Lok Sabha Question No. 1382 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-15
Subject: Funds to Namami Gange Programme
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ajay Kumar Mandal, Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Dileshwar Kamait, Locket Chatterjee, Mahabali Singh, Ram Kripal Yadav, Gopal Jee Thakur, Navneet Ravi Rana, Sunil Kumar Pintu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1382

ANSWERED ON 15.12.2022

## FUNDS TO NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME

1382

SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL

SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK

SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT

MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE

SHRI MAHABALI SINGH

SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV

SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR

SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:-

- (a) the details of the funds allocated to the States of Bihar, Maharashtra and West Bengal under the Namami Gange Programme during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the details and the progress report of the work done under the Namami Gange Project, State-wise including in Bihar, Maharashtra and West Bengal, district and year-wise;
- (c) whether it is a fact that only tree plantation has been done in several States including Bhagalpur, Patliputra, Darbhanga parliamentary constituencies under the project; and
- (d) if so, the details of the number of trees planted along with the funds spent on it including in the above said constituencies?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI ( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU )

- (a) Namami Gange Programme was launched in June 2014 for a period up to 31 st March, 2021 to rejuvenate  River  Ganga  and  its  tributaries.  The  programme  was  subsequently  extended  up  to 31 st March, 2026.

There is no State-wise allocation under Namami Gange Programme (NGP).  No fund has been released to the state of Maharashtra under the said Programme as it is not a Ganga Basin State. The funds released for implementation of projects in Bihar and West Bengal under the NGP during the last three years and the current year (i.e. FY 2019-20 to 31 October 2022) are as under:

| State       | Amt. (Rs. in crore)   |
|-------------|-----------------------|
| Bihar       | 2,270.16              |
| West Bengal | 466.53                |

(b) The  status  of  sewerage  management  projects  taken  up  under  Namami  Gange  Programme  at Bihar and West Bengal are as under:

Bihar 33 sewerage management projects have been taken up with a sanctioned cost of Rs.5731.78 crore for creation of 676.1 Million Litres per Day (MLD) of Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) capacity and  laying  of  1770  km  sewerage  network.  Out  of  these  10  project  have  been  completed  thereby creating 233.5 MLD STP capacity and 1113 km of sewerage network laid.

West Bengal 26  sewerage  management  projects  have  been  taken  up  with  a  sanctioned  cost  of Rs.4067.18  crore  for  creation  /  rehabilitation  of  871  Million  Litres  per  Day  (MLD)  of  Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) capacity and laying of 1030 km sewerage network. Out of these 11 projects have  been  completed  thereby  creating  /  rehabilitating  274  MLD  STP  capacity  and  842  km  of sewerage network laid.

The  State-wise  details  of  sanctioned  projects,  their  cost  allocation  and  completed  projects  are annexed at Annexure-I . List of projects in Bihar and West Bengal is annexed at Annexure-II .

Maharashtra:No  work  has  been  taken  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra  under  Namami  Gange Programme.  However,  under  National  River  Conservation  Plan  (NRCP),  eight  STPs  of  total treatment capacity of 260 MLD for sanctioned cost of Rs. 192.6 crore have been set up in 6 towns of Maharashtra  namely  Karad  (28  MLD  for  river  Krishna),  Kolaphur  (2  STPs  of  78  MLD  for  river Panchganga),  Nanded  (26  MLD  for  river  Godavari),  Nashik  (2  STPs  of  100  MLD  for  river Godavari), Sangli (27 MLD for river Krishna), Trimbakeshwar (1 MLD for river Godavari), while other infrastructure works have been taken up in Prakkasha.

Ongoing projects: Pollution abatement work of Mula Mutha River at Pune, Maharashtra at a total sanctioned cost of Rs. 990.26 crore envisaging 11 STPs of 396 MLD capacity along with sewerage system, etc. are under construction. Pollution abatement of Nag River at Nagpur, Maharashtra at the cost of Rs.1926.99 crore has been recently inaugurated for implementation under NRCP.

(c) Under Namami Gange Programme, sewerage management projects have been taken up in Patna and Bhagalpur. In addition, development of river front, ghats & crematoria have also been taken up at Patna.

Under the Namami Gange Program, financial assistance is provided for implementing forestry interventions in the five Ganga bank States of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand & West Bengal as per the  DPR prepared by  FRI Dehradun since the  year 2016-17 onwards. The forestry interventions in Bihar State include Bhagalpur, Patliputra & Darbhanga forest divisions.

So far 30,071 hectare plantation has so far been carried out under Namami Gange Programme, for which an expenditure of Rs. 347.02 crores has been incurred by the State Forest Departments of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal.

- (d) The detail of the number of trees planted & funds spent by the 5 Ganga bank States, including Bihar, from 2016-17 to till date is as follows:

| State         |   Area in ha. |   No. of Plants |   Expenditure (Rs. In Cr.) |
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------------------|
| Uttarakhand   |         10357 |         7344400 |                     128.54 |
| Uttar Pradesh |          8820 |         4639275 |                      71.08 |
| Bihar         |          7895 |         1584702 |                      97.76 |
| Jharkhand     |           884 |          723420 |                      26.25 |
| West Bengal   |          2115 |         2218449 |                      23.39 |
| Total         |         30071 |        16510246 |                     347    |

As per information provided by the State Forest Department, Bihar, details of plantation done in the three forest divisions of Bhagalpur, Patliputra & Darbhanga are as follows:

| 2016-17 to 2021-22   | 2016-17 to 2021-22   | 2016-17 to 2021-22   | 2016-17 to 2021-22   | 2016-17 to 2021-22       |
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
| State                | Forest Division      | Area in ha.          | No. of Plants        | Expenditure (Rs. In Cr.) |
| Bihar                | Patna (Patliputra)   | 438.31               | 68072                | 6.103                    |
| Bihar                | Bhagalpur            | 1228.32              | 324760               | 39.878                   |
| Bihar                | Mithila (Darbhanga)  | 221.00               | 34900                | 0.899                    |

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