Lok Sabha Question No. 3045 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-04
Subject: Water Management
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Dayanidhi Maran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3045

## ANSWERED ON 04.08.2022

## WATER MANAGEMENT

## 3045   SHRI DAYANIDHI MARAN

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of various projects proposed and underway for water management in Chennai;
- (b) the details of the list of all new facilities created since 2014 across the major cities of the country along with the status and the cost of these projects, State-wise;
- (c) the funds allocated for construction and maintenance of water storage facilities across the country, State-wise;

(d)  the  details  of  funds,  expert  support  and/or  consultations  held  to  enhance  water  security  in  major  cities  like Chennai;

(e) whether any projects are being integrated under the Smart Cities Mission and if so, the details thereof; and

(f) whether the Ministry has any proposal to support or promote water recycling for the non-drinking water needs of industries and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) Water resources projects are planned, funded, executed and maintained by the State Governments themselves as per their own resources and priorities. Role of Government of India is limited to being catalytic, providing technical support and, in some cases partial financial assistance in terms with the existing schemes being implemented by the Ministry of Jal Shakti. All projects supported by Government of India in the water resources sector aims to improve water security in the states.

Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoH&UA)  is  implementing  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) which was launched on 25 th June, 2015 in 500 cities across the country covering 60% of the urban population. Under AMRUT, Government of Tamil Nadu has taken up 8 projects worth of Rs. 3204.30  crore  for  water  management  in  Chennai.  AMRUT  2.0  was  launched  on  October,  2021,  Government  of Tamil Nadu taken up 14 projects worth of Rs. 1440.81 crore for water management under State Water Action Plan (SWAP)-1.  Among  this,  one  project  worth  of  Rs.  44  crore  in  water  sector,  8  projects  worth  of  Rs.  44  crore  in sewerage sector and 5 projects worth of Rs. 10 crore are rejuvenation of water bodies.

(b) & (c) Under AMRUT, 1,337 projects in water supply sector have been grounded of worth Rs. 42,695 crore. Out of this, 876 projects worth of Rs. 15,497 crore have been completed. In the sewerage and septage management sector, contracts for 860 projects worth of Rs. 34,054 crore have been awarded. In addition, drainage sector 799 projects  worth of Rs.2,972 crore, urban transport 347 projects worth of Rs. 1,022 crore and parks 2,515 projects worth of Rs. 1,581 crore grounded. Of this, 458 projects worth of Rs. 10,572 crore have been completed. Through these projects & in convergence with other schemes, so far 130 lakh tap connections & 99 lakh sewer connections provided, 2,351 MLD water treatment capacity & 2,742 MLD sewage treatment capacity have been developed, 900 MLD capacity  developed  for  recycle  of  treated  used  water,  2,350  nos.  water-logging  points  eliminated  through laying of around 900 km drainage network, 700 km walkway & 2,250 parks (4,430 acre green space) developed. Construction and maintenance of water storage facilities is one of the sub-component of projects in water supply sector. Under AMRUT, funds are not allocated and released project-wise or component-wise, but to the State/UT as per the Mission guidelines. State-wise status of funds under AMRUT is given at Annexure-I.

(d) Jal Shakti Abhiyan-I (JSA-I) was conducted in 2019 in 1592 blocks out of 2836 blocks in 256 water stressed districts  of  the  country  and  was  expanded  as  'Jal  Shakti  Abhiyan:Catch  the  Rain'  (JSA:CTR)  in  2021  with  the theme 'Catch the Rain - Where it Falls When it Falls' to cover all the blocks of all districts (rural as well as urban areas) across the country.  'Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain' (JSA:CTR) -2022 campaign, the third in the series of JSAs, has been launched on 29.3.2022 to cover all the blocks of all districts (rural as well as urban areas) across the  country.  State-wise  progress  of  works  completed/ongoing under JSA:CTR from 22.3.2021 to 28.03.2022 and under JSA:CTR-2022 from  29.03.2022 to 25.07.2022  is available at JSA:CTR Portal: jsactr.mowr.gov.in.

