(a) whether the Government has taken initiative for setting up of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in tier-2 and 3 cities and in rural areas;
(b) if so, the details thereof including Gujarat;
(c) whether the Government has implemented any plan for cleaning and rejuvenation of water bodies in towns and rural areas; and
(d) if so, the details of progress made in this regard during the last three years, State/UT-wise?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI
(SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)
(a) to (d) As per the report published by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in March, 2021, sewage generation from urban areas in the country is estimated at 72,368 million litres per day (mld), against which sewage treatment capacity of 31,841 mld was available in class-I cities and class-II (tier-2) towns. The State/ Union Territory (UT)-wise details of sewage generation from urban areas and corresponding sewage treatment capacity available in accordance with the report, are given at Annexure-I. It may be seen that against a generation of 5013 mld of sewage, a treatment capacity of 3378 mld is available in the State of Gujarat.
Cleaning/rejuvenation of rivers is an ongoing activity. It is the responsibility of the States/UTs and local bodies to ensure required treatment of sewage and industrial effluents in sewage treatment plant (STPs) and effluent treatment plant (ETPs) to the prescribed norms before discharging into river and other water bodies, coastal waters or land to prevent and control of pollution therein. For conservation of rivers, this Ministry has been supplementing efforts of the States/UTs by providing financial and technical assistance for abatement of pollution in identified stretches of rivers in the country through the Central Sector Scheme of Namami Gange for rivers in Ganga basin and the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) for other rivers.
NRCP has so far covered polluted stretches on 34 rivers in 77 towns spread over 16 States in the country with the project sanctioned cost of Rs.5961.75 crore, and inter-alia, a sewage treatment capacity of 2677 mld has been created. Under Namami Gange programme, a total of 353 projects, including 157 projects for sewage treatment of 4952 mld and a sewer network of 5212 kms, have been sanctioned at a cost
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of Rs. 30458 crore. As per the city classification of Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO), Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, 39 towns of Tier-2 and below have been covered under the Namami Gange programme for treatment of waste water through STPs, constructed wetland and Faecal Sludge Treatment Plants (FSTPs).
In addition, sewerage infrastructure is created under programs like Atal Mission for Rejuvenation & Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Smart Cities Mission of Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.
Besides, in compliance of the orders of National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Original Application No.673/2018 regarding rejuvenation of polluted river stretches in the country, States/UTs are required to implement approved action plans for restoration of the polluted stretches in their jurisdiction as identified by CPCB and published in their report of 2018, within the stipulated timelines. As per the orders of NGT, regular review on implementation of action plans is undertaken in the States/UTs and also at Central level.
Ministry of Jal Shakti is also implementing the scheme for Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of water bodies. Under the scheme of RRR of water bodies, one of the main scope of works is de-silting of tank bed along with other multiple objectives like comprehensive improvement and restoration of water bodies thereby increasing tank storage capacity, ground water recharge, increased availability of drinking water, improvement in agriculture/horticulture productivity, improvement of catchment area of tank commands, etc. In addition, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) is providing financial assistance to the States/UTs under the scheme of National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems (NPCA) for conservation of identified lakes and wetlands in the country.
The State-wise and year-wise funds released to the State Governments/UTs during last three years under NRCP, Namami Gange programme and NPCA is at Annexure-II.
Under Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), Grey Water Management is the key component in villages through community systems such as construction of community soak pits, waste stabilization ponds, constructed wetlands, etc. State/UT- wise details of progress of construction of community systems for grey water management during last three years are at Annexure-III.
Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 was launched on 01.10.2021 with vision of achieving “Garbage Free” status for all cities through sustainable Solid Waste Management and through Sustainable Sanitation and treatment of used water, in all cities with less than 1 lakh population i.e tier-2 and below cities.
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ANNEXURE-I
Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 718 to be answered on the 02.12.2021 on ‘STPs in Rural Areas’.
State/UT-wise details sewage generation in urban areas and treatment capacity available
States / UTs Sewage Generation (in mld) Installed Capacity (in mld) Number of STPs Installed Operational Treatment Capacity
(in mld)
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 23 0 - 0
Andhra Pradesh 2882 833 66 443
Arunachal
Pradesh 62 0 - 0
Assam 809 0 - 0
Bihar 2276 10 1 0
Chandigarh 188 293 7 271
Chhattisgarh 1203 73 3 73
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 67 24 3 24
Goa 176 66 11 44
Gujarat 5013 3378 70 3358
Haryana 1816 1880 153 1880
Himachal Pradesh 116 136 78 99
Jammu & Kashmir 665 218 24 93
Jharkhand 1510 22 2 22
Karnataka 4458 2712 140 1922
Kerala 4256 120 7 114
Lakshadweep 13 0 - 0
Madhya Pradesh 3646 1839 126 684
Maharashtra 9107 6890 154 6366
Manipur 168 0 - 0
Meghalaya 112 0 - 0
Mizoram 103 10 1 0
Nagaland 135 0 - 0
NCT of Delhi 3330 2896 38 2715
Orissa 1282 378 14 55
Pondicherry 161 56 3 56
Punjab 1889 1781 119 1601
Rajasthan 3185 1086 114 783
Sikkim 52 20 6 18
Tamil Nadu 6421 1492 63 1492
Telangana 2660 901 37 842
Tripura 237 8 1 8
Uttar Pradesh 8263 3374 107 3224
Uttarakhand 627 448 71 345
West Bengal 5457 897 50 337
Total 72368 31841 1469 26869
ANNEXURE-II
Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 718 to be answered on the 02.12.2021 on ‘STPs in Rural Areas’.
