Lok Sabha Question No. 2962 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-06
Subject: Foreign Assistance for Ganga Cleaning
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: SHASHI THAROOR, PASHUPATI NATH SINGH, PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL, SEETARAM AJMEERA NAIK, E. T. MOHAMMED BASHEER, RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES,

## RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2962

## ANSWERED ON 06.08.2015

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**Foreign Assistance for Ganga Cleaning**

2962. 	DR. SHASHI THAROOR		SHRI PASHUPATI NATH SINGH

DR. P. VENUGOPAL			PROF. A.S.R. NAIK

SHRI E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER	SHRIMATI RAKSHATAI KHADSE

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

(a) the names of foreign countries/ agencies/banks who have shown their interest or are presently involved in the process of Ganga cleaning along with those likely to be involved by the Government in near future for the said purpose;

(b) the details and extent of financial/technical assistance provided/to be provided by each of them by indicating the benefits accrued/to be accrued therefrom;

(c) the details of ongoing projects with the said assistance along with their current status and those likely to be taken up in future, country/agency/bank-wise;

(d) the time schedule fixed for ongoing as well as the proposed projects for Ganga cleaning with foreign assistance; and

(e) the steps taken/to be taken to clean Ganga at the earliest including achievements made in this regard so far?

## ANSWER

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

(PROF. SANWAR LAL JAT)

(a)  Many countries such as Germany, Australia, Canada, Singapore, and Netherlands have expressed interest to support Ganga Rejuvenation through knowledge/technology sharing and providing financial/technical assistance for cleaning up of Ganga, capacity building, research & development, sharing of experiences, expertise & best practice. Similarly, multilateral and bilateral agencies such as World Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are also providing assistance.

(b) to (d) Relevant details are in the Annexure.

An Umbrella Programme for Ganga river conservation, “NamamiGange” – Integrated Ganga Conservation Programme has been approved by the Cabinet with an outlay of Rs 20,000 Crores for the next 5 years. The primary objective of the program is pollution abatement by creating suitable treatment facilities for domestic/industrial solid and liquid waste.  93 projects have already been approved at the cost of Rs. 7350.38 crores for creating treatment capacity of 858 MLD and sewer network of 3623.10 km.  ‘NamamiGange’ program also aims to tackle the river surface pollution. The program also endeavors to conserve the biodiversity in the river including Ganga River Dolphins, Ghariyals etc.

In addition, the Ministry of Defence has agreed to raise 1 battalion of Ganga Task Force initially for monitoring the pollution through ex-servicemen living along the River Ganga. Bhuvan-Ganga Mobile Application has been launched that provides a platform for crowdsourcing to monitor pollution in river Ganga and enable decision makers to prioritize interventions.

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**Annexure**

**Annexure referred to in reply to Parts (b) to (d) of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2962 for 06/08/2015**

**The World Bank** has funded US$1bn for the National Ganga River Project.

Status of Projects under NGRBA (EAP- WB) Programme (as on 31/07/2015) is given below:

| **A.  INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS**   |                                                                                                                                            |                        |                                                                                                            |
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **S. No.**                                   | **Details**                                                                                                                                | **Cost (Rs in Crore)** | **Status**                                                                                                 |
| 1                                            | Water Quality Monitoring for River Ganga                                                                                                   | 94.45                  | AdministratIve Approval (AA) & Expenditure Sanction (ES) issued. Vendors meet conducted  in September 2013 |
| 2                                            | Strengthening of Environmental Regulator (CPCB)                                                                                            | 69.26                  | AA & ES issued                                                                                             |
| 3                                            | Polutioninventorization, assessment &surveillenace on Ganga river                                                                          | 34.77                  |                                                                                                            |
| 4                                            | Setting up 'Ganga Knowledge Centre'                                                                                                        | 24.84                  | AA & ES issued                                                                                             |
| 5                                            | Educating Schools and Communities for sustainable actions for conserving habitat of Ganga River Dolphin along Ganga River Basin (Phase-II) | 1.28                   | AA & ES issued, Activities Started                                                                         |
| 6                                            | AA&ES for various activities of Ganga Knowledge Centre                                                                                     | 23.70                  | AA & ES issued                                                                                             |
| 7                                            | Programme to conserve Ganga river Dolphin in Ganga & its tributaries in UP. Phase I : Annual dolphin census and threat assessment          | 0.73                   | AA & ESissued                                                                                              |
| 7                                            | Phase 2 : Rolling out Dolphin conservation in UP                                                                                           | 2.42                   | AA & ESissued                                                                                              |
|                                              | **Total (A)**                                                                                                                              | **251.45**             |                                                                                                            |