In  addition,  AMRUT  empowers  States  to  design,  prioritize,  approve,  and  implement  the  projects  in respective Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). The role of Central Government is only to approve State Annual Action Plans  (SAAPs)  submitted  by  States  and  release  central  share  as  per  the  conditions  of  mission  guidelines.  Under AMRUT, MoH&UA approved projects worth around Rs.77,640 crore which are mainly to enhance water security in Mission cities. In addition, to hire technical expertise at State and city level, states are also provided Administration & Other Expanses (A&OE) funds including State of Tamil Nadu. So far, Rs.31,158 crore have been released for projects and Rs. 1,138.67 crore have been release for A&OE. For the State of Tamil Nadu, so far, Rs.3,797 crore have been released for projects and Rs. 66.83 crore have been release for A&OE expenses.

(e)  Government of India launched the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) on 25 th June 2015.  100 Smart Cities have been selected  through  4  rounds  of  competition  from January  2016 to June  2018.   The  objective  of  the  Smart  Cities Mission (SCM) is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and application of 'Smart' Solutions.

As  on 8 th July,  2022,  Government  of  India  has  released  Rs.  30,751.41  crore  for  100  Smart  Cities,  out  of which ₹ 27,610.34 crore (90%) has been utilized. As on 8 th July 2022, these Smart Cities have tendered out 7,822

projects worth Rs. 1,90,660 crore; work orders have been issued in 7,649 projects worth Rs. 1,80,996 crore; 4,085 projects worth Rs. 66,912 crore have been completed.

In  the  WASH  (Water,  Sanitation  &  Hygiene)  sector,  731  projects  worth Rs.  25,973 crore  have  been completed   and  614  projects  worth Rs.  27,625 crore  are  in  progress.  48  Smart  Cities  have  reported  water management projects under Convergence with AMRUT. Few Smart Cities including Surat, Gandhinagar, Ranchi, Indore,  Sagar,  Bilaspur  have  taken  up  water  recycling  projects.  As  on 8 th July,  2022,  Chennai  Smart  City  has undertaken 7 water management projects worth around  Rs. 140 crore under SCM is given below,

| S. No.   | Project Name                                     |   Total project Cost (In Rs. crore) |   SCM Cost (In Rs. crore |   Convergence with other missions | Milestone         |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
| 1 Smart  | Water Digital solutions for citizen services     |                               13.61 |                    13.61 |                                 0 | Work Completed    |
| 2        | Meter for Filling post control                   |                               16.73 |                    16.73 |                                 0 | Work Completed    |
| 3        | 24x7 source augmentation of Water Supply project |                               57.82 |                    57.82 |                                 0 | Work Order Issued |
| 4        | Restoration of Villivakam Tank                   |                               38.14 |                    38.14 |                                 0 | Work Order Issued |
| 5        | Restoration of Water Bodies - Phase 1            |                                6.71 |                     6.71 |                                 0 | Work Completed    |
| 6        | Rejuvenation of 10 Water Bodies                  |                                4.45 |                     4.45 |                                 0 | Work Completed    |
| 7        | Restoration 15 temple tanks                      |                                2.28 |                     2.28 |                                 0 | Work Completed    |
|          |                                                  |                              139.74 |                   139.74 |                                 0 |                   |

(f)  National  Mission  for  Clean  Ganga  (NMCG)  has  undertaken  several  initiatives  in  collaboration  with  Central Ministries,  State  Governments and  various  stakeholders  to  promote  reuse of  treated  wastewater  in  industries  and irrigation purposes. For promotion of Circular Water Economy, all States/ UTs to develop a framework for reuse of treated water in a time bound manner for decreasing the burden on fresh water. Reuse of treated used water, tertiary treatment  with  end-to-end  reuse  plan  (preferably  in  PPP  mode),  provision/augmentation  and  rehabilitation  of sewerage  systems  with  end-to-end  treatment  and  reuse,  identifying  the  bulk  users  of  recycled  used  water  and facilitating sale of used water to potential users etc. are admissible elements under AMRUT 2.0. Reuse of Treated Wastewater Policy has already been framed by few States such as Haryana. Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3045 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2022 REGARDING 'WATER MANAGEMENT'

