Lok Sabha Question No. 3478 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Sewage Treatment Plants
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: D.K. Suresh

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3478 ANSWERED ON 24.03.2022

## SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS

## 3478.  SHRI D.K.SURESH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has received any proposal from Karnataka for setting up of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in various cities of the State;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the said proposals are considered for implementation by the Government;
- (d) if so, whether the Government has taken steps for allowing to set up STPs in Karnataka;
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the amount of funds spent for STPs during the last three years and the current year; and
- (f) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (f)  It  is  the  responsibility  of  the  States/Union  Territories  (UTs)  and  Local  Bodies  to  ensure required treatment of sewage and industrial effluent, before discharging into recipient water bodies, land or  coastal  waters  for  prevention  and  control  of  pollution  therein.  This  Ministry,  through  the  Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National River Conservation Plan (NRCP), has been supplementing efforts of the States/UTs  by  providing  financial  and  technical  assistance  for  abatement  of  pollution  in  identified stretches  of  rivers,  excluding  river  Ganga  and  its  tributaries  which  is  covered  under  Namami  Gange Programme, on cost sharing basis. Setting up of sewage treatment plants (STPs) at cities/ towns along the identified rivers is a major component under the NRCP.

Proposals for pollution abatement works, received from the States/UTs  from time to time, for consideration  under  the  NRCP,  are  sanctioned  based  on  their  prioritization,  conformity  with  NRCP guidelines, independent appraisal, availability of plan funds, etc.

## Details of STPs set up in the State of Karnataka under NRCP are as below:

|   Sl No | River       | Towns      |   Sanctioned Cost (Rs. in crore) | STP Capacity Created (mld)   |
|---------|-------------|------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|       1 | Pennar      | Bangalore  |                            46.27 | --                           |
|       2 | Bhadra      | Bhadravati |                             3.77 | 5.83                         |
|       3 | Tungabhadra | Davangere  |                             4.66 | 19.45                        |
|       4 | Tungabhadra | Harihara   |                             2.5  | 8.84                         |
|       5 | Cauvery     | K.R. Nagar |                             0.58 | 1.45                         |
|       6 | Cauvery     | Kollegal   |                             1.09 | 3.34                         |

| 7.   | Cauvery   | Nanjangud     |   2.24 | 1.37   |
|------|-----------|---------------|--------|--------|
| 8.   | Tunga     | Shimoga       |   3.7  | --     |
| 9.   | Cauvery   | Srirangapatna |   1.44 | 1.36   |
|      | Total     |               |  66.25 | 41.64  |

Central Government has released it's share of Rs. 47.83 crore to the Government of Karnataka for implementation  of  these  projects.  The  Government  of  Karnataka  has  reported  an  expenditure  of  Rs. 53.58 crore including share of State Government to implement works under NRCP including the above STPs. Central grant was not released to Government of Karnataka during last three years and current year.

Government of Karnataka has informed that they have initiated setting up of STPs in 21 cities/ towns during last three years under the scheme of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Urban Infrastructure Development of Secondary Towns (UIDST) and Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT). The State Government has spent an amount of Rs. 46.19 crore in 2018-19, Rs. 48.29 crore in 2019-20, Rs. 36.12 crore in 2020-21 and Rs. 18.19 crore in current financial year for setting up STPs in these towns/ cities.

Also,  in  compliance  of  the  orders  of  Hon'ble  National  Green  Tribunal  (NGT)  in  Original Application No.673/2018 regarding rejuvenation of polluted river stretches in the country, States/UTs are  required  to  implement  approved  action  plans  for  restoration  of  the  polluted  stretches  in  their jurisdiction as identified by  Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and published in their report of 2018, within the stipulated timelines. Setting up of STPs is an integral component of these action plans.

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