(a) the funds sanctioned by the Government under Namami Gange Programme during the year 2014-15 to 2019-20;
(b) the quantum of funds spent till date, year and State-wise;
(c) the details of the projects initiated under the said Programme and the projects which have been completed till date, State-wise; and
(d) the cost of the above projects, project-wise?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)
(a) Government of India has launched the Namami Gange Programme in 2014-15 for conservation of river Ganga and its tributaries with the total budgetary outlay of Rs.20,000 crore for the period from 2014-15 till 2020-21. The final allocation for Namami Gange Programe from the financial year 2014-15 to financial year 2019-20 was Rs.12,324.86 crore.
(b) The details of amount released to State Governments /State Programme Management Groups/CPSUSs/ Other Executing Agencies from the financial year 2014-15 to financial year 2020-21 (till 31 July 2020), Year-wise and State-wise are annexed as Annexure-I.
(c) & (d) Under the Namami Gange Programme (NGP) for conservation and pollution abatement of the River Ganga and its tributaries, a total of 315 projects have been sanctioned at a cost of Rs.28,854 crore. The projects were sanctioned for various activities such as sewerage infrastructure, industrial pollution abatement, Ghats & Crematoria, River Front Development, River Surface Cleaning, Institutional Development, Biodiversity Conservation, Afforestation, Rural Sanitation etc. Out of 315 projects, 132 projects have been completed and rest of the projects are at various stages of implementation. The cost incurred as on 31.7.2020 on these projects under NGP is Rs.9066 crore. The details of projects started and completed and project-wise cost incurred as on 31.7.2020, State-wise are annexed as Annexure-II.
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ANNEXURE-I
Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Sabha Unstarred Question No. †1879 to be answered on 22.09.2020 on ‘FUNDS FOR NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME’.
The Year-wise and state-wise funds released / expended by National Mission for Clean Ganga:
(Rs. in crore)
State FY 2014-15 FY 2015-16 FY 2016-17 FY 2017-18 FY 2018-19 FY 2019-20 FY 2020-21* Total
Uttarakhand 4.26 37.04 43.97 242.49 341.44 128.20 4.12 801.52
Uttar Pradesh 74.58 153.35 602.90 549.88 823.77 821.09 77.06 3,102.63
Bihar ---- 124.23 82.03 367.18 673.03 1,185.17 4.09 2,435.73
Jharkhand 0.97 27.83 49.53 21.72 74.23 30.50 12.18 216.96
West Bengal 73.85 185.79 117.25 249.35 227.62 70.60 15.82 940.28
Delhi ---- 4.96 2.17 81.57 310.69 214.47 ---- 613.86
Haryana ---- 30.00 52.73 6.88 ---- ---- ---- 89.61
Environmental Planning & Coordination Organization, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh ---- 3.39 6.50 ---- ---- ---- ---- 9.89
Urban Improvement Trust, Kota, Rajasthan ---- ---- 20.00 ---- ---- ---- ---- 20.00
Irrigation & Public Health Department, Himachal Pradesh ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
NMCG’s Expenditure including other Basin wide interventions 17.33 36.01 85.73 105.94 175.76 223.06 40.89 684.72
Total 170.99 602.60 1,062.81 1,625.01 2,626.54 2,673.09 154.16 8,915.20
(* till 31 July 2020)
Sl. No Projects Undertaken No of Projects Sanctioned Cost
(Rs in Cr) No of Projects Completed Total Expenditure (Rs. in Cr)
Uttarakhand
1 Sewerage Infrastructure 34 1151.18 26 524.11
2 Ghats & Crematoria 13 259.83 10 177.18
3 Afforestation 4 84.34 3 77.19
4 Ghats Cleaning 1 15.9 0 2.07
5 River Surface Cleaning* 3.09 0 0.91
Sub Total 52 1514.34 39 781.46
Uttar Pradesh
1 Sewerage Infrastructure 49 10078.24 20 2707.02
2 Ghats & Crematoria 15 385.97 11 238.22
3 Afforestation 5 98.3 3 33.51
4 Ghats Cleaning 2 29.64 0 18.26
5 River Surface Cleaning* - 12.41 0 3.74
6 Industrial Pollution Abatement 4 807.5 0 0
Sub Total 75 11412.06 34 3000.75
Bihar
1 Sewerage Infrastructure 30 5328.6 2 1205.05
2 Ghats & Crematoria and River Front Development 15 492.01 3 371.72
3 Afforestation 4 63.83 3 57.07
4 River Surface Cleaning* 1 3.96 0 1.87
Sub Total 50 5888.4 8 1635.71
Jharkhand
1 Sewerage Infrastructure 2 156.12 1 126.23
2 Ghats & Crematoria 4 62.07 3 43.72
3 Afforestation 4 24.39 3 20.44
4 River Surface Cleaning* 3.6 0 2.36
Sub Total 10 246.18 7 192.75
West Bengal
1 Sewerage Infrastructure 22 3815.97 3 1077.5
2 Ghats & Crematoria 29 226.16 24 192.95
3 Afforestation 4 35.45 3 15.58
4 River Surface Cleaning* 7.38 0 2.51
Sub Total 55 4084.96 30 1288.54
ANNEXURE-II
Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Sabha Unstarred Question No. †1879 to be answered on the 22.09.2020 on ‘FUNDS FOR NAMAMI GANGE PROGRAMME’.
(As on July, 2020)
….Continued
Sl. No Projects Undertaken No of Projects Sanctioned Cost
(Rs in Cr) No of Projects Completed Total Expenditure (Rs. in Cr)
Delhi
1 Sewerage Infrastructure 11 2361.08 0 618.4
2 River Surface Cleaning* 3.09 0 1.31
Sub Total 11 2364.17 0 619.71
Haryana
1 Sewerage Infrastructure 2 217.87 2 217.94
Sub Total 2 217.87 2 217.94
Himachal Pradesh
1 Sewerage Infrastructure 1 11.57 0 -
Sub Total 1 11.57 0 -
Basin wide projects
1 Biodiversity 8 150.54 4 32.39
2 Rural Sanitation (Ganga Main Stem States ) 1 1421.26 0
1020.44
3 Other Projects (Bio remediation, Water Quality Monitoring, Public Outreach, Ganga Knowledge Center) 50 1542.76 8
276.13
Sub Total 59 3114.56 12 1328.96
Grand Total 315 28854.11 132 9065.82
Note: 1. *01 project sanctioned under “River Surface Cleaning” in the State of Uttarakhand,
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Delhi at a total cost of Rs.33.53 crore.
2. The expenditure shown also includes States’ share in some of the projects.
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