Question : AID FOR POLLUTION FREE ENVIRONMENT

(a) whether the World Bank has provided any financial assistance to State Governments for pollution-free environment; and

(b) if so, the details thereof, state-wise alongwith assistance allocated and incurred during each of the last three years, State-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS (SHRIMATI JAYANTHI NATARAJAN)

(a) Yes, Sir. At present World Bank is providing assistance to States under the projects on “Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management” and “Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project”.

(b) The project on “Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management Project” (CBIPMP), with the total cost of Rs.339.26, crore, started on 13.10.2010 for a period of five years. Objectives of project include (i) the development of a framework for establishment of a National Programme for Rehabilitation of Polluted Sites and (ii) to build the technical capacity of select State Pollution Control Boards for undertaking environmentally sound remediation of ten highly polluted sites, two in Andhra Pradesh and eight in West Bengal on pilot basis. During the Financial Year 2010-11 Rs.3.39 crore and Rs. 3.11 crore has been released to the State Governments of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal respectively.

The Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (ICZMP) started in September, 2010 with total cost of Rs.1155.63 crore for a period of five years. The project is being implemented in the coastal stretches of the country and the major components of this project are being taken up in the States of Gujarat, Orissa and West Bengal. The main thrust of the project is on the conservation and protection of the coastal environment in order to provide livelihood security to coastal communities and demarcation of the hazard line for the purpose of protecting the coastal communities and the infrastructure from the natural disasters arising out of the sea. During 2010-11, an expenditure of Rs. 25.76 crore has been incurred, comprising of Rs. 3.75 crore on National component, Rs. 15.13 crore by Gujarat, Rs. 3.62 crore by West Bengal and Rs. 3.26 crore by Orissa.