Lok Sabha Question No. 4368 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Sewage Treatment Plants under Namami Gange Mission
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA, BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES,

## RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4368 ANSWERED ON 11.08.2016

## SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS UNDER NAMAMI  GANGE MISSION

## 4368. SHRIMATI KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH

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

(a) the location and State-wise details of Sewage Treatment Plants set up in the first phase of Namami Gange Mission in the country so far;

(b) the names of States whose participation have been decided for making this project a success;

(c) whether the Government is aware that some States are facing financial stress and are not able to complete their Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in time due to delays and resultant cost escalations;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken/to be taken to resolve the issue;

(e) whether any survey or research has been conducted by the Government to authenticate the outcome of the study conducted by National Cancer Registry Programme stating that the people living on banks of Ganga river in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Bengal are more vulnerable to cancer; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER  RESOURCES, RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND  GANGA REJUVENATION

(DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

(a)    As on 30 th June, 2016, 58 project on Sewerage and Sanitation have been sanctioned. This includes 51 projects for STPs and sewerage network Schemes and 7 projects only for laying / rehabilitation of sewer lines. This would create 808.23 MLD (new) and rehabilitation of 1089.00 MLD treatment capacity and 3627.15 Km sewer network. Till date  7  STP  projects  are  completed  which  has  created  126.5  MLD  capacity.  The  details  of  the  STPs    is  given  in annexure 1.

(b)        Primarily,  support  from  main  stem  Ganga  states  (Uttarakahand,  Uttar-Pradesh,  Bihar,  Jharkhand  and  West Bengal)is  required  for  the  making  the  programme  a  success  along  river  Ganga.  Support  from  states  along  river Yamuna  (Haryana,  Delhi)  is  also  necessary  as  Yamuna  is  a  highly  polluted  major  tributary  of  river  Ganga. Additionally, support from the other Ganga Basin States Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya

Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are equally important to the programe a success for cleaning the tributaries of river Ganga passing through these states.

(c) & (d)   All the projects under the new Namami Gange is fully funded by the Government (100% funding) under the central sponsored scheme. Earlier sanctioned STP schemes funded under NGRBA were sanctioned under 70:30 sharing basis. One of the conditions of sanction was that any escalation and/or time overrun has to be borne by the state.

(e)   No, Madam.  The Government has not conducted any survey so far to authenticate any study  on vulnerability of people living on banks of river Ganga to cancer by National Cancer Registry Programme.

(f)    Does not arise.

## Annexure 1

Annexure  referred  to    in  reply  of  Lok  Sabha  unstarred  Question  No.  4368  due  for  reply  on 11.08.2016

The  state-wise  location  details  of  Sewage  Treatment  plants  under  construction/completed  under Namami Gange Programme

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| State       |   No. of STP proposed | Location                                                                                               | STPs completed if any              |
|-------------|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| UK          |                     9 | Badrinath, Karnprayag, Devprayag, Rudraprayag, Tapovan (Tehri), Haridwar-2, Gangotri, Muni-Ki-Reti.    | 3 (Tapovan, Devprayag, Haridwar-1) |
| UP          |                    14 | Allahabad-5, Garhmukteswar-2, Moradabad, Kannauj (Kali river), Varanasi, Bithoor, Anupsahar-2, Narora. | 4 (Allahabad)                      |
| Bihar       |                    11 | Buxar, Begusarai, Munger, Hajipur, Patna (7)                                                           |                                    |
| Jharkhand   |                     1 | Sahibganaj                                                                                             |                                    |
| West Bengal |                     6 | Kalyani, Gayeshpur, Bhatpara, Halisahar, Budge budge and Barrackpore                                   |                                    |
| Haryana     |                     6 | Panipat (4) and Sonipat (2)                                                                            |                                    |
| Delhi       |                     4 | Rithala (3) and Kondli                                                                                 |                                    |
| Total       |                    51 |                                                                                                        |                                    |

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