| **B. INVESTMENT PROJECTS APPRAISED / APPROVED**   |                                                                                              |                       |                                                                                                                                            |
|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **B1. Investment Projects Approved**              |                                                                                              |                       |                                                                                                                                            |
| **S. No.**                                        | **Details**                                                                                  | **Cost(Rs in Crore)** | **Status**                                                                                                                                 |
| **Uttarakhand**                                   |                                                                                              |                       |                                                                                                                                            |
| 1                                                 | Sewerage scheme and STP at MuniKiReti – Dhalwala                                             | 95.60                 | Both Bid document for STP & Network, approved by World Bank. Expected date of Publishing the document is 24.01.2015.                       |
| **Sub Total**                                     |                                                                                              | **95.60**             |                                                                                                                                            |
| **Uttar Pradesh**                                 |                                                                                              |                       |                                                                                                                                            |
| 2                                                 | 14 MLD Capacity STP at Salori, Allahabad                                                     | 42.40                 | Contract awarded; works in progress.                                                                                                       |
| 3                                                 | Sewerage system in Sewerage District-C &Allahpur, Allahabad                                  | 146.87                | Contract awarded; works in progress.                                                                                                       |
| 4                                                 | Sewerage Works in Sewerage District 'A', Allahabad                                           | 288.94                | Contract awarded; works in progress.                                                                                                       |
| 5                                                 | Sewerage scheme and STP at Bithoor – Kanpurnagar                                             | 59.68                 | Combined Bid document for STP & Network, approved by World Bank. Date of Publishing is awaited for clearance of ESAMP by NMCG & World Bank |
| 6                                                 | Sewage Works in Narora, Bulandsahar, UP                                                      | 34.87                 | Contract awarded; works in progress.                                                                                                       |
| 7                                                 | Sewage Works in AnupShahar, Bulandsahar, UP                                                  | 75.79                 | Under Bidding process                                                                                                                      |
| 8                                                 | Sewerage & non- Sewerage scheme for Pollution abatiment of river Ganga at Allahabad. - Retro | 106.08                | Under Retro Financing, Works in Progress                                                                                                   |
| 9                                                 | Sewerage Work in Sewerage District-E of Allahabad. - Retro                                   | 142.00                | Under Retro Financing, Works in Progress                                                                                                   |
| 10                                                | Sewerage works in sewerage District B, Allahabad, UP                                         | 265.86                | Bid documents Under Preparation.                                                                                                           |
| **Sub Total**                                     |                                                                                              | **1162.49**           |                                                                                                                                            |
| **Bihar**                                         |                                                                                              |                       |                                                                                                                                            |
| 11                                                | Ganga River Front Development at Patna                                                       | 243.27                | Works in progress                                                                                                                          |
| 12                                                | Sewage Treatment Plant at Pahari – Patna                                                     | 127.31                | Under Bidding Process. Bid evaluation is under progress                                                                                    |
| 13                                                | Sewerage scheme at Pahari (Zone IVA(S))                                                      | 133.64                | Under Bidding Process. Bid evaluation is under progress                                                                                    |
| 14                                                | Sewerage scheme at Pahari (Zone V) – Patna                                                   | 214.31                | Under Bidding Process. Bid evaluation is under progress                                                                                    |
| 15                                                | STP at Beur , Patna, Bihar                                                                   | 68.16                 | Bid documents Under Preparation                                                                                                            |
| 16                                                | STP at KarmaliChak, Patna, Bihar                                                             | 77.04                 | Bid documents Under Preparation                                                                                                            |
| 17                                                | Sewerage & Sewage Treatment Plant in Buxar. - Retro                                          | 74.95                 | Under Retro Financing, Works in Progress                                                                                                   |
| 18                                                | Sewerage & Sewage Treatment Plant in Begusarai - Retro                                       | 65.40                 | Under Retro Financing, Works in Progress                                                                                                   |
| 19                                                | Sewerage & Sewage Treatment Plant in Munger - Retro                                          | 187.89                | Under Retro Financing;                                                                                                                     |
| 20                                                | Sewerage works in Beur, Patna, Bihar                                                         | 225.77                | Bid documents Under Preparation                                                                                                            |
| 21                                                | Sewerage works at  KarmaliChak, Patna, Bihar                                                 | 170.71                | Bid documents Under Preparation                                                                                                            |
| 22                                                | STP and Allied Works at Saidpur, Patna, Bihar                                                | 184.93                | AA & ES Issued                                                                                                                             |
| 23                                                | Sewerage works in Saidpur, Patna, Bihar                                                      | 268.63                | AA & ES Issued                                                                                                                             |
| **Sub Total**                                     |                                                                                              | **2042.01**           |                                                                                                                                            |
| **Jharkhand**                                     |                                                                                              |                       |                                                                                                                                            |
| 24                                                | Sewerage scheme and STP at Sahibganj                                                         | 99.36                 | Bids cancelled; under process for re-bidding                                                                                               |
| **Sub Total**                                     |                                                                                              | **99.36**             |                                                                                                                                            |
| **West Bengal**                                   |                                                                                              |                       |                                                                                                                                            |
| 25                                                | Sewerage scheme and STP of Halisahar                                                         | 274.76                | Bids under evaluation                                                                                                                      |
| 26                                                | Sewerage Integration and Sewage Treatment Plant, Budge-Budge                                 | 145.98                | Under bidding process                                                                                                                      |
| 27                                                | Sewerage Integration Work and Sewage Treatment Plant, Barackpore                             | 272.32                | Under bidding process                                                                                                                      |
| **Sub Total**                                     |                                                                                              | **693.06**            |                                                                                                                                            |
| **Total (B)**                                     |                                                                                              | **4092.52**           |                                                                                                                                            |

