Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government is aware of deaths due to cleaning of septic tanks in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the compensation paid in case of such deaths, State-wise;
(c) whether the Government has been successful in curbing manual scavenging under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation and if so, the details thereof; and
(d) if not, the reasons therefor?
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)
(a) & (b):Hon’ble Supreme Court in its judgment dated 27.03.2014 in CWP No. 583/2003 SafaiKaramchariAndolan Vs. Union of India and Others had directed the States and Union Territories to identify all the cases of sewerage related death since 1993 and pay compensation of Rs. 10 lakh each to the family members of the victims. State-wise details of cases identified and compensation paid as per the information received form the States/UTs upto 30.11.2018is tabulated as follows:
SI. No. State Number of cases Compensation paid
identified/reported Full Compensation of Partial compensation
Rs. 10 lakh each
1 Tamil Nadu 144 141 0
2 Telangana 2 2 0
3 Punjab 32 32 0
4 Karnataka 62 16 8
5 Haryana 5 3 0
6 Kerala 12 0 2
7 Rajasthan 7 3 2
8 Uttar Pradesh 52 1 35
9 Delhi 15 12 0
Total 331 210 47
(c) & (d): Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) was launched on 25 June 2015 with focus of water supply, sewerage &septage management, storm water drainage, parks & green space and non-motorized urban transport in 500 Mission cities.
Under AMRUT Mission, individual projects are selected, appraised, approved and implemented by the concerned State Government. The Ministry only approves State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) and releases Central Assistance (CA) as per the Mission guidelines.
SAAPs for the entire Mission period have been approved for all the States/UTs for Rs. 77,640 crore, including the Central Assistance of Rs. 35,990 crore. Against the total plan size of Rs.77,640 crore, Rs.32,456 crore has been allocated to sewerage &septage projects.
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