Lok Sabha Question No. 2976 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Solid Waste Management
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA, SUSHMITA DEV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2976 TO BE ANSWERED ON MAY 11, 2016

## SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

No. 2976 SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA: KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV:

## Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether urban areas are facing sanitation crisis and needs to reinvent  human  waste  disposal  mechanism  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) whether  only  a  third  of  urban  houses  are  connected  to  the sewer system and majority of houses use toilets connected to septic tanks and if so, the details thereof and the step taken/being taken to improve the situation;
- (c) whether  65%  of  the  cities  in  the  country  do  not  have  proper arrangement for safe collection of human excreta;
- (d) if  so,  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  special legal provision related to the management of faecal sludge and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether most septic tanks in urban India do not conform to the recommended design specified by BIS and the effluent is allowed to flow  into  open  drains/water  bodies  and  municipal  sewers  and  if  so, whether  the  Government  has  issued  any  advisory  on  solid  waste management and if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) : Sanitation  is  a  State  subject.  However,  Ministry  of  Urban Development  supplements  the  efforts  of  State  Governments/Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) for efficient sewage, waste and garbage management  by  issuing  guidelines/advisories/Manuals  from  time  to time.

(b  to  d):    According  to  Census  2011,  the  assessment  of  sewage  and waste  water  disposal  system  in  urban  households  by  way  of  house connections is at annexure A.

32% urban households are latrines connected to piped sewer system and 32.8% to septic tanks.

(e)  :            The  BIS  specification  IS  -2470  Part  1  and  Part  2  for  septic tanks  is  recommendatory  in  nature,  Further  the  assessment  of  the condition of septic tank is in the purview of urban local bodies which are authorizing and monitoring all constructions under their municipal by-laws.  Ministry  has  prepared  an  advisory  on  improving  municipal solid  waste  management  services  that  covers  all  aspects  of  solid waste i.e. collection, transporting processing & disposal.

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Annexure A

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SBHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2976 FOR 11-05-2016 REGARDING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

| Households by type of latrine facility     | Urban        |   Percentage |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Total number of households                 | 78,865,937   |        100   |
| Latrine facility within the premises       | 64,162,119   |         81.4 |
| Water Closet (WC)                          | 57,235,228   |         72.6 |
| (WC) - Piped sewer system                  | 25,775,247   |         32.7 |
| (WC) - Septic tank                         | 30, 087 ,437 |         38.2 |
| (WC) - Other system                        | 1,372,544    |          1.7 |
| Pit Latrine (PL)                           | 5,597,143    |          7.1 |
| (PL) - With slab/ ventilated improved Pit  | 5,066,323    |          6.4 |
| (PL) - Without slab/ open pit              | 530,820      |          0.7 |
| Other Latrine (OL)                         | 1,329,748    |          1.7 |
| (OL) -Night soil disposed into open Drain. | 942,643      |          1.2 |
| (OL) - Night soil removed by human         | 208,323      |          0.3 |
| (OL) - Night soil serviced by animals      | 178,782      |          0.2 |
| No Latrine within the premises (NL)        | 14,703,818   |         18.6 |
| (NL) - Public latrine                      | 4,743,807    |          6   |
| (NL) - Open                                | 9,960,011    |         12.6 |
|                                            |              |        100   |

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