Lok Sabha Question No. 724 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-17
Subject: Funds for River Development
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Kunwar Danish Ali

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

## REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 724 ANSWERED ON 17.09.2020

## FUNDS FOR RIVER DEVE LOPMENT

## 724. KUNWAR DANISH ALI

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)the steps being taken by the Government for the river development and Ga nga rejuven tion in the country so far

(b) the quantum of funds allocated and utilised for the river development and Ganga re juvenation in the country; and

(c) whether the Ganga Rejuvenation is likely to be completed in fixed time and if so, the de and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

( a)to (c) The following steps have been taken for River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation:

1. As per constitutional provisions, the subject of Flood management including erosion cont within the purview of the States. The flood management & anti - erosion  schemes  are  planned, investigated and implemented by the State Government with own resources as per priority the State. The Union Government only renders assistance to States which is technical, a catalyti c  and  promotional  in  nature.  Government  of  India  launched  a  Flood  Managemen Programme durin g XI Plan with an outlay of Rs. 8000 crore for providing central assistance to th State Governments for taking up works related to river management, flood control, anti - erosion, drainage development, flood proofing works restoration of damaged flood management wor and  anti -sea  erosion  works.  The  Government  of  India  approved  the  continuation  of  'Flood Management Programme' during XII Plan (2012 -17) with an outlay of Rs. 10,000.00 Crore.
2. A t otal of 522 schemes costing Rs. 13238.37 Cr were approved du ring XI (420 projects costing Rs. 7857.08 Cr) Plan a nd XII (102 Projects costing Rs. 5381.29 Cr) P lan. A Central Assistance of Rs. 4873.07 Cr was released during XI (Rs. 3566.00Cr) and (Rs 1307.07 Cr) Plan.

3. A comprehensive scheme titled 'Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP)' with an outlay of Rs. 3342.00 Cr (FMP - Rs 2642 Cr & RMBA - Rs 700 Cr) for period 2017 - 2020 with  merged  components  from  the existing  Flood  Management  Programme  (FMP)  and  River Management Activities & Works related to Border Areas (RMBA) schemes during XII Five Yea Plan has been approved by the Union Cabinet on 07 - Mar - 2019 and aims at completion of the on -going projects already approved under FMP.
4. Central assistance of Rs. 562.67 Cr was released during the year 2017 - 18. A Central assistance of Rs. 428.2 Cr has been released during the year 2018 - 19. A Central assistance of Rs. 546.09 Cr has been  released  during  the  year  2019 - 20.  Thu s,  since  start  of  XI  Plan,  total  Ce ntral  Assistance released in Rs. 6410.03 Cr till date. The State -wise details of works approved and funds released are given at Annexure - I
5. The Government of India (GOI) set up the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in August 2011  as  a  Special  Purpose  Vehicle  for  implementing  the  National  Ganga  River  Basin  Pr (NGRBP) launched by GOI for cleaning of Ganga River. During FY2014 - 15, GOI launched the Namami  Gange  Program  for  rejuvenation  of  Ganga  and  its  tributaries  w hich  subsumes  all ongoing projects under NGRBP.
6. The  budget  for  the  programme  is  provided  in  the  Union  Budget  of  Government  of  Ind Governmen t  of  India  has  allocated  Rs.13, 043.97  crore  for  rejuvenation  of  River  Ganga from Financial Year 2011 - 2 to 2020 - 21 (till 31 August 2020).
7. Cleaning of river is a continuous process and the projects taken up for Ganga rejuvena expected to be completed within the targeted period.
8. Government of  India is  supplementing the efforts of the State Governments in addres sing the challenges of pollution  of rivers by providing financial and technical assistance. As provided to State Governments for abatement of pollution in identified stretches of vari (excluding river Ganga  and its tributaries) under t he Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National River  Conservation  Plan  (NRCP)  on  cost  sharing  basis  between  the  Central  and  S Governments for taking up various pollution abatement works relating to interception & di of raw sewage, construction of sew erage systems, setting up of sewage treatment plants, low co sanitation, river front/bathing ghat development, etc.
9. The NRCP has so far covered polluted stretches of 34 rivers in 77 towns spread over 16 S the country with a sanctioned cost of Rs. 5870.54 crore. A Central share of Rs.2530.63 crore has been  released  to  the  State  Governments  for  implementation  of  various  pollution  abat scheme sewage treatment capacity of 2522.03 million litres per day (mld) has been create the programme.

