal   |                                           13 |                              325.8  |                     1994.01 |
|    6 | Total         |                                           77 |                             1249.05 |                    12169.7  |

In  addition,  2  common  effluent  treatment  plant  (CETP)  projects  for  industrial management for Kanpur Tanneries cluster and Mathura Textile Processing industries cluste been sanctioned.

Against the estimated municipal solid waste generation of 11,729 TPD from the 97 tow along  river  Ganga,  the  current  installed  solid  waste  processing  capacity  is  3,786  TP projects for 3,058 TPD have been approved and under different stages of implementation s per the following state - wise details.

| Sl   | State         | Waste Generation (TPD)   | Available processing Capacity (TPD)   |   No. of New Project approved. | Approved Processing under Implementation (TPD   |
|------|---------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 1    | Uttarakhand   | 350                      | 175                                   |                              6 | 44                                              |
| 2    | Uttar Pradesh | 3,275                    | 1,637                                 |                             17 | 557                                             |
| 3    | Bihar         | 1,940                    | 82                                    |                             17 | 1,840                                           |
| 4    | Jharkhand     | 32                       | 10                                    |                              1 | 22                                              |
| 5    | West Bengal   | 6,132                    | 1,882                                 |                             10 | 595                                             |
|      | Total         | 11,729                   | 3,786                                 |                             51 | 3,058                                           |

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