Lok Sabha Question No. 730 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-04
Subject: Expansion of Sewage and Solid Waste Management in Barmer
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Ummeda Ram Beniwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 730

## TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 04, 2025

## EXPANSION OF SEWAGE AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN BARMER

NO. 730. SHRI UMMEDA RAM BENIWAL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  expanded  the  sewage  and  solid  waste management system in Barmer city of Rajasthan;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether there  is  any  proposal  to  expand  similar  infrastructure  in  other desert cities of Rajasthan and neighbouring States and if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

(a) to (c) :  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  -Urban  2.0  has  been  launched  on October  1,  2021  for  a  period  of  five  years  with  a  vision  of  achieving Garbage  Free  Status  for  all  cities  in  the  country  through  100%  source segregation,  door  to  door  collection  and  scientific  management  of  all fractions of waste Used Water Management (UWM) component  to  holistically  deal  with  fecal  sludge  &  septage  in  cities having less than 1 lakh population as per census 2011.

Under UWM component of SBM-U 2.0, against mission allocation of Rs. 916.10  Cr,  action  plan  with  total  project  cost  of  Rs.  1785.45  Cr  having central share of Rs. 892.72 Cr have been approved so far for setting up sewage  treatment  infrastructure/facilities  in  all  the  eligible  cities  of Rajasthan  in  accordance  with  the  action  plan  approved  by  State  Level Technical Committee (SLTC) meeting. Barmer city with more than 01 lakh population is not covered under UWM component of SBM-U 2.0.

Under Solid Waste Management (SWM) component of SBM-U 2.0, against mission allocation of Rs. 541.80 Cr, action plan with total project cost of Rs. 1372.47 Cr having central share of Rs. 505.36 Cr have been approved so far for setting up various waste processing facilities and remediation of legacy waste in all the eligible cities of Rajasthan including Barmer in accordance with the action plan approved by SLTC meeting.

To deal with overall sewerage and septage management across the urban area of the country, Government launched the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT)  in  500  cities  on  June 25,  2015.  AMRUT  2.0  has  been  launched  on  1 st   October  2021  to  make cities 'self-reliant' and 'water secure'. AMRUT 2.0 will extend the ease of living by up-scaling universal coverage in water supply from 500 cities to all statutory towns in the country.

Under  AMRUT,  in  the  state  of  Rajasthan,  project  worth  Rs.2360.19  Cr. under Sewerage and Septage Management has already been undertaken. Under AMRUT 2.0, project worth Rs.5673.70 Cr. has been approved under Sewerage and Septage Management.

Rajasthan  State  has  not  taken  up  any  sewerage/septage  management projects in Barmer city, However, one water supply project worth ₹46.34 crore and one water body rejuvenation project worth ₹3.16 crore taken up in Barmer city.

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