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## ANNEXURE - I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTs  ( a)  to  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.724 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 17.09.2020 REGARDING ' FUNDS FOR RIVER DEVELOPMENT '

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| State (Rs   | in Cr) Sl. State   |                |                  |             | Approved, Works completed   | Approved, Works completed   | Approved, Works completed   | and Funds released under Flood   | and Funds released under Flood   | and Funds released under Flood   | and Funds released under Flood            | and Funds released under Flood   |                   |                   |                         | start of XI Plan   |
|-------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|-------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
| State (Rs   | in Cr) Sl. State   | Works Approved | Works Approved   | Funds       | Release Works Approved      | Release Works Approved      | Funds Released              | Works Approved Works complet     | Works Approved Works complet     | Works shift ed/ closed           | fore Works going per EFC - FMBAP 2017- 20 | on Funds Released (XI Plan)      | 8 Funds release d | 9 Funds release d | 2019- 20 Funds released | start of XI Plan   |
| State (Rs   | in Cr) Sl. State   | Nos.           | Estimate d Cost  | d (XI Plan) | Nos.                        | Estimate d Cost             | (XII Plan)                  | Nos. d Cost                      | ed Estimate                      | Works shift ed/ closed           | fore Works going per EFC - FMBAP 2017- 20 | as +XII                          | 8 Funds release d | 9 Funds release d | 2019- 20 Funds released | ed                 |
| 1.          | Arunachal Pradesh  | 21             | 224.69 81.69     | 0           |                             | 0.00                        | 87.91                       | 21 224.69                        | 17                               |                                  | 4                                         | 169.60                           | 21.18             |                   |                         | 190.78             |
| 2.          | Assam              | 100            | 996.14           | 748.86      | 41                          | 1386.97 64.89               | 141                         | 2383.11                          | 103                              | 4                                | 34                                        | 813.75                           | 245.49            | 142.11 8          | 85.03                   | 1286.39            |
| 3.          | Bihar              | 43             | 1370.42          | 723.18      | 4                           | 447.63                      | 184.64                      | 47 1818.05                       | 42                               | 1                                | 4                                         | 907.82                           |                   | 16.583            |                         | 924.41             |
| 4.          | Chhattisgar h      | 3              | 31.13 15.57      | 0           |                             | 0.00                        | 3.75 3                      | 31.13                            | 3                                |                                  | 0                                         | 19.32                            |                   |                   |                         | 19.32              |
| 5.          | Goa                | 2              | 22.73            | 9.98 0      |                             | 0.00                        | 2.00 2                      | 22.73                            | 2                                |                                  | 0                                         | 11.98                            |                   |                   |                         | 11.98              |
| 6.          | Gujar at           | 2              | 19.79            | 2.00 0      |                             | 0.00 0.00                   | 2                           | 19.79                            | 2                                |                                  | 0                                         | 2.00                             |                   |                   |                         | 2.00               |
| 7.          | Haryana            | 1              | 173.75           | 46.91       | 0                           | 0.00                        | 0.00 1                      | 173.75                           | 1                                |                                  | 0                                         | 46.91                            |                   |                   |                         | 46.91              |
| 8.          | Himanchal Pradesh  | 3              | 225.32           | 165.98      | 4                           | 1139.62                     | 221.87                      | 7 1364.94                        | 5                                | 1                                | 1                                         | 387.85                           | 87.50             | 162.6             | 176.41                  | 814.36             |
| 9.          | Jammu & Kashmir    | 28             | 408.22           | 252.57      | 15                          | 562.47                      | 169.95                      | 43 970.69                        | 16                               | 2                                | 25                                        | 422.52                           | 110.40            | 52.198 4          | 92.81                   | 677.93             |
| 10.         | Jhar khand         | 3              | 39.30            | 18.44       | 0                           | 0.00                        | 4.27 3                      | 39.30                            | 3                                |                                  | 0                                         | 22.71                            |                   |                   |                         | 22.71              |
| 11.         | Karnataka          | 3              | 59.46            | 23.80       | 0                           | 0.00                        | 0.00 3                      | 59.46                            | 2                                | 1                                | 0                                         | 23.80                            |                   |                   |                         | 23.80              |
| 12.         | Kerala             | 4              | 279.74           | 63.68       | 0                           | 0.00                        | 55.22 4                     | 279.74                           | 2                                | 2                                | 0                                         | 118.90                           | 19.05             |                   |                         | 137.95             |
