Lok Sabha Question No. 761 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Waste Processing and Recycling in NCR
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 761 TO BE ANSWERED ON NOVEMBER 21, 2019

## WASTE PROCESSING AND RECYCLING IN NCR

## NO. 761.        SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY :

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  amount  of  waste  processed  and  quantity  of  recycled  end  products produced by Construction and Demolition (C & D) waste treatment plants in National Capital Region (NCR);
- (b) whether  it  is  mandatory  for  the  Government  agencies  to  procure  a fraction of their materials from the stock of recycled products from C&D Plants and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the agencies that are running the C & D waste
- plants in NCR along with their financial performance, year-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has considered to nationalise and manage the C & D waste plants in the near future; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefore and whether the Government  has  assessed  the  advantages  of  doing  so  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a)  :    The  amount  of  waste  generated  in  National  Capital  Territory  (NCT)  is 10,500 Metric Tons per day (MT/D), out of which 5,775 MT/D is processed. The figures of waste generated and processed for National Capital Region (NCR) are not separately available.

As  per  the  Annual  Report  for  the  year  2018-19  of  Delhi  Pollution  Control Committee (DPCC), the quantity of recycled end products produced by the three functional  Construction  and  Demolition  (C  &  D)  waste  treatment  plants  in National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi is as under: -

|   S.No. | Name of the recycled product      | Quantity produced during 2018-19   |
|---------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|       1 | Non-structural concrete aggregate | 1,38,613 MT                        |
|       2 | Paving blocks                     | 14,831 m3                          |
|       3 | Granular Sub-Base (GSB)           | 52,955 MT                          |
|       4 | Soil                              | 2,00,511 MT                        |
|       5 | Cement Concrete Bricks            | 3,985 m3                           |

The figures for National Capital Region (NCR) are not separately available.

- (b) As  per  C&D  Waste  Management  Rules,  2016  procurement  of  materials made from C&D waste is mandatory to a certain percentage (say 10 to 20 %) in municipal and Government contracts subject to strict quality control.
- (c) The  three  Construction  and  Demolition  (C  &  D)  waste  treatment  plants running  in  National  Capital  Territory  (NCT)  of  Delhi  are  working  under  Public Private  Partnership  (PPP)  framework  with  Infrastructure  Leasing  &  Financial Services Limited (IL&FSL).
- (d) & (e) - No, Sir. As per the Constitution of India, sanitation is a State subject.

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