Lok Sabha Question No. 3767 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: Cleaning of Ganga River under Namami Gange Mission
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE

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

## LOK SABHA

## UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 3767

ANSWERED ON 03.01 .201 9

## CLEANING OF GANGA RI VER UNDER NAMAMI GAN GE MISSION

## 3767. SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE

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

(a) the amount spent under Namami Gange Mission to clean the Ganga river from 2014 till and the extent of success achieved in this regard so far;

(b ) whether the Ganga river water has been cleaned in any of the cities situated on its (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the time by which the water of Ganga river i cleaned?

## ANSWER

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

(DR.  SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a)  to  (c) Government  of  India  is  supplementing  the  efforts  of  the  state  governments addressing the pollution of river Ganga by providing financial assistance to the states Gange Programme is an umbrella programme which integrates previous and currently on going initiatives  by  enhancing  efficiency,  extracting  synergies  and  supplementing  them  wit comprehensive & better coordinated interventions.

Till, 30 th Nov 2018, 254 projects of sewerage infrastructure, bioremediation, modu Sewage  Treatment  Plants  (STPs),  rural  sanitation,  industrial  pollution  abatement,  ri development,  construction  of  ghats  and  crematoria  development,  ghat  cleaning,  river  s rface cleaning, biodiversity and afforestation, composite ecological task force and capacity have been sanctioned at a cost of approx.  Rs.24,672 crore.

Under sewerage infrastructure, till, 30 th Nov 2018, 131 projects (105 on Ganga & 26 on tribu taries)  of  sewerage  infrastr ucture  at  sanctioned  cost  of  Rs. 19,742  crore  have  been sanctioned for creation of 3083 Million Litres per Day (MLD) new Sewage Treatment Pl (STP)  capacity,  rehabilitation  of  886  MLD  STP  capacity  and  laying  of  approx.  4871 sewerage networks. Till date, 31 projects of pollution abatement have been completed whi resulted in laying of 2268 Km sewer networks and creation of 560 MLD of sewage treatm plant capacity in Ganga basin.

An amount of Rs. Rs.4 ,994.10 crore has been spent against t he total released amount of Rs. 6,131.22 crore from 2014 - 15 to 2018 (till 30 th November 2018).

Under  the  Namami  Gange  programme,  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  is carrying out the water quality monitoring of ri ver Ganga. Comparison of recent observed water quality indicates that Dissolved Oxygen which is an indicator of river health has been be within acceptable limits of notified primary bathing water quality criteria and sati support  the  ec osystem  of  river  across  all  seasons  and  also  for  almost  entire  stretch Ganga.

Due  to  various  pollution  abatement  initiatives  taken  by  the  Government,  under Namami Gange programme, the river Ganga water quality assessment in 2018 has shown tr end of improved water quality as compared to 2017.  The Dissolved Oxygen levels have improve 39 locations, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) levels and Faecal Coliforms have decreased 42 and 47 locations, respectively.

Some stretches, where the improvement has been observed are:

- ( i ) Down stream (D/s) Rishikesh
- ( ii ) Har- Ki-Pauri Ghat
- ( iii ) Kanpur Up stream (U/s) (Ranighat)
- ( iv ) Tarighat (Ghazipur)
- ( v) Narora (Bulandsahar)
- ( vi ) Kachhla Ghat, Aligarh
- ( vii ) Buxar
- ( viii ) Mokama (D/S)
- ( ix ) U/S Munger
- ( x) Uluberia
- ( xi ) Dakshineshwar
- ( xii ) Diamond Harbour

Cleaning of the river is a continuous process and efforts are being made to compl projects by the year 2020 for creating adequate Sewage Treatment Capacity.

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