Lok Sabha Question No. 1879 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Funds for Namami Gange Programme
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shardaben Anilbhai Patel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1879

ANSWERED ON 22 .09.2020

## FUNDS FOR NAMAMI GAN GE PROGRAMME

## †1879. SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the funds sanctioned by the Government under Namami Gange Programme during the year 201 - 15 to 2019- 20;
- (b) the quantum of funds spent till date, year and State - wise;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  projects  initiated  under  the  said  Programme  and  the  projects  wh completed till date, State - wise; and
- (d) the cost of the above projects, project - wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a)Government of India has launched the Namami Gange Programme in 2014 - 15 for conservation of river Ganga and its tributaries with the total budgetary outlay of Rs.20,000 crore for the period from 20 - 15 till  2020 - 21.  The  final  allocation  for  Namami  Gange  Programe  from  the  financial  year  201 - 15  to financial year 2019 - 20 was Rs.12,324.86 crore.

(b)The details of amount released to State Gove rnments /State Programme Management Groups/CPSUSs/ Other Executing Agencies from the financial year 2014 - 15 to financial year 2020 - 21 (till 31 July 2020), Year- wise and State - wise are annexed as Annexure - I .

(c) & (d) Under the Namami Gange Programme (NGP) for conservation and pollution abatement of River Ganga and its tributaries, a total of 315 projects have been sanctioned at a cost of The projects were sanctioned for various activities such as s ewerage infrastructure, industrial pollut abatement,  Ghats  &  Crematoria,  River  Front  Development,  River  Surface  Cleaning,  Inst Development,  Biodiversity Conservation, Afforestation, Rural Sanitation etc. Out of 315 p projects have b een completed and rest of the projects are at various stages of implementatio incurred as on 31.7.2020 on these projects under NGP is Rs.9066 crore. The details of projec completedand project - wise cost incurred as on 31.7.2020, State - wise are annexed as Annexure - II .

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ANNEXURE - I

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Sabha Unstarred Question No. †1879 to be answered on22.09.2020 on ' FUNDS FOR NAMAMI GAN GE PROGRAMME '.

## The Year- wise and state - wise funds released / expended by National Mission for Clean Ganga: (Rs. in crore)

| State                                                                | FY 2014-15   | FY 2015-16   | FY 2016-17   | FY 2017- 18   | FY 2018-19   | FY 2019-20   | FY 2020- 21*   | Total    |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|----------|
| Uttarakhand                                                          | 4.26         | 37.04        | 43.97        | 242.49        | 341.44       | 128.20       | 4.12           | 801.52   |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                        | 74.58        | 153.35       | 602.90       | 549.88        | 823.77       | 821.09       | 77.06          | 3,102.63 |
| Bihar                                                                | ----         | 124.23       | 82.03        | 367.18        | 673.03       | 1,185.17     | 4.09           | 2,435.73 |
| Jharkhand                                                            | 0.97         | 27.83        | 49.53        | 21.72         | 74.23        | 30.50        | 12.18          | 216.96   |
| West Bengal                                                          | 73.85        | 185.79       | 117.25       | 249.35        | 227.62       | 70.60        | 15.82          | 940.28   |
| Delhi                                                                | ----         | 4.96         | 2.17         | 81.57         | 310.69       | 214.47       | ----           | 613.86   |
| Haryana                                                              | ----         | 30.00        | 52.73        | 6.88          | ----         | ----         | ----           | 89.61    |
| Environmental Planning & Coordination Organization, Jabalpur, Madhya | ----         | 3.39         | 6.50         | ----          | ----         | ----         | ----           | 9.89     |
| Pradesh Urban Improvement Trust, Kota,                               | ----         | ----         | 20.00        | ----          | ----         | ----         | ----           | 20.00    |
| Irrigation Public Health Department, Himachal Pradesh                | & ----       | ----         | ----         | ----          | ----         | ----         | ----           | ----     |
| NMCG's Expenditure including other Basin wide interventions          | 17.33        | 36.01        | 85.73        | 105.94        | 175.76       | 223.06       | 40.89          | 684.72   |
| Total                                                                | 170.99       | 602.60       | 1,062.81     | 1,625.01      | 2,626.54     | 2,673.09     | 154.16         | 8,915.20 |

(* till 31 July  2020)

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Sabha Unstarred Question No. †1879 to be answered on the 22.09.2020 on ' FUNDS FOR NAMAMI GAN GE PROGRAMME '.

(As on July, 2020)

