Lok Sabha Question No. 1262 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Sewage Treatment Plants
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: BHOLA SINGH, V. PANNEER SELVAM, SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA, SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL, RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1262

ANSWERED ON 03.03.2016

## SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS

| 1262.   | SHRI BHOLA SINGH        | SHRIS.P.MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA    |
|---------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|         | SHRI V. PANNEERSELVAM   | SHRI D.K. SURESH            |
|         | SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH  | SHRI PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA |
|         | SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL | SHRI RAJESHBHAICHUDASAMA    |

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  do  the  surface  cleaning  of  Ganga  river  and  if  so,  the  details thereof alongwith action taken thereon including cities identified for the purpose by indicating the funds allocated and agencies involved/ proposed to be involved therein;

(b)  the  requirement  of  sewage  treatment  plants  and  the  total  number  of  such  plants  to  be  constructed under the Ganga Action Plan and Yamuna Action Plan and the actual number of plants established so far in the towns/cities situated along banks of these rivers, State-wise;

(c) whether the treatment capacity of the present treatment plants is sufficient, if so, the details of the total estimated sewage generated and treated per day in class I cities and class II towns in each State;

(d) the steps taken by the Government to upgrade the existing and construct new treatment plants and the funds provided for the purpose; and

(e) the time schedule fixed by the Government in this regard along with efforts made to clean Ganga and Yamuna rivers?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION (SUSHRI UMA BHARTI)

(a)  'River  Surface  and  Ghat  Cleaning'  programme  has  been  taken  up  initially  for  12  cities namely Haridwar, Rishikesh, Garhmukteswar, Mathura-Vrindavan, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Sahibganj, Howrah, Kolkata and Nabadweepunder the NamamiGangeprogramme.

In Varanasi, the TATAs have taken up to cleaning the waste flowing into the river under their Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR)  programme.  Also  Varanasi  Nagar  Nigam  has  been entrusted to take up the ghat cleaning works at all the 84 ghats initially for a period of 1 year at an annual cost of Rs 5 crore.

In addition, 5 central public sector units namely WAPCOS, EIL, NBCC, NPCC, EPIL have been recently  engaged  to  execute  entry  level  activities  including  cleaning  of  river  surface  in  their respective river stretches in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. EIL has already started surface cleaning work in three locations, Banaras, Kanpur and Allahabad. The other activities taken up under entry level activities include repair and modernization of Ghats, provision  of  public  amenities,  village  sewage  drain  treatment,  repair  and  modernization  of crematoria etc.

(b) to (d) The Consortium of IITs have estimated that 12050 mld of sewage is generated from Class-I &II towns in 11 Ganga basin States, of which about 7301 mld is generated from the 175 Class I and 102 Class II towns of 5 Ganga basin States on the main stem of river Ganga namely, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. The available treatment capacity is  about  2125  mld.  In  addition,  STPs  for  a  treatment  capacity  of  about  1188  mld  are  under construction / approval, thus leaving a gap of about 3988 mld in this 5 basin states.

Under NGRBA till December 2015, 34 STPs in Ganga towns and 03 STPs in Yamuna towns with a total capacity of 808.23 MLD have been sanctioned.

Further, to minimize the gap in treatment capacity,additional capacity is proposed to be created for  which,  the  proposals  of  Rehabilitation  and  upgradation  of  existing  STPs,  Interception  and Diversions of drains and construction of new STPs have been received from State Governments of 05 basin States (Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal).

The identified PSUs are carrying out the work of condition Assessment & Feasibility Study and Entry level activities- under the NamamiGangeProgramme. (e)  All projects sanctioned under NGRBA and Namami Gange Programme are expected to be completed by 2020.

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