Lok Sabha Question No. 810 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-24
Subject: Challenges under Namami Gange Programme
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Jagannath Sarkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 810

## ANSWERED ON 24.07.2025

## CHALLENGES UNDER NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME

## 810.   SHRI JAGANNATH SARKAR

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the current status of the Namami Gange Programme in West Bengal and the details of all 27 sewage infrastructure projects including details of completed, ongoing and pending projects along with the funds sanctioned for each of them;

(b) the number of Ghat and Crematoria projects initiated under this programme in West Bengal along with the present status thereof;

(c) the specific challenges being faced in the execution of Namami Gange projects in West Bengal and the steps being taken by the Government to address these challenges; and

(d) the total funds allocated and utilized under the Namami Gange Programme in West Bengal till date?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a) Under the Namami Gange Programme (NGP), a total of 31 projects at a cost of  ₹4,605.72 crore have been sanctioned in West Bengal, out of which 16 projects have been completed and made operational. The detailed list of projects, along with the sanctioned cost, is enclosed at Annexure I.

(b) Under the NGP in West Bengal, a total of 10 projects, comprising 14 ghats and 9 crematoria, have been sanctioned  at  a  cost  of  ₹49.67  crore.  Out  of  these,  13  ghats  and  3  crematoria  have  been  completed  and handed over to the respective Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).

(c) The identification of suitable land for the establishment of new Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) and issue  of  statutory  clearances  like  right  of  way  for  sewage-related  networks  have  emerged  as  major challenges. To address and overcome these challenges, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has been  actively  involved  in  closely  monitoring  the  status  of  the  projects.  NMCG  regularly  conducts comprehensive  review  meetings  under  the  chairmanship  of  competent  authority  and  through  Central Monitoring  Committee  (CMC)  to  evaluate  progress,  identify  potential  roadblocks,  and  ensure  timely resolutions.

(d) The details of funds disbursed to various agencies, including State Missions for Clean Ganga in the State  of  West  Bengal,  for  the  implementation  of  projects/interventions  under  the  Namami  Gange Programme from its inception (FY 2014-15) till 30 June 2025 are enclosed at Annexure II.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 810 TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  24.07.2024  REGARDING  'CHALLENGES  UNDER  NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME'.

## Detailed list of NMCG's of projects, along with the sanctioned cost

|   SI | Towns                                  | Name/Nature of works                                                                                                                                                                 |   Approve Project cost (in Cr.) | Status    |
|------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------|
|    1 | Gayeshpur                              | Sewerage system &STP                                                                                                                                                                 |                          168.67 | Completed |
|    2 | Kalyani                                | Sewerage system &STP                                                                                                                                                                 |                           57.87 | Completed |
|    3 | Bhatpara                               | Sewerage system &STP                                                                                                                                                                 |                          228.52 | Completed |
|    4 | Halisahar                              | Sewerage scheme &STP Halishar                                                                                                                                                        |                          332.56 | Completed |
|    5 | Budge-Budge                            | Sewerage System and STP at Budge-Budge                                                                                                                                               |                          225.45 | Completed |
|    6 | Barrackpore                            | Sewerage system with Sewer network and STP -                                                                                                                                         |                          341.68 | Completed |
|    7 | Kancharapara (Barrackpore)             | Interception &Diversion with STP(Upgradation of existing 13 MLD STP to 18 MLD capacity)                                                                                              |                           48.77 | Completed |
|    8 | Barrackpore Municipality               | Design and Build of I &Dstructure. including Lock Gate and it's all appurtenant structures as well as allied works at Barrackpore Municipality, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal State |                            0.93 | Completed |
|    9 | Howrah                                 | Pollution Abatement Works for River Ganga at Howrah(Interception &Diversion with STP) (under Hybrid annuity based PPP mode-Namami Gange Programme)                                   |                          595.72 | Completed |
|   10 | Bally                                  | Pollution Abatement Works for River Ganga at Bally under Howrah Municipal Corporation (Interception &Diversion with STP (under Hybrid annuity based PPP mode-Namami Gange Programme) |                          595.72 | Completed |
|   11 | Kamarhati and Baranagar Municipalities | STP &Sewer network - (under Hybrid annuity based PPP mode-Namami Gange Programme)                                                                                                    |                          595.72 | Completed |
|   12 | Nabadwip                               | DPR of Interception &Diversion Network for existing drains falling in river Ganges including STP at Nabadwip Muncipality                                                             |                           61.23 | Completed |
|   13 | Jangipur Municipality                  | Pollution Abatement Works for River Ganga at Jangipur (Interception &Diversion with STP)                                                                                             |                           68.47 | Completed |
|   14 | Maheshtala Town                        | Pollution Abatement works for River Ganga at Maheshtala- Municipal Town (Interception& Diversion with STP)under Hybrid Annuity based PPP mode                                        |                          286.97 | Completed |
|   15 | Level 2 Hoogly                         | Rejuvenation of existing STPs alongwith lifting stations &pumping station                                                                                                            |                           86.61 | Completed |
|   16 | Level 2 North 24 Parganas              | Rejuvenation of existing STPs alongwith lifting stations &pumping stations                                                                                                           |                           65.54 | Completed |
|   17 | Burdwan                                | Faecal Sludge Management for abatement of pollution in River Ganga (FSTP)                                                                                                            |                           10.35 | Tendering |

