Lok Sabha Question No. 3343 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-20
Subject: Cleaning and Beautification of Yamuna River
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Satpal Brahamchari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3343

ANSWERED ON 20.03.2025

## CLEANING AND BEAUTIFICATION OF YAMUNA RIVER

## †3343. SHRI SATPAL BRAHAMCHARI

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is planning to clean and beautify the Yamuna River and if so, the details thereof; (b)  the  Total  Dissolved  Solids  (TDS)  level  of  the  Yamuna  River  reported/found  in  Sonipat  Lok  Sabha Constituency of Haryana along with the steps taken/being taken by the Government to control pollution in the river; and

(c) the current status of the Environment Flow (E-Flow) monitoring system launched for realtime monitoring of Yamuna River's quality and ecological flow?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a) The  Government  of  India  (GoI)  launched  the  Namami  Gange  Programme  (NGP)  in  2014-15  for  the rejuvenation of river Ganga and its tributaries (including Yamuna) for five years, up to March 2021 and has been further extended to March 2026. Under NGP, 33 projects have been sanctioned for the creation of a sewerage treatment capacity of 2,130 million liters per day (MLD) at a cost of  ₹ 5,911 crores. The list of projects is enclosed in Annexure.

In addition, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), regularly monitors river water quality parameter and also Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) inspection, and also issued directions dated 12.11.2024 to Delhi Pollution Control Committee under Section 18(1) (B) of the water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 regarding non-compliance status of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) installed in Delhi.

The Government of NCT of Delhi is working on the following sewage infrastructure enhancement projects: -

- a. Rehabilitation of existing 3 STPs at Kondli Phase II, Rithala Phase I, and Yamuna Vihar Phase -II;
- b. Upgradation and increasing capacity of existing STPs;
- c. Construction of New STPs at Sonia Vihar;
- d. Various interceptor sewer projects.

All  the  operational  STPs  of  Delhi  Jal  Board  (DJB)  are  being  monitored  by  DPCC  every  month  & analysis  reports  are  available  on  the  website  of  Delhi  Pollution  Control  Committee  (DPCC).  DPCC  issues communication with the DJB to meet prescribed standards on a regular basis.

Delhi Jal Board has informed that each contract has provision of penalty in case of non-achievement of  guaranteed parameters of treated effluent, etc. and, payment is withheld/recovered time to time for noncompliances.  In  case  the  agencies  do  not  respond  properly  even  after  repeated  communication  there  is  a provision to blacklist/debar from DJB tendering.  DJB has taken action on defaulting firms at various sites.

(b) As per the protocol laid down by CPCB, the river quality is monitored for pH, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Biological Oxygen Demand(BOD) & Faecal Coliform (FC).

The steps taken by the Government of Haryana to ensure cleanliness of Yamuna River are as under:

- i. 85 STPs with 1,486 MLD treatment capacity are operational ;
- ii. 17 CETPs with 184.5 MLD treatment capacity are operational;
- iii. Septage  Management  Policy  has  been  notified  by  all  the  Municipalities  falling  in catchment  of  River  Yamuna  in  the  State  and  159  tankers  have  been  registered/ deployed in the MCs for transporting septage for treatment to existing STPs.

Further,  under  Namami  Gange  Programme  to  control  pollution  in  the  river  Yamuna  at  Sonipat  & Panipat,  Haryana,  two  (2)  sewerage  projects  with  6  STPs  of  total  145  MLD  treatment  capacity  have  been completed under Namami Gange Programme at the sanctioned cost of ₹217.87 crore.

(c) As per Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed among the basin States of Upper Yamuna Basin in  1994,  a  minimum  flow  has  to  be  maintained  downstream  of  Tajewala/Hathnikund  and  downstream  of Okhla Head Works throughout the year for ecological considerations. As informed by Upper Yamuna River Board (UYRB), 10 cumecs of water is being released downstream of Hathnikund Barrage and Okhla Barrage throughout the year by the states.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3343 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 20.03.2025 REGARDING 'CLEANING AND BEAUTIFICATION OF YAMUNA RIVER'.