(a) Details of State-wise and year-wise funds released to the State Governments/Union Territories during last three years under NRCP (excluding Namami Gange programme)
(Rs. in crore)
Sl. No. State/UT River Funds Released
2018-19 2019-20
2020-21
1. Gujarat Sabarmati, Mindola&Tapi 63.00 96.89 27.26
2. Jammu &Kashmir Devika&Tawi 30.00 - 20.00
3. Manipur Nambul 3.00 15.00 20.00
4. Sikkim Rani Chu 42.00 10.00 20.00
5. Nagaland Diphu&Dhansiri 5.00 10.00 5.13
Total 143.00 131.89 92.39
(b) State-wise details of funds released to various States under Namami Gange programme during last three years
(Rs. in crore)
State Rivers Funds Released
2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Uttarakhand Ganga, RispanaBindal, Kosi 341.44 128.20 124.82
Uttar Pradesh Ganga, Yamuna, Kali, Gomti, Saryu, Ramganga 823.77 821.09 472.46
Bihar Ganga, Gandak, Kharkhari 673.03 1185.17 194.43
Jharkhand Ganga 74.23 30.50 28.03
West Bengal Ganga, Damodar, Banka 227.62 70.60 105.06
Delhi Yamuna 310.69 214.47 235.00
Irrigation & Public Health Department, Himachal Pradesh ---- ---- 1.25
NMCG’s Expenditure including other Basin wide interventions 175.76 223.06 178.92
Total 2626.54 2673.09 1339.97
(c) State/UT-wise details of funds released/allocated as central share to the State/UT Governments including Gujarat for conservation and management of wetlands during last three years
( Rs in crores )
S. No. State 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
1 Arunachal Pradesh - 1.21 -
2 Bihar 6.59 0.79 -
3 Gujarat - 1.52 -
4 Haryana 1.43 0.49 -
5 H.P. - 0.12 -
6 Jammu & Kashmir 0.86 1.68 -
7 Madhya Pradesh 4.25 8.41 7.00
8 Manipur 3.85 - 7.92
9 Mizoram 1.21 1.92 2.78
10 Maharashtra 4.92 3.90 8.10
11 Nagaland 10 5.62 0.50
12 Odisha 5.81 4.10 5.38
13 Puducherry 0.50 0.50 -
14 Sikkim 3.12 2.60 -
15 Tamil Nadu 1.2 1.37 -
16 Tripura - 3.13 -
17 Uttar Pradesh 18.68 2.93 0.95
18 West Bengal 1 4.29 -
Total 63.42 44.58 32.63
R&D + Workshop 0.53 0.64 1.73295
G. Total (Expenditure) 63.95 45.22 34.36
ANNEXURE-III
Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 718 to be answered on the 02.12.2021 on ‘STPs in Rural Areas’.
State/UT-wise number of Community Grey Water Management systems during the last three years
Sl. No. State/UT No. of Community Grey Water Management Systems (Community Soak Pits, WSPs, Constructed Wetlands, etc)
2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
1 A & N Islands 3 6 10
2 Andhra Pradesh 771 343 109
3 Arunachal Pradesh 6 112 24
4 Assam 2 0 0
5 Bihar 2555 12122 6306
6 Chhattisgarh 1023 2338 724
7 D & N Haveli and Daman & Diu 18 14 14
8 Goa 2 6 3
9 Gujarat 264 3059 128
10 Haryana 370 667 128
11 Himachal Pradesh 174 300 299
12 Jammu & Kashmir 4 8 6
13 Jharkhand 150 322 456
14 Karnataka 10 39 89
15 Kerala 212 228 116
16 Madhya Pradesh 622 2112 5975
17 Maharashtra 627 691 273
18 Manipur 0 1 6
19 Meghalaya 43 72 23
20 Nagaland 6 22 8
21 Odisha 884 2637 1684
22 Punjab 34 174 134
23 Rajasthan 331 717 332
24 Sikkim 0 3 16
25 Tamil Nadu 6177 7706 1349
26 Telangana 1237 3769 2541
27 Tripura 0 3 1
28 Uttar Pradesh 1654 5357 8579
29 Uttarakhand 358 609 97
Total 17537 43437 29430
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