| SI    | Towns                      | Name/Nature of works                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Approve Project cost (in Cr.)   | Status         |
|-------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------|
| 18    | keorapukur                 | Rehabilitation of existing STP keorapukur                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 114.74                          | Tendering      |
| 19    | Murshidabad                | Pollution Abatement Sewerage Project (Interception and Diversion with STP)                                                                                                                                                                              | 72.63                           | Tendering      |
| 20    | Katwa                      | Pollution Abatement Sewerage Project (Interception and Diversion with STP, 14 MLD STP with co- treatment 10.5 KLD)                                                                                                                                      | 133.46                          | Tendering      |
| 21    | Uttarpara- Kotrung         | Pollution Abatement Integrated Septage Treatment Plant for Uttarpara-Kotrung Municipality, Hooghly Dist. Town (FSTP)                                                                                                                                    | 8.04                            | Tendering      |
| 22    | Pujali                     | Integrated Septage Treatment Plant for Pujali, South 24 Parganas District (FSTP)                                                                                                                                                                        | 5.77                            | Tendering      |
| 23    | Tolly's Nullah (Adi Ganga) | Pollution Abatement work for Rejuvenation of River Adi Ganga, Kolkata                                                                                                                                                                                   | 817.3                           | Under Progress |
| 24    | Berhampore                 | Pollution Abatement works for River Ganga at Behrampore- Municipal Town (Interception & Diversion)                                                                                                                                                      | 51.21                           | Under Progress |
| 25    | Kolkata                    | Pollution Abatement Works for River Ganga at Kolkata municipality (Installation of New Penstock/construction of I &Dstructures Gates and Refurbishment of Existing Gates/I &Dstructures along the Bank (Eastern &Western) of Beliaghata Circular Canal) | 7.11                            | Under Progress |
| 26    | Kolkata                    | Pollution Abatement Works for River Ganga at Kolkata (Garden Reach) municipality (Interception& Diversion with STP) under Hybrid Annuity based PPP mode                                                                                                 | 289.02                          | Under Progress |
| 27    | Hooghly- Chinsurah         | Pollution Abatement works for River Ganga at Hooghly Chinsurah- Municipal Town (Interception& Diversion with STP)                                                                                                                                       | 154.73                          | Under Progress |
| 28    | North Barrackpore          | Pollution Abatement Works for River Ganga at North Barrackpore municipality(Interception and Diversion with STP)                                                                                                                                        | 154.27                          | Under Progress |
| 29    | Chakdah                    | Pollution Abatement Sewerage Project (Interception and Diversion with STP) at Chakdah Municipal Town                                                                                                                                                    | 121.66                          | Under Progress |
| 30    | Krishnanagar               | Pollution Abatement Sewerage Project (Interception and Diversion with STP) at Krishnanagar Municipal Town                                                                                                                                               | 91.88                           | Under Progress |
| 31    | Bansberia                  | Pollution Abatement Sewerage Infrastructure (Integrated Septage Treatment Plant) at Bansberia Municipal Town (FSTP)                                                                                                                                     | 4.56                            | Under Progress |
| Total | Total                      | Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 4,605.72                        |                |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 810 TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  24.07.2024  REGARDING  'CHALLENGES  UNDER  NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME'.

## Funds released in the State of West Bengal under Namami Gange Programe th

₹. in Crore

| Beneficiary Agency                                    | Purpose/Objective                                                                               | Total    |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
| State Mission for Clean Ganga                         | Sewerage Infrastructure Projects, Institutional Development, Communication &Outreach Activities | 1,118.97 |
| State Forest Department                               | Afforestation                                                                                   | 20.86    |
| Engineering Projects (India) Limited                  | Ghats &Crematoria Projects                                                                      | 20.43    |
| Concessionaires of Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) Projects | Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) Projects at Howraha-Bally-Baranagar, North Barrackpore &Garden Reach  | 509.88   |
| Sanitation Mission                                    | Rural Sanitation Scheme                                                                         | 236.00   |
| Grand Total                                           | Grand Total                                                                                     | 1,906.14 |

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## from FY 2014-15 to 30 June 2025.