Lok Sabha Question No. 3124 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-04
Subject: Development of River Ghats
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 3124 ANSWERED ON 04.08.2016

## DEVELOPMENT OF RIVER GHATS

## †3124.  SHRI  KIRTI  AZAD

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

(a)  the  details  of  schemes  under  implementation  for  development  and  beautification  of  ghats  along  major rivers of the country including Ganga and its tributaries with fund allocation for the same so far;

(b) the total expenditure incurred out of it on development and beautification of ghats of Kedarnath, Haridwar, Kanpur, Varanasi, Allahabad, Patna and Delhi, headwise;

(c) the progress made so far in this regard; and

(d) the future strategy of the Government in this regard?

## 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)   River Front Development (RFD) is one of the major component of NGRBA programme as well as the newly launched Namami Gange programme, under which  till date, 25 RFD projects have been sanctioned, out of which 24 are completed ( Annexure-I ).

Five Central Public Sector units namely WAPCOS, EIL, NBCC, NPCC, EPIL have been recently engaged to carry out of work on condition Assessment & Feasibility Study and Entry level activities which includes RFD, under Namami Gange Programme in their respective river stretches in Uttarakhand, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

59  towns  have  been  surveyed  so  far  and  27  pre-feasibility  reports  prepared  and  received.  A  total  of  1242 ghats,  369  crematoria  and  411  VLDs  identified  so  far  from  the  surveys.    Out  of  these  191  Ghats  and  64 Crematoria have been  recommended by Empowered Steering Committee (ESC) till date.

List of DPRs received for  Ghat  Development include  Development of Ghats and Crematoria in the Stretch from  Haridwar  to  Uttarakhand  Border  in  Uttarakhand;  Ghats  and  Crematoria  at  Garhmukteswar,  Uttar Pradesh; Ghat Development and Crematoria in Buxar;  Ghat Development and Crematoria in Hajipur; Ghat Development and Crematoriums in Sonepur;  Ghat Development and Crematoria in Sahibganj in Bihar;  Ghat Development  and  Crematoria  in  Rajmahal;  Ghat  Development  and  Crematoria  in  Kanhaiya  Ghat;  in Jharkhand;  Ghats  and  Crematoria  at  Chatt  Ghat  in  Delhi;  Ghats  and  crematoria  in  stretch  Uttarkashi  to Maneri; Ghats and crematoria in stretch Devprayag to Uttarkashi, in Uttarakhand; Ghats and Crematoria in Balawali to Bakhtayarpur; Development of Ghats and Crematoria in Bakhtayarpur to Anupsahar; Development of Ghats and Crematoria in Anupsahar; Development of Ghats and Crematoria in Anupsahar to Kachla (Part1); Development of Ghats and Crematoria in Anupsahar to Kachla (Part2); Development of Ghats and Crematoria in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh; Development Ghats and Crematoria in Jamalpur; Development of  Ghats  and  Crematoria  in  Barauni,  Development  of  Ghats  and  Crematoria  in  Munger,    Development  of Ghats  and  Crematoria  in  Bhagalpur;  Development  of  Ghats  and  Crematoria  in  Sultanganj  in  Bihar,  and Development of Ghats in Garulia; and Development of Crematoria in Garulia in West Bengal.

Annexure - I Annexure referred to  in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No.3124 due for reply on 04.08.2016

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