| 13.         | Manipur            | 22             | 109.34           | 66.34       | 0                           | 0.00                        | 24.36                       | 22 109.34                        | 22                               |                                  | 0                                         | 90.70                            |                   |                   |                         | 90.70              |
| 14.         | Meghalaya          | 0              | 0.00             | 3.81        | 0                           | 0.00                        | 0.00 0                      | 0.00                             | 0                                |                                  | 0                                         | 3.81                             |                   |                   |                         | 3.81               |
| 15.         | Mizoram            | 2              | 9.13             | 14.48       | 0                           | 0.00                        | 1.93 2                      | 9.13                             | 1                                | 1                                | 0                                         | 16.41                            | 0.47              |                   |                         | 16.88              |
| 16.         | Nagaland           | 11             | 49.35            | 28.96       | 6                           | 74.52                       | 54.17                       | 17 123.87                        | 14                               |                                  | 3                                         | 83.12                            |                   | 10.841            |                         | 93.96              |
| 17.         | Orissa             | 67             | 169.00           | 101.12      | 1                           | 62.32                       | 0.00                        | 68 231.32                        | 66                               | 2                                | 0                                         | 101.12                           |                   |                   |                         | 101.12             |
| 18.         | Puducherry *       | 1              | 139.67           | 7.50        | 0                           | 0.00                        | 0.00 1                      | 139.67                           | 0                                | 1                                | 0                                         | 7.50                             |                   |                   |                         | 7.50               |
| 19.         | Panj ab            | 5              | 153.40           | 40.43       | 0                           | 0.00                        | 0.00 5                      | 153.40                           | 4                                |                                  | 1                                         | 40.43                            |                   |                   |                         | 40.43              |
| 20.         | Sikkim             | 28             | 104.92 83.69     |             | 17                          | 261.40                      | 8.15                        | 45 366.32                        | 28                               | 17                               | 0                                         | 91.84                            |                   |                   |                         | 91.84              |
| 21.         | Tamilnadu          | 5              | 635.54           | 59.82       | 0                           | 0.00                        | 0.00 5                      | 635.54                           | 5                                |                                  | 0                                         | 59.82                            |                   |                   |                         | 59.82              |
| 22.         | Tripura            | 11             | 26.57            | 23.62       | 0                           | 0.00                        | 0.00                        | 11 26.57                         | 11                               |                                  | 0                                         | 23.62                            |                   |                   |                         | 23.62              |
| 23.         | Utta r Prades h    | 26             | 667.57 290.69    | 3           |                             | 291.70                      | 111.22                      | 29 959.27                        | 24                               | 2                                | 3                                         | 401.91                           | 13.55             | 15.575            | 39.15                   | 470.18             |
| 24.         | Utta rakhand12     |                |                  | 49.63       | 10                          |                             |                             | 22 835.54                        | 15                               |                                  | 5                                         | 203.61                           |                   | 23.652            | 35.58                   | 243.82             |
|             | West Banga         | 17             | 119.82           | 643.26      |                             | 715.72                      | 153.98                      |                                  |                                  | 2                                |                                           |                                  |                   | 4.634             |                         |                    |
| 25.         | l                  |                | 1822.08          | 1           |                             | 438.94                      | 158.75                      | 18 2261.02                       | 15                               |                                  | 3                                         | 802.01                           | 65.03             |                   | 117.12                  | 1007.81            |
|             | Total              | 420            | 7857.08 3566.0 0 |             | 102                         | 5381.28 1307.07             |                             | 522 13238.36                     | 403                              | 36                               | 83                                        | 4873.07                          | 562.67            | 428.20            | 546.09                  | 6410.03            |

*The scheme has been shifted to be funded under RMBA component.