Lok Sabha Question No. 3483 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: Solid Waste Management
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Bhola Singh, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Sukanta Majumdar, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Raja Amareshwara Naik

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3483 TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 10, 2023 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

NO. 3483.  SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA):

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

Will the Minister for HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has implemented the solid waste management projects in towns along the Ganges spread over many States;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has received project completion report responses  from  the  Ganga-basin  States  about  the  hundred  per  cent implementation in their States;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the corrective measures taken by the Government to address the issue; and
- (e)
- the other steps taken by the Government in the country in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a)to(d) : Government of India launched the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) on October 2, 2014 with the objective of making all cities Open Defecation  Free  (ODF)  and  for  100%  scientific  processing  of  Municipal Solid  Waste  (MSW)  generated  in  the  urban  areas  of  all  States/UTs including  Ganga-basin  States  i.e.  Bihar,  Jharkhand,  Uttarakhand,  Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. To carry forward the progress made, SBM-U 2.0 has been launched on October 1, 2021 with a vision of achieving Garbage Free Status for all cities through 100% source segregation, door to door collection and scientific management of all fractions of waste including safe disposal in scientific landfills.

Central Share (CS) assistance under SBM-U  2.0 is given for establishing of various types of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management plants like, Waste-to-Compost (WtC), Waste-to-Energy (WtE), Bio-methanation,  Material  Recovery  Facilities  (MRF)  and  legacy  waste dumpsites remediation, etc. Status of Solid Waste Management (SWM) in towns of Ganga-basin States is provided below:

|   S. No. | State         |   No. of Towns | Total Waste Generation (TPD)   | Current Processing (TPD)   |
|----------|---------------|----------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
|        1 | Uttarakhand   |             16 | 261                            | 252                        |
|        2 | Uttar Pradesh |             20 | 2,875                          | 2,874                      |
|        3 | Bihar         |             18 | 1,803                          | 800                        |
|        4 | Jharkhand     |              2 | 26                             | 10                         |
|        5 | West Bengal   |             40 | 4,000                          | Not reported               |

(Source: As reported by ULBs/States on Swachhatam MIS Portal)

(e) :   Sanitation is a State subject under 7 th  schedule of the constitution. It is the responsibility of State/ULBs to plan, design, execute, operate and maintain sanitation projects including Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in urban  areas  of  the  country.  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs (MoHUA)  has  been  facilitating  by  providing  additional  financial  and technical support for Used Water Management (UWM) under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0 and SBM 2.0 in addition  to  the  efforts  of  Namami  Gange  under  Department  of  Water Resources, Government of India.

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