Lok Sabha Question No. 1686 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-01
Subject: Water Supply Projects by JICA
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Pradyut Bordoloi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO -1686

ANSWERED ON 01/08/2024

## WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS BY JICA

## 1686.  SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the  current  status  of  installation  of  water  supply  projects  by  the  Japan  International Corporation Agency (JICA), State-wise;
- (b) whether the said projects are failing to meet their targets and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details regarding the release of funds and additional allocations or loans for the said projects;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure supply of drinking water to all stakeholders;
- (e) the data on the employment generated by the projects, according to gender and age group, State-wise; and
- (f) the details of projected economic internal rate of return with the actual return of the project?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI V. SOMANNA)

- (a) to (c) As informed by Department of Economic Affairs, there are eight (08) ongoing water supply projects funded by JICA. The details regarding current status of these water supply projects, release of funds and additional allocation or loans, economic internal rate of return is annexed .
- (d)  Drinking water is a state subject and Government of India supplements the efforts of states by  providing  financial  and  technical  assistance  to  States/UTs.  To  enable  every  rural household  to  have  Functional  Household  Tap  Connection  (FHTC),  Department  of Drinking Water & Sanitation is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), in partnership with States/ UTs since August, 2019.

Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban  Affairs  has  launched  AMRUT  2.0  on  1 st October  2021 covering all the statutory towns of the country to ensure universal coverage of water supply & make cities 'water secure' through provision of 2.68 crore tap connections to mitigate the hardship of citizens.

- (e)  The data on the employment generated by the projects, State-wise is not maintained.
- (f)   Department of Economic Affairs has informed that as these projects are ongoing, actual return of the projects cannot be calculated.

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## Annex referred in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred question no. 1686 for reply on 01.08.2024

| S.No.   | Name of the Project                                                             | Loan Signing Date   | Loan Amount      | Loan Amount    | Cumulative Disbursement (as on 30.06.2024)   | Cumulative Disbursement (as on 30.06.2024)   | Physical Progress (in %)   | Economic internal rate of return (in                                         | Executing Agency                                        |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|------------------|----------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                                 |                     | (in Billion JPY) | (in INR Crore) | (in Billion JPY)                             | (in INR Crore)                               |                            | %)                                                                           |                                                         |
| 1       | ID-P201 Guwahati Water Supply Project                                           | 31.03.2009          | 29.453           | 1182.85        | 15.51                                        | 912.79                                       | 86                         | South Central project component is 16.5% and North project component is 9.1% | Guwahati Metropolitan Drinking Water and Sewerage Board |
| 2       | ID-P225 Delhi Water Supply Improvement Project                                  | 29.10.2012          | 28.975           | 1704.41        | 5.36                                         | 319.17                                       | NA                         | 16.50%                                                                       | Delhi Jal Board                                         |
| 3       | ID-P292 Rajasthan Rural Water Supply and Fluorosis Mitigation Project (Phase 2) | 26.03.2021          | 45.816           | 3273.00        | 0.00                                         | 0                                            | 0                          | 10.5                                                                         | PHED, Govt of Rajasthan                                 |
| 4       | ID-P231 West Bengal Piped Water Supply Project (Purulia)                        | 28.03.2013          | 14.225           | 954.70         | 10.03                                        | 584.07                                       | 75                         | 7.95                                                                         | PHED, G/o WB                                            |
| 5       | ID-P239 Agra Water Supply Project (Tranche-II)                                  | 31.03.2014          | 16.279           | 974.79         | 12.496                                       | 753.03                                       | NA                         | 6.2                                                                          | UP Jal Nigam                                            |
| 6       | ID-P266 Bangalore Water Supply &Sewerage Project Phase 3 (Tranche 1)            | 24.01.2018          | 45.000           | 2586.21        | 41.49                                        | 2619.7                                       | 84.3                       | 19.4                                                                         | Bengluru Water Supply&                                  |

| S.No.   | Name of the Project                                                             | Loan Signing Date   | Loan Amount      | Loan Amount    | Cumulative Disbursement (as on 30.06.2024)   | Cumulative Disbursement (as on 30.06.2024)   | Physical Progress (in %)   | Economic internal rate of return (in %)   | Executing Agency                                                       |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|------------------|----------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                                 |                     | (in Billion JPY) | (in INR Crore) | (in Billion JPY)                             | (in INR Crore)                               |                            |                                           |                                                                        |
| 7       | ID-P299 Bangalore Water Supply &Sewerage Project Phase 3 (Tranche II)           | 31.03.2022          | 37.068           | 2422.74        | 9.87                                         | 553.85                                       |                            |                                           | Sewerage Board                                                         |
| 8       | ID-P267 Project for Construction of Chennai Seawater Desalination Plant         | 29.03.2018          | 30.000           | 1744.19        | 6.00                                         | 339.22                                       | 3.5                        | 19.5                                      | Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board                   |
| 9       | ID-P317 Project for the Improvement of Urban Water Supply System in Uttarakhand | 20.02.2024          | 16.211           | 896.00         | Yet to be effectuated                        | Yet to be effectuated                        | 0.00                       | 33.20                                     | Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of Uttarakhand |