Lok Sabha Question No. 61 (STARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Cleaning of Ganga River
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *

## 61

ANSWERED ON 28.04.2016

## CLEANING OF GANGA RIVER

## *61. SHRI NAGAR RODMAL

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

- (a) the status of progress made so far in the cleaning of River Ganga;
- (b) whether the Government has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with various agencies for cleaning of Ganga River and its tributaries, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the quantum of funds allocated/ released and utilised for the purpose, agency-wise; and
- (d) the achievements made so far, under the said MoUs, agency-wise?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  WATER  RESOURCES,  RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND  GANGA REJUVENATION

(SUSHRI UMA BHARTI)

- (a) to (d)       A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.61  to  be answered  on  Thursday,  the  28 th April,  2016  on  'Cleaning  of  Ganga  River'  raised  by  SHRI NAGAR RODMAL.

(a) Various types of pollution abatement schemes taken up to clean Ganga may be categorized into core  and  non-core  schemes.  Core  Schemes  include  creation  of  Interception  and  diversion  (I&D)  of sewage  discharging  into  the  Ganga  river  and  creating  treatment  infrastructure  to  treat  the  intercepted sewage.  Non-Core Schemes include providing Low Cost Sanitation (LCS) at community and individual levels  at  identified  locations,  Installation  of  Crematoria  (electric  as  well  as  wood  based  improved crematoria),  River  Front  Development  (RFD)  including  bathing  ghats,  Afforestation,  protecting  biodiversity and creating Public awareness and participation.

As on 29 th Feb 2016   28 Projects have been completed with a capacity of 128.5 MLD.The12th and  13th  Empowered  Steering  Committee  Meetings  was  held  on  26/02/2016  and  30/03/2016  have recommended further 11 projects at an estimated cost of 485.68 crore.

Comprehensive  afforestation  along  river  Ganga  will  act  as  a  biological  filter  to  reduce  the pollution load to river Ganga and at the same time  help in recharging ground water. Forest Research Institute(FRI) has prepared a DPR amounting to Rs 1600 Cr for taking up comprehensive afforestation .

Real time monitoring of water quality at specific locations along river Ganga in association with CPCB. CPCB has installed 6 on line  monitoring  centres  and  further  completed  tender  process  for  33 stations.

DPR prepared for construction of 20 MLD CETP at Jajmau to tackle waste load from tannery industries;  DPR  being  prepared  for  CETP  for  textile  5  textile  clusters  at  Ruma,  Farrukabad,  Bhadohi, Pilkhuwa & Mathura.

Further other activities  like  development  of  model  dhobi  ghats,  public  amenities  in  char  Dham Yatra  and  Ganga  Sagar,  conservation  of  diversity  of  Gangetic  aquatic  life  are  also  being  taken  up  on priority to improve the health of river through CIFRI and Wild Life Institute of India.

Creation  of  Rural  sanitation  facility  in  identified  1657  Gram  Panchayats  along  river  Ganga  in support  with  Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation.  More  than  4.18  Lakh  IHHLs  are  already constructed in Ganga basin.

Development  of  Ganga  grams  in  which  facilities  like  community  bio-toilet,  liquid  waste treatment, organic farming are planned. An approval for 166 Ganga grams has already been accorded

Entry level activities for immediate results covering repair and modernization including public amenities of Ghats, river surface cleaning, village sewage drain treatment, repair and modernization of crematoria for all the towns and cities on the bank of River Ganga have already been started. Under entry level activities, trash skimmer machines have been deployed at Varanasi, Kanpur, Allahabad, MathuraVrindawan and Patna.

(b)(c) & (d) MoU has been signed with 7 Central Government Ministries viz. Ministry of Shipping, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry  of Human  Resource  Development,  Department  of  Higher  Education,  Ministry  of  Rural  Development, Ministry of  Tourism, Ministry of Ayush, Ministry  of Youth Affairs  & Sports & Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation  for cooperation and support in Ganga Rejuvenation. Activities have been finalised and Nodal Officer have also been nominated.An amount of Rs 263 Cr has been released in Fy 2015-16 to Ministry of Drinking water and sanitation for construction of IHHL.