Lok Sabha Question No. 3394 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-12
Subject: SBM and SBM 2.0 in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Raja A

- (a)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3394

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 12, 2026

## SBM AND SBM 2.0 IN TAMIL NADU

NO. 3394 SHRI RAJA A:

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

- the details of Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban (SBM-U) 2.0 in Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the details of projects regarding waste-to-energy or bio-gas initiatives for cities and towns in Tamil Nadu under SBM-U; and
- (c) whether any proposal from the State Government is pending and if so, the
- status thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a): Swachh  Bharat  Mission  -  Urban  (SBM-U)  is  being  implemented uniformly in urban areas of all States/UTs including Tamil Nadu to attain 100% scientific processing of municipal solid waste by promoting source segregation  of  waste,  capacity  building  initiatives,  IEC  and  behavioural change campaigns and creating necessary infrastructure for filling gaps in waste processing capacities.

So far 5,46,417 Individual Household Latrines (IHHLs) and 92,744 Community  Toilet/Public  Toilet  (CT/PT)  seats  have  been  constructed  in Tamil  Nadu.  Further,  as  reported  by  State  door  to  door  collection  is practiced in 98.70% of the wards, source segregation is being practiced in  98.08%  of  the  wards  and  65.29%  of  the  total  municipal  solid  waste generated  per  day  is  being  processed  i.e.  9,951  ton  per  day  waste  is processed (TPD) out of 15,241 TPD of waste generated.

- (b):  Under  SBM-U  2.0,  action  plan  to  setup  Waste  to  Electricity  (WtE) plants  of  1500  TPD  and  bio-methanation  plants  of  2012  TPD  with  total project  cost  of  ₹ 630.40  crores having  central  share  of  ₹ 147.84  crores have  been  approved  for  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu.  Details  of  already operational WtE plants and bio-gas plants reported by the State of Tamil Nadu on Swachhatam portal are at annexure.
- (c):  At  present,  no  proposal  from  the  State  Government  is  pending  with MoHUA for approval.

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Statement  referred  to  in  the  reply  of  the  part  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3394 for 12.03.2026 regarding 'SBM AND SBM 2.0 IN TAMIL NADU'

## Details of operational WtE and bio-gas plants reported by State of Tamil Nadu on Swachhatam Portal

No. of

Plants | Designed

| S. No.   | ULB Name        | Bio-methanation No. of Plants | Designed Capacity (TPD)   | Waste to Energy No. of Plants | Designed Capacity (TPD)   |
|----------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | CHENNAI         | 1 | 100.00                                                | 2 | 100.00                                                |
| 2        | ERODE           | 1 | 10.00                                                 | 0 | 0                                                     |
| 3        | HOSSUR          | 1 | 5.00                                                  | 0 | 0                                                     |
| 4        | KANCHEEPURAM    | 1 | 5.00                                                  | 0 | 0                                                     |
| 5        | KAYALPATTINAM   | 1 | 5.00                                                  | 0 | 0                                                     |
| 6        | KOMARALINGAM    | 0 | 0                                                     | 1 | 5.00                                                  |
| 7        | NAMAKKAL        | 1 | 5.00                                                  | 0 | 0                                                     |
| 8        | PALANI          | 1 | 5.00                                                  | 0 | 0                                                     |
| 9        | PALLIPALAYAM    | 1 | 5.00                                                  | 0 | 0                                                     |
| 10       | POLLACHI        | 1 | 5.00                                                  | 0 | 0                                                     |
| 11       | SALEM           | 1 | 5.00                                                  | 0 | 0                                                     |
| 12       | THANJAVUR       | 1 | 5.00                                                  | 0 | 0                                                     |
| 13       | TIRUCHENGODE    | 1 | 5.00                                                  | 0 | 0                                                     |
| 14       | TIRUCHIRAPPALLI | 1 | 5.00                                                  | 0 | 0                                                     |
| 15       | TIRUPPUR        | 1 | 10.00                                                 | 0 | 0                                                     |
| 16       | TIRUVANNAMALAI  | 1 | 5.00                                                  | 0 | 0                                                     |
|          | Total           | 15 | 180.00                                               | 3 | 105.00                                                |