Lok Sabha Question No. 1541 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Assistance from World Bank
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1541

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2015

## Assistance from World Bank

## 1541. DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  World  Bank  has  been  providing  financial  assistance  to  the  States  for pollution abatement and to make the environment pollution free; and
- (b) if so, the details of funds released during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise including Chhattisgarh?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) The Ministry is implementing two (2) projects with World Bank loan viz. Integrated Coastal  Zone  Management  (ICZM)  Project  and  Capacity  Building  for  Industrial Pollution Management Project (CBIPMP).

ICZM is a  programme  for  conservation  and  management  of  selected  stretch  of  the coastal areas in the states of Gujarat, West Bengal, Odisha and Tamil Nadu. ICZM Project has been approved with a budget outlay of Rs.1580.10 crore and was initiated in  March,  2010  and  is  to  be  completed  in  December,  2017.  Pollution  abatement activities are being carried out in coastal states of Gujarat, West Bengal and Odisha. The  activities  comprise  of  construction  of  71  MLD  sewerage  treatment  plant  at Jamnagar  and  Pollution  Control  Lab  in  Gujarat;  solid  waste  management  and construction of Pollution control lab at Paradeep, Odisha; and storm water drainage, beach cleaning and electrification work in Sagar Island, West Bengal.

Capacity  Building  for  Industrial  Pollution  Management  Project  (CBIPMP)  is  being undertaken  for  environmentally  sound  remediation  of  contaminated  sites  in  the country,  which  includes  remediation  of  four  pilot  projects  of  hazardous  waste  sites and  municipal  solid  waste  sites  in  the  States  of  West  Bengal,  Andhra  Pradesh  and Telangana.  This  project  has  been  approved  with  budget  of  339.26  crore  and  was initiated in October 2010 and is to be completed in September 2017.

- (b) The details of amount released to various States under these major areas during the period 2012-13 to 2015-2016 (Up to November-20l5) are given at Annexure-I

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Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Number 1541 for 08.12.2015 by Dr. Banshilal Mahato regarding Assistance from World Bank

Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Project (Rs. In Crore)

| S.N o.            | States            | Financial Year    | Fund Released     |
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| 1.                | Gujarat State     | 2012-13           | 7.25              |
|                   |                   | 2013-14           | 40.50             |
|                   |                   | 2014-15           | 43.45             |
|                   |                   | 2015-16           |                   |
|                   |                   |                   | 91.20             |
| 2.                | Odisha            | 2012-13           | 0.54              |
|                   |                   | 2013-14           | 10.48             |
|                   |                   | 2014-15           | 4.15              |
|                   |                   | 2015-16           |                   |
|                   |                   | Total             | 15.17             |
| 3.                | West Bengal       | 2012-13           | 6.87              |
|                   |                   | 2013-14           | 15.40             |
|                   |                   | 2014-15           | 14.68             |
|                   |                   | 2015-16           |                   |
|                   |                   | Total             | 36.95             |
| Total ICZM 143.32 | Total ICZM 143.32 | Total ICZM 143.32 | Total ICZM 143.32 |

Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management Project (CBIPMP) (Rs. In Crore)

| S. No.                       | States                       | Financial Year               | Fund Released Union Govt.    | by   |
|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------|
| 1.                           | Andhra Pradesh               | 2012-13                      | 11.82                        |      |
|                              |                              | 2013-14                      | 0.00                         |      |
|                              |                              | 2014-15                      | 0.00                         |      |
|                              |                              | 2015-16                      |                              |      |
|                              |                              |                              | 11.82                        |      |
| 2.                           | West Bengal                  | 2012-13                      | 6.70                         |      |
|                              |                              | 2013-14                      | 0.00                         |      |
|                              |                              | 2014-15                      | 0.18                         |      |
|                              |                              | 2015-16                      | 9.82                         |      |
|                              |                              | Total                        | 16.70                        |      |
| Total CBIPMP 28.52           | Total CBIPMP 28.52           | Total CBIPMP 28.52           | Total CBIPMP 28.52           |      |
| Total (ICZM + CBIPMP) 171.84 | Total (ICZM + CBIPMP) 171.84 | Total (ICZM + CBIPMP) 171.84 | Total (ICZM + CBIPMP) 171.84 |      |

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