Lok Sabha Question No. 237 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-19
Subject: Cleaning of Ganga River
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: ASHWINI KUMAR

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 237

ANSWERED ON 19.0 7.201 8

## CLEANING OF GANGA RI VER

## 237. SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR

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

(a) the status of cleaning of Ganga river as on date;

- (b) the percentage of cleaning done till date; and
- (c) the time by which the whole Ganga river is likely to be cleaned?

## ANSWER

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

## ( DR. SATYA PAL SINGH )

(a) & (b) River cleaning and development is a continuous process and National Mission for Clean Ganga  (NMCG)  supplements  the  efforts  of  state  government  in  cleaning  of  river  by  pro financial  assistance  to  the  state  government.  NMCG  has  sanctioned  a  total  of  105  pro sewerage infrastructure in Ganga basin states at an estimated cost of Rs . 17484.97 crores for river cleaning and Ganga rejuvenation. Out of these, 25 sewerage infrastructure projects have s completed  resulting  into  creation  of  approximately  421  MLD  additional  STP  capacity  th construction/ rehabilitation and approximately 2050 KM new sewer lines have been laid. Rest o the projects are under different stages of execution.

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) carries out water quality monitoring o Ganga from Gangotri to West Bengal. Comparison of observed water quality (2017) with bathing water quality criteria indicates that Dissolved Oxygen which is an indicator of river hea found to be within acceptable limits of notified primary water quality criteria and sa to support  the  ecosystem  of  river  across  all  seasons  and  for  almost  entire  stretch  of  r Biochemical  Oxygen  Demand  (BOD)  is  found  above  acceptable  limit  in  part  of  stret downstream of Haridwar to Kannauj, at Kanpur, at Allahabad, at Varanasi; and some stretches in West  Bengal  (e.g.  Bahrampore,  Serampore,  Palta,  Dakhshineswar,  Howrah,  Garden  Reac Uluberia and Diamond Harbour).

The  river  water  quality  monitoring  carried  out  in  2017  indicates  improvement  in quality trends as compared to 2016.  The Dissolved Oxygen levels are improving at 33 locat and  is  above  the  quality  requirements  of  5  mg/l.  Biological  Oxygen  Demand  (BOD)  level reducing which is an improvement, at 26 locations and coliform bacteria count is red ucing which is an improvement, at 30 locations.

Some examples of stretches showing improvements are:

- a) Ganga at Rishikesh U/S
- b) Ganga at Haridwar D/S
- c) Ganga at Allahabad D/S (Sangam),
- d) Ganga at Kanpur D/S (Jajmau Pumping Station)
- e) Ganga at Varanasi U/S (Assighat)
6. f ) Ganga at Buxar, Ramrekhaghat
- g) Ganga at Punpun, Patna
- h) Ganga at Diamond Harbour
9. i ) Ganga at Garden Reach
10. j ) Ganga at Baharampur
- k) Ganga at Howrah Shivpur

(c) The  Central  Government  approved  the  'Namami  Gange'  program  on  13th  May,  2015  as comprehensiveapproach to rejuvenate the river Ganga and all its tributaries under one umb consolidating the existing ongoing efforts and planning for a concrete action plan for Also, as per the mandate of NMCG, all the projects have a targeted compl etion by 2020.

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