Lok Sabha Question No. 2534 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Functioning of Sewage Treatment Plants
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya, Sanganna Amarappa Karadi, Annasaheb Shankar Jolle

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2534

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 16, 2023

## FUNCTIONING OF SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS

NO. 2534. SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that seventy per cent of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) are not functioning properly in the country;
- (b)
- if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the funds spent for setting up and maintenance of the STPs during the last three years, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a): Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) under Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change, Govt. of India has carried out  an  inventorization  of  Sewage  Treatment  Plants  (STPs)  located  in India in the year 2020-21. As per the report dated March 2021 there are 1,631 STPs having capacity of 36,668 MLD in 36 States/UTs of India. Out of 1,631 STPs, 1,093 STPs with capacity of 26,869 MLD are operational, 102 STPs with capacity of 1,406 MLD are non-operational, 274 STPs with capacity  of  3,566  MLD  are  under  construction  and  162  STPs  with capacity of 4,827 MLD are proposed for construction.
- (b): Public health and sanitation including operation and maintenance of STPs is a State subject.

However, Government of India supplements the efforts of the States and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in providing infrastructure for basic services such as sewerage infrastructure  including  Sewage Treatment      Plants

(STPs) in urban areas through its various flagship Missions.  The Government  has  launched  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban Transformation  (AMRUT)  on  25  June,  2015  in  500  Mission  cities. Construction  of  STPs  is  one  of  the  admissible  component  under  the Mission.

As  per  the  Mission  guidelines,  Ministry  approves  only  overall  State Annual  Action  Plan  (SAAPs).  States/UTs  have  been  given  freedom  to design, approve and implement the projects. Also, the funds is released to the State SAAP wise instead of component-wise/ Project wise as per the Mission guidelines.

(c): Under  AMRUT,  central  assistance  for  projects  was  not  released project-wise/  component wise, but  to the States SAAP-wise as per the Mission guidelines. So far, ₹25,480 Crore has been spent under AMRUT on  sewerage  and  septage  management  projects  including  projects having STP components. Regarding operation & maintenance of STPs as per Mission guidelines no central fund has been provided as per AMRUT Mission  Guidelines,  all  projects  to  include  Operation  and  maintenance for  5  years  to  be  funded  by  levy  of  user  charges  or  other  revenue streams.  State  -wise  details  of  funds  spent  on  sewerage  and  septage projects including projects having STP components is placed at Annexure-1.

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## Annexure-1

## State-wise  expenditure  incurred  in  sewerage  /  septage  management projects including STPs under AMRUT so far

| #   | State/UT          | Expenditure incurred in ₹ crore   |
|-----|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1   | Andhra Pradesh    | 278.89                            |
| 2   | Arunachal Pradesh | 11.43                             |
| 3   | Bihar             | --                                |
| 4   | Chandigarh        | 19.45                             |
| 5   | Chhattisgarh      | 325.16                            |
| 6   | Daman and Diu     | 19.13                             |
| 7   | Delhi             | 207.61                            |
| 8   | Goa               | 4.92                              |
| 9   | Gujarat           | 2,603.56                          |
| 10  | Haryana           | 1,443.63                          |
| 11  | Himachal Pradesh  | 91.62                             |
| 12  | Jammu and Kashmir | 114.75                            |
| 13  | Jharkhand         | 161.43                            |
| 14  | Karnataka         | 2,119.57                          |
| 15  | Kerala            | 152.97                            |
| 16  | Ladakh            | 3.25                              |
| 17  | Madhya Pradesh    | 2,830.06                          |
| 18  | Maharashtra       | 2,239.8                           |
| 19  | Meghalaya         | 21.92                             |
| 20  | Mizoram           | 6.88                              |
| 21  | Nagaland          | 2.75                              |
| 22  | Odisha            | 130.59                            |
| 23  | Puducherry        | 10.36                             |
| 24  | Punjab            | 1,142.51                          |
| 25  | Rajasthan         | 1,844.74                          |
| 26  | Tamil Nadu        | 3,971.83                          |
| 27  | Telangana         | 195.78                            |
| 28  | Tripura           | 11.42                             |
| 29  | Uttar Pradesh     | 5,221.25                          |
| 30  | Uttarakhand       | 150.06                            |
| 31  | West Bengal       | 143.03                            |
|     | Grand Total       | 25,480.35                         |