## List of projects on River Yamuna under Namami Gange

| Sl.No         | Name of Project                                                                                                         | Treatment Capacity (MLD)   | Sanctioned Cost (₹ In crore)   | Status         |
|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------|
| Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                           | Uttar Pradesh              | Uttar Pradesh                  | Uttar Pradesh  |
| 1             | Rehabilitation of Sewerage Infrastructure& Augmentation/Upgradation of STP (4 MLD) in Vrindavan                         | 4                          | 42.82                          | Completed      |
| 2             | Rehabilitation/Renovation of Mathura sewerage scheme at Masani                                                          | 67.8                       | 460.45                         | Completed      |
| 3             | Interception &Diversion with Rehabilitation work in Agra                                                                | 177.6                      | 842.25                         | Under Progress |
| 4             | Interception &Diversion and STP works Baghpat                                                                           | 14                         | 77.36                          | Completed      |
| 5             | Interception &Diversion works in Firozabad                                                                              | 0                          | 51.08                          | Completed      |
| 6             | Interception &Diversion works in Etawah                                                                                 | 44.94                      | 140.6                          | Completed      |
| 7             | Interception &Diversion works in Muzaffarnagar                                                                          | 54.50                      | 234.03                         | Under Progress |
| 8             | Interception &Diversion works in Budhana                                                                                | 10                         | 48.76                          | Completed      |
| 9             | Upgradation of Infrastructure of Existing CETP for Textile Printing Units at Mathura Industrial Area, Muthura (6.25MLD) | 6.25                       | 13.87                          | Completed      |
| 10            | I&D and STP Works for balance drains in Mathura                                                                         | 60                         | 292.56                         | Under Progress |
| 11            | Interception &Diversion works in Kairana                                                                                | 15                         | 78.42                          | Completed      |
| 12            | I&D and STP Works in Chhata                                                                                             | 6                          | 56.15                          | Under Progress |
| 13            | I&D and STP Works in Kosi                                                                                               | 12                         | 66.59                          | Under Progress |
| 14            | I&D and STP Works in Vrindavan                                                                                          | 13                         | 77.7                           | Under Progress |
| 15            | I&D and STP works in Hathras                                                                                            | 24                         | 128.91                         | Under Progress |
| 16            | I&D and STP works in Saharanpur                                                                                         | 135                        | 577.23                         | Under Progress |
| 17            | I&D and STP works in Banat                                                                                              | 5                          | 48.71                          | Under Progress |
| 18            | I&D and STP works in Babri &Bantikhera                                                                                  | 5                          | 55.47                          | Under Progress |

| 19               | I&D and STP works in Thanabhawan                                                                              | 10               | 97.19            | Under Progress   |
|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 20               | I&D and STP works in Shamli                                                                                   | 40               | 206.02           | Under Progress   |
| 21               | I&D and STP works in Deoband                                                                                  | 20               | 134.71           | Tendering        |
| Delhi            | Delhi                                                                                                         | Delhi            | Delhi            | Delhi            |
| 1                | Rehabilitation of Trunk Sewer No.4                                                                            | 0                | 87.43            | Completed        |
| 2                | Rehabilitation of Trunk Sewer No.5                                                                            | 0                | 83.4             | Completed        |
| 3                | Rehabilitation and upgradation of Kondli Phase-I STP (45 MLD), Phase-II STP (114 MLD) &Phase-III STP (45 MLD) | 204              | 239.11           | Completed        |
| 4                | Rehabilitation of Rising Mains                                                                                | 0                | 59.13            | Completed        |
| 5                | Rehabilitation of Trunk Sewers                                                                                | 0                | 43.92            | Completed        |
| 6                | Rehabilitation of Rising Main                                                                                 | 0                | 45.4             | Completed        |
| 7                | Rehabilitation and up-gradation of Phase-I STP (182 MLD)                                                      | 182              | 211.79           | Completed        |
| 8                | Construction of 564 MLD (124 MGD) Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP)                                          | 564              | 665.78           | Under Progress   |
| 9                | Construction of 318 MLD (70 MGD) at Coronation Pillar, Delhi                                                  | 318              | 515.07           | Completed        |
| Himachal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                              | Himachal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh |
| 1                | Sewerage scheme for Zone II &III of Paonta Sahib                                                              | 3.16             | 11.57            | Completed        |
| Haryana          | Haryana                                                                                                       | Haryana          | Haryana          | Haryana          |
| 1                | Sewerage and Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in Panipat                                                          | 90               | 129.51           | Completed        |
| 2                | Sewerage and Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in Sonipat                                                          | 55               | 88.36            | Completed        |

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