Lok Sabha Question No. 1958 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Namami Gange Yojana
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: JAY PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, SUDHEER GUPTA, MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVNTHI), KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO

†1958. :

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1958

ANSWERED ON 28.07.2016

## NAMAMI GANGE YOJANA

SHRI JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA SHRI MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVANTHI) SHRI KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO

Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

(a) the details of initiatives and projects being undertaken under the 'Namami Gange Yojana' in each of the States;

(b) the present status of the implementation of the 'Namami Gange Yojana' in each of the States;

(c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  come  out  with  a  Gange  Act  for  fast  track  execution  of Namami Gange Yojana and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether any suggestion has been sought from all the States concerned in this regard and if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to come into force; and

(e) the time line fixed for completion of various projects under 'Namami Gange Yojana'?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (IC)  FOR  YOUTH  AFFAIRS  &  SPORTS  AND  MINISTER  OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION (SHRI VIJAY GOEL)

(a)     In view of the shortcomings in the approach followed in earlier Programme for cleaning river Ganga, it was felt necessary that a new holistic approach based on river basin as the unit of planning and  institutional  redesign  needs  to  be  adopted.  Further  in  2014,  Namami  Gange  (Integrated  Ganga Conservation  Mission  /  Programme  under  National  Ganga  River  Basin  Authority)  programme  was introduced.  Namami  Gange  mission,  envisaged  as  an  umbrella  programme,  aims  at  integrating previous & currently ongoing initiatives by enhancing efficiency, extracting synergies and supplementing them with more comprehensive & better coordinated interventions.

(b)      As  on  30th  June  2016,  97  projects  has  been  sanctioned  under  Namami  Gange  programme (including the existing projects sanctioned under NGRBA programme) in 53 towns at an estimated project  cost  of  Rs  8588.21  Crore.  Out  of  these  12  projects  are  sanctioned  exclusively  under  new components  of  Namami  Gange  programme  with  a  sanctioned  cost  of  Rs  351.42  Crore.  Out  of  97 projects, 32 have been completed.

(c)  &  (d)    Yes,  Madam.  During  the  6th  meeting  of  the  National  Ganga  River  Basin  Authority (NGRBA)  held  on  4 th July,  2016,  all  the  members  present,  including  representatives  of  the  five member States, agreed on preparation of Ganga Act with consent from States. They also authorized Justice Giridhar Malviya to take lead in drafting the draft legislation on Ganga.

(e) As per NGRBA framework, which is the guiding framework for Namami Gange programme, it is envisaged that no untreated sewage shall be disposed to Ganga by the year 2020.