MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT AND
FORESTS (SHRIMATI JAYANTHI NATARAJAN)
(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
Statement referred to in reply to parts ( a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred
Question No.127 to be answered on Monday, the 3rd December, 2012 on
“Sewage Treatment Plants†by Shri D.B. Chandregowda and Shri Nikhil
Kumar Choudhary.
(a) Under Ganga Action Plan a total of 83 sewage treatment plants
have been sanctioned since 1985 for undertaking pollution abatement
activities in the identified polluted stretches of the river Ganga. Of
which 69 sewage treatment plants are completed.
(b) & (c) As per present estimates, nearly 2723 million litres of sewage
is generated every day from Class I cities and Class II towns along Ganga
River. So far, a capacity to treat 1091 million litres per day (mld) has
been created in these towns under Ganga Action Plan. The complete
state-wise treatment capacity, as indicated below, includes the assets
created under both GAP and State-fund schemes.
State Class-I cities Class-II cities Sewage Treatment Sewage Treatment Generation Capacity Generation Capacity (MLD) (MLD) (MLD) (MLD)
Uttarakhand 39.60 18 21.70 6.30
Uttar Pradesh 873.90 460.80 63.50 8.10
Bihar 376.50 165.20 30.70 4.20
West Bengal 1311.30 548.40 6.0 -
Total 2601.30 1192.40 122.00 16.40
(d) & (e) The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has decided
under Mission Clean Ganga that that no untreated municipal sewage and
industrial effluents should flow into Ganga by 2020. In order to meet
the shortfall in the sewage treatment infrastructure, projects amounting
to nearly Rs. 2600 crore have been sanctioned under the NGRBA for
development of sewer networks, sewage treatment plants, electric
crematoria, community toilets, development of river fronts etc. The newly
sanctioned projects in 19 cities will create an additional capacity to
treat 470 mld. This will also supplement the sewage treatment capacity
being created under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
(JnNURM). The States are also in the process of preparing new project
proposals for taking up pollution abatement works including creation of
new STPs and renovation/up gradation of existing STPs in various Ganga
basin towns. A World Bank assisted project to be implemented over a period
of 8 years at an estimated cost of Rs 7000 crore has been approved for
conservation and restoration of water quality of the river Ganga and the
States have been asked to send appropriate proposals for creation of
sewage treatment capacity under this project also.