| Sl. No        | Projects Undertaken                            | No of Projects   | Sanctioned Cost (Rs in Cr)   | No of Projects Completed   | Total Expenditure (Rs. in Cr)   |
|---------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Uttarakhand   | Uttarakhand                                    | Uttarakhand      | Uttarakhand                  | Uttarakhand                | Uttarakhand                     |
| 1             | Sewerage Infrastructure                        | 34               | 1151.18                      | 26                         | 524.11                          |
| 2             | Ghats & Crematoria                             | 13               | 259.83                       | 10                         | 177.18                          |
| 3             | Afforestation                                  | 4                | 84.34                        | 3                          | 77.19                           |
| 4             | Ghats Cleaning                                 | 1                | 15.9                         | 0                          | 2.07                            |
| 5             | River Surface Cleaning*                        |                  | 3.09                         | 0                          | 0.91                            |
|               | Sub Total                                      | 52               | 1514.34                      | 39                         | 781.46                          |
| Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh                                  | Uttar Pradesh    | Uttar Pradesh                | Uttar Pradesh              | Uttar Pradesh                   |
| 1             | Sewerage Infrastructure                        | 49               | 10078.24                     | 20                         | 2707.02                         |
| 2             | Ghats & Crematoria                             | 15               | 385.97                       | 11                         | 238.22                          |
| 3             | Afforestation                                  | 5                | 98.3                         | 3                          | 33.51                           |
| 4             | Ghats Cleaning                                 | 2                | 29.64                        | 0                          | 18.26                           |
| 5             | River Surface Cleaning*                        | -                | 12.41                        | 0                          | 3.74                            |
| 6             | Industrial Pollution Abatement                 | 4                | 807.5                        | 0                          | 0                               |
|               | Sub Total                                      | 75               | 11412.06                     | 34                         | 3000.75                         |
| Bihar         | Bihar                                          | Bihar            | Bihar                        | Bihar                      | Bihar                           |
| 1             | Sewerage Infrastructure                        | 30               | 5328.6                       | 2                          | 1205.05                         |
| 2             | Ghats & Crematoria and River Front Development | 15               | 492.01                       | 3                          | 371.72                          |
| 3             | Afforestation                                  | 4                | 63.83                        | 3                          | 57.07                           |
| 4             | River Surface Cleaning*                        | 1                | 3.96                         | 0                          | 1.87                            |
|               | Sub Total                                      | 50               | 5888.4                       | 8                          | 1635.71                         |
| Jharkhand     | Jharkhand                                      | Jharkhand        | Jharkhand                    | Jharkhand                  | Jharkhand                       |
| 1             | Sewerage Infrastructure                        | 2                | 156.12                       | 1                          | 126.23                          |
| 2             | Ghats & Crematoria                             | 4                | 62.07                        | 3                          | 43.72                           |
| 3             | Afforestation                                  | 4                | 24.39                        | 3                          | 20.44                           |
| 4             | River Surface Cleaning*                        |                  | 3.6                          | 0                          | 2.36                            |
|               | Sub Total                                      | 10               | 246.18                       | 7                          | 192.75                          |
| West Bengal   | West Bengal                                    | West Bengal      | West Bengal                  | West Bengal                | West Bengal                     |
| 1             | Sewerage Infrastructure                        | 22               | 3815.97                      | 3                          | 1077.5                          |
| 2             | Ghats & Crematoria                             | 29               | 226.16                       | 24                         | 192.95                          |
| 3             | Afforestation                                  | 4                | 35.45                        | 3                          | 15.58                           |
| 4             | River Surface Cleaning*                        |                  | 7.38                         | 0                          | 2.51                            |
| Sub Total     | Sub Total                                      | 55               | 4084.96                      | 30                         | 1288.54                         |

….Continued

| Sl. No              | Projects Undertaken                                                                                 | No of Projects      | Sanctioned Cost (Rs in Cr)   | No of Projects Completed   | Total Expenditure (Rs. in Cr)   |
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Delhi               | Delhi                                                                                               | Delhi               | Delhi                        | Delhi                      | Delhi                           |
| 1                   | Sewerage Infrastructure                                                                             | 11                  | 2361.08                      | 0                          | 618.4                           |
| 2                   | River Surface Cleaning*                                                                             |                     | 3.09                         | 0                          | 1.31                            |
|                     | Sub Total                                                                                           | 11                  | 2364.17                      | 0                          | 619.71                          |
| Haryana             | Haryana                                                                                             | Haryana             | Haryana                      | Haryana                    | Haryana                         |
| 1                   | Sewerage Infrastructure                                                                             | 2                   | 217.87                       | 2                          | 217.94                          |
|                     | Sub Total                                                                                           | 2                   | 217.87                       | 2                          | 217.94                          |
| Himachal Pradesh    | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                    | Himachal Pradesh    | Himachal Pradesh             | Himachal Pradesh           | Himachal Pradesh                |
| 1                   | Sewerage Infrastructure                                                                             | 1                   | 11.57                        | 0                          | -                               |
|                     | Sub Total                                                                                           | 1                   | 11.57                        | 0                          | -                               |
| Basin wide projects | Basin wide projects                                                                                 | Basin wide projects | Basin wide projects          | Basin wide projects        | Basin wide projects             |
| 1                   | Biodiversity                                                                                        | 8                   | 150.54                       | 4                          | 32.39                           |
| 2                   | Rural Sanitation (Ganga Main Stem States )                                                          | 1                   | 1421.26                      | 0                          | 1020.44                         |
| 3                   | Other Projects (Bio remediation, Water Quality Monitoring, Public Outreach, Ganga Knowledge Center) | 50                  | 1542.76                      | 8                          | 276.13                          |
|                     | Sub Total                                                                                           | 59                  | 3114.56                      | 12                         | 1328.96                         |
|                     | Grand Total                                                                                         | 315                 | 28854.11                     | 132                        | 9065.82                         |

Note: 1. * 01  project  sanctioned  under    'River  Surface  Cleaning'  in  the  State  of  Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Delhi at a total cost of Rs.33.53 cro

2.  The expenditure shown also includes States' share in some of the projects.

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