Lok Sabha Question No. 2038 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-28
Subject: Namami Gange Programme
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2038

ANSWERED ON 28.07.2022

## NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME

## 2038   SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the progress made under the Namami Gange programme (NGP), State/UT-wise including Bihar;
- (b) the details of the funds sanctioned, released and utilised under NGP, year-wise during the last five years;
- (c) the progress made under Ganga Gram Project along with the names of villages covered and construction completed against the targets, State-wise including Bihar;
- (d)  the  details  of  projects  undertaken,  funds  sanctioned,  released  and  utilised  under  the  Bio-Diversity conservation pillar of Namami Gange, State-wise including Bihar; and
- (e) the details of river front development projects undertaken under NGP State-wise including Bihar along with the funds sanctioned, released and utilised for the purpose?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Under Namami Gange Programme, a comprehensive set of interventions such as wastewater treatment, solid waste management, river front management (ghats and crematoria development), e-flow, afforestation, biodiversity conservation and Public Participation etc. have been taken up for rejuvenation of river Ganga and its tributaries. So far, a total of 374 projects have been taken up at an estimated cost of Rs. 31,098.85 Crore, out of which 210 projects have been completed.

The projects taken up under Namami Gange Programme includes 161sewerage infrastructure projects with a sanctioned  cost  of  Rs.  24,581.09  Crore  for  creation  &  rehabilitation  of  5,015.26  Million  Litres  per  Day (MLD) of Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) capacity and laying of 5,134.29 KM sewerage network.  Out of these, 92 sewerage projects have been completed resulting in creation & rehabilitation of 1,642.91 MLD of STP capacity and laying of 4,155.99 KM sewerage network. The state-wise details are as under:

|   S. N. | State         |   No. of Projects | Sanctione d Cost (Rs in Cr)   |   No. of Projects Completed |   STP Capacity created (New + Rehabilitation of old STP) (in MLD) | SewerNetwork laid (in km)   |
|---------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|       1 | Uttarakhand   |                37 | 1,381.79                      |                          33 |                                                            161.8  | 169.61                      |
|       2 | Uttar Pradesh |                54 | 11,140.50                     |                          33 |                                                            606.76 | 1,794.24                    |
|       3 | Bihar         |                30 | 5,530.65                      |                           9 |                                                            221    | 1,076.48                    |
|       4 | Jharkhand     |                 3 | 217.17                        |                           2 |                                                             15.5  | 87.90                       |
|       5 | West Bengal   |                24 | 3,872.03                      |                           7 |                                                            143.13 | 841.87                      |
|       6 | Haryana       |                 2 | 217.87                        |                           2 |                                                            145    | 51.62                       |

| 7     | Delhi            |   9 |   1,951.03 |   5 | 318      | 35.85    |
|-------|------------------|-----|------------|-----|----------|----------|
| 8     | Himachal Pradesh |   1 |      11.57 |   1 | 1.72     | -        |
| 9     | Rajasthan        |   1 |     258.48 |   0 | 30       | 98.42    |
| Total | Total            | 161 |   24581.1  |  92 | 1,642.91 | 4,155.99 |

In  addition,  under  Namami  Gange  Programme  till  date,  30071  Hectare  area  has  been  covered  with plantation against Annual Plan of Operations (APO's) submitted by States, as per details given below:-

| State         |   Total Area Covered under Plantation (in ha.) |
|---------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Uttarakhand   |                                       10356.3  |
| Uttar Pradesh |                                        8820.17 |
| Bihar         |                                        7896.22 |
| Jharkhand     |                                         884    |
| West Bengal   |                                        2114.7  |
| Total         |                                       30071    |

Projects for conservation of bio-diversity and fisheries have been taken up in collaboration with Wild Life Institute of India (WII), Central Inland Fisheries Institute and U.P. Forest Department. More than 56 lakhs of fish seed have been released in river Ganga for conservation and restoration of IMC & Mahseer. 930 number of turtles have been released in Ganga River apart from supporting the conservation & breeding of freshwater turtles & Gharial at Kukrail, Lucknow. In addition, four (4) rescue and rehabilitation centres for aquatic species have been established and a cadre of Ganga Praharis (volunteers) developed and trained for conservation of the river.

- (b) Government  of  India  releases  funds  to  National  Mission  for  Clean  Ganga  (NMCG),  which  is  the empowered  nodal  agency  for  implementation  of  Namami  Gange  program  nationwide.  NMCG  releases funds to State Governments /State Missions for Clean Ganga/CPSUSs/ Other Executing Agencies.

The  budget  allocation,  funds  released  by  Government  of  India  to  National  Mission  for  Clean  Ganga (NMCG)  and subsequently funds released/expended by NMCG during the last five financial years i.e. FY 2017-18 to FY 2021-22 are given below:-

| Financial Year   | Funds Sanctioned (Budget Allocation)   | Releases by Government of India toNMCG   | Disbursement/ Utilization by NMCG   |
|------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|                  | (Rupees in crore)                      | (Rupees in crore)                        | (Rupees in crore)                   |
| 2017-18          | 3,023.42                               | 1,423.12                                 | 1,625.01                            |
| 2018-19          | 2,370.00                               | 2,307.50                                 | 2,626.54                            |
| 2019-20          | 1,553.44                               | 1,553.40                                 | 2,673.09                            |
| 2020-21          | 1,300.00                               | 1,300.00                                 | 1,339.97                            |
| 2021-22          | 1,900.00                               | 1,892.70                                 | 1,892.70                            |
| Total            | 10,146.86                              | 8,476.72                                 | 10,157.31                           |

Note: Amount released/ expended by NMCG in a particular year includes unspent balance carried forward from previous years.