*AAES: Administrative Approval & Expenditure Sanction

**JICA Projects:**

- JICA committed to provide Yen 17.77 billion (@Rs.0.23) for Yamuna Action Plan Project-I (YAP-I). In YAP-I, 269 schemes were completed at an expenditure of Rs. 683.97 crore.
- JICA committed to provide Yen 13,333Million (@Rs.0.41) for Yamuna Action Plan Project-II (YAP-II). In YAP-II, 30 schemes were completed at an expenditure of Rs. 770.17 crore
- JICA has also agreed to provide Yen 32,571 million (@Rs.0.65) for Yamuna Action Plan Project-III (YAP-III). In YAP-III, 1 schemeis sanctioned and there is an expenditure of Rs 12.078 Crore so far
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to provide Yen 11,184 million (@Rs.0.65) for Ganga Action Plan - II (Varanasi).In Ganga Action Plan - II (Varanasi), there is an expenditure of Rs119.15 Crore so far
- YAP-III-Presently, these works are under scrutiny for revision of scope of works as per Hon’ble NGT directions. Varanasi- Project under implementation and likely to be completed by July, 2018.

Apart from the above, collaboration with following two countries are at an advanced stage and details are given below:

- **Germany:** German Government has offered 3 million Euros for supporting Ganga Rejuvenation during the Indo-German Government Negotiations held in November 2014. An appraisal mission was conducted in March 2015 to formulate projects for the initial assistance for technical co-operation. For financial cooperation, KfW conducted a fact-finding mission to India April- June 2015.
- **Australia:** MoU signed between Governments of Australia and India in the field of water resources management. A short-term project has been initiated by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) for ‘Drain Analysis and Water Quality Scorecards’ since April 2015. The project will be funded by Australian Aid.