Lok Sabha Question No. 4173 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Rejuvenation of Sub-Basins of Ganga River
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4173

ANSWERED ON 11.08.2016

## REJUVENATION OF SUB-BASINS OF GANGA RIVER

## 4173.  SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY

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

- (a) whether sub-basins of Ganga river are to be rejuvenated under Ganga cleaning campaign;
- (b) if so, the details thereof with their pollution level during the last two years; and
- (c) the quantum of funds allocated/ released/utilised for the purpose including progress made in this regard so far?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  WATER  RESOURCES,  RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND  GANGA REJUVENATION (DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

- (a)      The  Central  Government  approved  the  'Namami  Gange'  program  on  13th  May,  2015  as  a comprehensive  approach  to  rejuvenate  the  river  Ganga  and  all  its  tributaries  under  one  umbrella  by consolidating  the  existing  ongoing  efforts  and  planning  for  a  concrete  action  plan  for  the  future.  In  the present phase of the operation, the focus is on projects to rejuvenated river Ganga and Yamuna.
- (b)   Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has inventorised 764 Grossly Polluting Industries (GPI) in 5 states on the main stem of river Ganga and its tributaries river Kali East and Ramganga all together draining 501 MLD of waste water into Ganga. Out of 764 units, 53 and 79 GPI units are discharging into river KaliEast and Ramganga respectively through drains/tributaries. The pollution load discharged in river Ramganga and Kali-east by drains/tributaries is estimated to be 132 Tonne/day and 165 Tonne/Day respectively.
- (c)   Funds allocated and spent so till 13.07.2016 on Cleaning of Ganga by Government since inception of National Mission for Clean Ganga is given below:

|         |          | Rs.Incrore                           |
|---------|----------|--------------------------------------|
| FY      | RE       | Actual Expenditure by Govt. of India |
| 2011-12 | 216.61   | 192.58                               |
| 2012-13 | 193.50   | 191.52                               |
| 2013-14 | 309.00   | 303.95                               |
| 2014-15 | 2,053.00 | 326.00                               |
| 2015-16 | 1,650.00 | 1,632.00                             |
| 2016-17 |          |                                      |
| Total   | 4,422.11 | 2,646.05                             |

As on 30th June 2016,97 projects have 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 at a sanctioned cost of Rs 351.42 crore.  Out of these 97 projects, 32 projects have been completed.  The  Government recently  launched  231  entry  level  and  medium  term  projects  under  Namami Gange  on  7th  July,  2016.  These  projects  include  Ghat  Development,  Crematoria,  setting  up  of  Sewage treatment plants, afforestation etc.

Apart from above, 'River Surface and Ghat Cleaning' programme using thrash skimmer has been taken up initially in 6  cities namely Mathura-Vrindavan, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna and New Delhi under the Namami Gange programme. Also, 5 central public sector units namely WAPCOS, EIL, NBCC, NPCC, EPIL have been recently engaged to carry out work on condition Assessment & Feasibility Study and Entry level  activities  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.  The  other  activities  taken  up  under  entry  level  activities  include  repair  and modernization  of  Ghats,  provision  of  public  amenities,  village  level  drain  (VLD)  treatment,  repair  and modernization  of  crematoria  etc.  1242  ghats,  369  crematoria  and  411  VLDs  identified  so  far  from  the surveys and out of these 191 Ghats and 64 Crematoria have been recommended by ESC till date.

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