Lok Sabha Question No. 735 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Namami Gange Programme
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: M.K. Vishnu Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 735

ANSWERED ON 21.07.2022

## NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME

## 735

DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K.

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

- (a) the details of new sewage treatment plants constructed during the last three years under Namami Gange Programme (NGP), State-wise;
- (b) whether it is a fact that most of the projects under NGP have not been completed within the stipulated time frame and the programme has not achieved its targets;
- (c) if so, the time by which the projects are likely to be completed;
- (d) the details of the action taken by the Government to solve the problem; and
- (e) the details of the outcome of NGP since its inception and the total expenditure incurred on said projects, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Under Namami Gange Programme (NGP), during last three years, a total of 51 new sewerage treatment plants having total capacity of 936.42 MLD have been completed as per below mentioned state-wise details:-
- (b) & (c) Under Namami Gange Programme, 161 sewerage infrastructure projects have been taken up with a sanctioned cost of Rs.24581 crore for creation and rehabilitation of 5015 Million Litres per Day (MLD) of Sewage  Treatment  Plant  (STP)  capacity  and  laying  of  5,134  km  of  sewerage  network,  out  of  which  92 projects  have  been  completed  resulting  in  creation  and  rehabilitation  of  1,643  MLD  of  STP  capacity  and laying of 4,156 km sewerage network.

| S.No   | State            |   No. of new STP completed |   New Treatment Capacity Created in Million Litre Per Day (MLD) |
|--------|------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Uttarakhand      |                         27 |                                                          135.39 |
| 2      | Uttar Pradesh    |                          8 |                                                          186.01 |
| 3      | Bihar            |                          6 |                                                          221    |
| 4      | Jharkhand        |                          3 |                                                           15.5  |
| 5      | West Bengal      |                          5 |                                                           58.8  |
| 6      | Delhi            |                          1 |                                                          318    |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh |                          1 |                                                            1.72 |
|        | Total            |                         51 |                                                          936.42 |

Some of the projects undertaken as part of the Namami Gange Program had faced delays due to a variety of factors. Salient reasons for delays in the project are delays in project award due to restructuring, land issues, delay in handing over land, delays in getting permission from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Railways, delays due to Covid-19 etc.

Cleaning of river is a continuous process and Government of India is supplementing the efforts of the State Government  in  addressing  the  challenges  of  pollution  in  river  Ganga  and  its  tributaries  by  providing financial and technical assistance under Namami Gange Programme. The projects have now taken their pace and efforts are now being made to complete the projects by their scheduled completion timeline.

(d) In  order  to  expedite  implementation  of  the  sewerage  infrastructure  projects  by  overcoming  the bottlenecks and ensure timely completion of projects, the following measures are being taken by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG):

- i. Regular interaction / discussions / site visits and coordination meetings with state agencies by NMCG.

ii. Resolving delay in road/railway crossing permissions by conducting high level inter-Ministerial meeting with Railways and NHAI.

iii. At  State  level,  State  Ganga  Committees  headed  by  the  Chief  Secretaries  have  been  constituted  for coordinating the Ganga rejuvenation projects between various State agencies and for the first time ever a district level mechanism has been set up in the form of District Ganga Committees (DGC) headed by the District  Magistrate  to  ensure  speedy  implementation  of  interventions  and  projects  and  for  carrying  out various activities pertaining to Ganga and its tributaries.

(e) Since inception of Namami Gange Programme, 374 projects have been taken up at an estimated cost of Rs. 31,099 Cr. Out of these, 210 projects have been completed thereby creating / rehabilitating 1,643 MLD of STP capacity, laying of 4,156 km sewerage network, development / rehabilitation of 183 ghats & kunds, 46 crematoria, River Front Development at Patna, creation of 12,38,075 nos. of IHHLs.

Under  the  Namami  Gange  Programme,  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  is  carrying  out  water quality assessment of the River Ganga at 97 locations in 5 main stem States through the respective State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs). As per CPCB data for 2021, the observed water quality of river Ganga indicates that Dissolved Oxygen (DO), which is an indicator of river health, has been found to be within acceptable  limits  of  notified  primary  bathing  water  quality  criteria  and  is  satisfactory  to  support  the ecosystem of the river for almost the entire stretch of the river Ganga. None of the Ganga Stretches are in priority category I to IV and only two stretches are in Category V with Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) ranging  between  3-6  mg/l  as  per  CPCB  categorization  of  polluted  stretch.  As  a  result  of  multi  sectoral interventions, as per comparison of median data of water quality parameters viz., DO, BOD and FC of year 2014 and 2021; DO (Median) has improved at 34 locations; BOD at 44 locations and FC at 25 locations, respectively.

National  Mission  for  Clean  Ganga  releases  funds  to  State  Project  Management  Groups  (SPMGs)  on  the basis of Annual Action Plans as when demanded. Government of India has released Rs. 12,109.72 crore to NMCG  from  financial  years  2014-15  to  2021-22.  Amounts  released/expended  by  NMCG  to  various agencies, compiled State-wise, during the said period, are given at Annexure-I.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 735 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 21.07.2022 REGARDING 'NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME'.

## STATE-WISE FUNDS RELEASED BY NATIONAL MISSION FOR CLEAN GANGA

(Rs. in Crore)

| S.No.   | State                                                                 | Fund Released by NMCG   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1.      | Uttarakhand                                                           | 1,065.85                |
| 2.      | Uttar Pradesh                                                         | 3,938.24                |
| 3.      | Bihar                                                                 | 2,875.77                |
| 4.      | Jharkhand                                                             | 246.42                  |
| 5.      | West Bengal                                                           | 1,163.95                |
| 6.      | Madhya Pradesh                                                        | 9.89                    |
| 7.      | Delhi                                                                 | 1,253.86                |
| 8.      | Haryana                                                               | 89.61                   |
| 9.      | Rajasthan                                                             | 71.25                   |
| 10.     | Himachal Pradesh                                                      | 3.75                    |
| 11.     | Other Basin wide interventions, including NMCG's operational expenses | 1,012.97                |
|         | Total                                                                 | 11,731.56               |

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