- (c) The  lead  implementing  agency  of  the  Ganga  Gram  scheme  is  Department  of  Drinking  Water  & Sanitation (DDWS). Under the Namami Ganga Programme, NMCG has provided funds to DDWS for the implementation of the scheme in Ganga bank villages.

As per the information shared by the DDWS, a total of 13,98,597 no. of Individual Household Latrines (IHHLs) has been constructed in 4507 Ganga bank villages including villages in Bihar and declared them Open  Defecation  Free  (ODF).  The  village  wise  progress  made  under  Ganga  Gram  project  (details  are available on NMCG website at the link: https://nmcg.nic.in/download\_forms.aspx).

The summary of the progress made under Ganga Gram project is as follows:

| S. N.   | Name of State   |   No. of Districts |   No. of Villages |   Target IHHL (in no.) |   IHHLconstr ucted (in no.) |   IHHL% Coverage |
|---------|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------|
| 1       | Bihar           |                 12 |               472 |                 296527 |                      296527 |              100 |
| 2       | Jharkhand       |                  1 |                66 |                  22809 |                       22809 |              100 |
| 3       | Uttar Pradesh   |                 26 |              1638 |                 388037 |                      388037 |              100 |
| 4       | Uttarakhand     |                  7 |               226 |                  25105 |                       25105 |              100 |
| 5       | West Bengal     |                  7 |              2105 |                 666119 |                      666119 |              100 |
|         | Total           |                 53 |              4507 |                1398597 |                     1398597 |              100 |

( Source: Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation)

(d) The details of various biodiversity conservation projects taken up under Namami Gange programme including in Bihar are as under:

| S.no   | Name                                                                                                                                                        |   Total Sanction Cost As per AA&ES (Rs. in Cr.) |   Total released/ Authority letter issued so far (Rs. In Cr.) |   Fund utilised (Rs. in cr.) |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1      | Biodiversity Conservation and Ganga Rejuvenation (2016-19)                                                                                                  |                                           24.84 |                                                         24.84 |                        24.2  |
| 2      | Planning and management for aquatic species conservation and maintenance of ecosystem services in the Ganga river basin for a clean Ganga (2019-24)         |                                          113.99 |                                                         48.98 |                        26.32 |
| 3      | Assessment of Fish and Fisheries of the Ganga River System for developing suitable conservation and restoration plan (2015-20)                              |                                            5.8  |                                                          5.8  |                         5.67 |
| 4      | Hilsa fisheries improvement in river Ganga at Farakka (2018-19)                                                                                             |                                            1.28 |                                                          1.28 |                         1.25 |
| 5      | Exploratory survey on Hilsa (Tenualosailisha) catch and life stages availability along up/down stream of Farakka Barrage (4 months-2017)                    |                                            0.25 |                                                          0.25 |                         0.25 |
| 6      | Fish stock enhancement including Hilsa and livelihood improvement for sustainable fisheries and conservation in river Ganga (CIFRI) (new project- 2020- 23) |                                           13.51 |                                                          7.8  |                         4.8  |
| 7      | Expanding conservation breeding program of freshwater turtles and Gharial at Kukrail Gharial Rehabilitation Centre, Lucknow (2019-22)                       |                                            3.13 |                                                          2.03 |                         1.78 |
| Total  |                                                                                                                                                             |                                          162.79 |                                                         90.97 |                        64.26 |

- (e) The  State  wise  details  of  Ghats,  Crematoria  and  RFD  projects  sanctioned  under  Namami  Gange Programme is given at Annexure-I .

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY TO PART (e)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2038  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  28.07.2022  REGARDING  "  NAMAMI  GANGE PROGRAMME"

State-wise details of Ghats, Crematoria and River Front Development  (RFD) Projects under

| S. N.   | State          | Proposed   | Proposed    | Proposed   | Fund Sanc tioned (In Cr)   | Fund Released/ Utilised (in Cr)   | Completed   | Completed   | Ongoing/ Under Progress   | Ongoing/ Under Progress   | Under Tendering   | Under Tendering   |
|---------|----------------|------------|-------------|------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| S. N.   | State          | Ghats      | Cremat oria | Tota l     | Fund Sanc tioned (In Cr)   | Fund Released/ Utilised (in Cr)   | Ghats       | Cremat oria | Ghats                     | Crema toria               | Ghat s            | Cre mato ria      |
| 1       | Uttara khand   | 30         | 28          | 58         | 305.12                     | 228.47                            | 22          | 24          | 7                         | 3                         | 0                 | 0                 |
| 2       | Uttar Pradesh  | 99         | 15          | 114        | 405.94                     | 274.01                            | 95          | 13          | 4                         | 2                         | 0                 | 0                 |
| 3       | Bihar          | 55         | 10          | 65         | 515.93                     | 426.45                            | 44          | 4           | 9                         | 3                         | 0                 | 2                 |
| 4       | Jhar khand     | 13         | 3           | 16         | 62.07                      | 47.20                             | 13          | 3           | 0                         | 0                         | 0                 | 0                 |
| 5       | West Bengal    | 17         | 4           | 21         | 41.28                      | 17.11                             | 11          | 3           | 5                         | 0                         | 1                 | 0                 |
| 6       | Madhya Pradesh | 1          | 0           | 1          | 68.51                      | 0                                 | 0           | 0           | 1                         | 0                         | 0                 | 0                 |
| TOTAL   | TOTAL          | 215        | 60          | 275        | 1398.85                    | 993.24                            | 185         | 47          | 26                        | 8                         | 1                 | 2                 |

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