## State-wise status of funds under AMRUT

(In Rs. Crore)

| #   |                     |               |              | Funds released         | Funds released   | Funds released    |
|-----|---------------------|---------------|--------------|------------------------|------------------|-------------------|
| #   | Name of State / UT  | Approved SAAP | Committed CA | CA Released (Projects) | Other heads      | Total CA released |
| 1   | Andaman &Nicobar    | 10.82         | 10.82        | 10.81                  | 0.22             | 11.03             |
| 2   | Andhra Pradesh      | 2,890.17      | 1,056.62     | 866.38                 | 198.39           | 1064.77           |
| 3   | Arunachal Pradesh   | 140.25        | 126.22       | 99.32                  | 72.11            | 171.43            |
| 4   | Assam               | 657.14        | 591.42       | 252.87                 | 88.71            | 341.57            |
| 5   | Bihar               | 2,469.77      | 1,164.80     | 1,055.86               | 75.52            | 1131.38           |
| 6   | Chandigarh          | 95.07         | 54.09        | 53.26                  | 2.37             | 55.63             |
| 7   | Chhattisgarh        | 2,192.76      | 1,009.74     | 969.12                 | 191.85           | 1160.97           |
| 8   | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 10.82         | 10.82        | 10.59                  | 0.11             | 10.70             |
| 9   | Daman &Diu          | 18.03         | 18.03        | 3.60                   | 0.34             | 3.94              |
| 10  | Delhi               | 802.31        | 802.31       | 518.20                 | 191.20           | 709.40            |
| 11  | Goa                 | 209.18        | 104.58       | 20.91                  | 6.77             | 27.68             |
| 12  | Gujarat             | 4,884.42      | 2,069.96     | 1,666.97               | 343.92           | 2010.88           |
| 13  | Haryana             | 2,565.74      | 764.51       | 736.96                 | 67.22            | 804.19            |
| 14  | Himachal Pradesh    | 304.52        | 274.07       | 269.05                 | 213.69           | 482.74            |
| 15  | Jammu &Kashmir      | 593.05        | 533.72       | 477.74                 | 160.77           | 638.51            |
| 16  | Ladakh              |               |              | 37.40                  | 0.47             | 37.87             |
| 17  | Jharkhand           | 1,245.74      | 566.17       | 551.69                 | 64.66            | 616.35            |
| 18  | Karnataka           | 4,952.87      | 2,318.79     | 2,258.84               | 379.42           | 2638.26           |
| 19  | Kerala              | 2,359.38      | 1,161.20     | 945.85                 | 128.22           | 1074.07           |
| 20  | Lakshadweep         | 3.61          | 3.61         | 2.24                   | 0.02             | 2.26              |
| 21  | Madhya Pradesh      | 6,200.67      | 2,592.86     | 2,497.05               | 742.46           | 3239.51           |
| 22  | Maharashtra         | 7,759.32      | 3,534.08     | 3,106.23               | 873.76           | 3979.99           |
| 23  | Manipur             | 180.31        | 162.28       | 162.27                 | 68.83            | 231.10            |
| 24  | Meghalaya           | 80.14         | 72.12        | 31.60                  | 66.92            | 98.52             |
| 25  | Mizoram             | 140.25        | 126.22       | 119.71                 | 10.30            | 130.01            |
| 26  | Nagaland            | 120.22        | 108.19       | 77.18                  | 15.42            | 92.60             |
| 27  | Odisha              | 1,598.96      | 796.97       | 785.23                 | 126.53           | 911.76            |
| 28  | Puducherry          | 64.91         | 64.91        | 44.09                  | 27.95            | 72.04             |
| 29  | Punjab              | 2,766.62      | 1,204.47     | 825.57                 | 292.76           | 1118.33           |
| 30  | Rajasthan           | 3,223.94      | 1,541.95     | 1,457.96               | 404.50           | 1862.46           |
| 31  | Sikkim              | 40.06         | 36.06        | 31.05                  | 5.00             | 36.05             |
| 32  | Tamil Nadu          | 11,194.78     | 4,756.58     | 3,797.29               | 490.49           | 4287.78           |
| 33  | Telangana           | 1,666.26      | 832.6        | 831.52                 | 192.99           | 1024.51           |
| 34  | Tripura             | 148.25        | 133.43       | 132.47                 | 15.90            | 148.38            |
| 35  | Uttar Pradesh       | 11,421.67     | 4,922.46     | 3,853.61               | 501.72           | 4355.33           |
| 36  | Uttarakhand         | 593.02        | 533.72       | 531.91                 | 39.64            | 571.55            |
| 37  | West Bengal         | 4,035.00      | 1,929.32     | 1,470.78               | 261.18           | 1731.96           |
|     | Total               | 77,640.03     | 35,989.70    | 30,563.21              | 6,322.31         | 36,885.53         |

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