Question : NGT Directives on Ganga River Cleaning

(a) the quantum of funds allocated/ released/utilized for cleaning of Ganga river so far along with the reasons for not utilizing the released funds;

(b) whether as per National Green Tribunal (NGT) not a single drop of Ganga river water has been cleaned so far and if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government thereto;

(c) whether the untreated sewage is being released in the river through 30 drains on the Haridwar-Unnao stretch and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether the NGT has taken up the matter seriously and asked for CBI inquiry and if so, the details thereof and the corrective action taken/to be taken by the Government in this regard?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION

(SHRI VIJAY GOEL)
(a) The details of funds released and spent from 2011-12 to 2016-17 (till 28.02.2017)
are given below :

Rs. In crore
FY BE RE Actual Releases by Govt. of India Actual Expenditure/Releases by NMCG


2011-12 500.00 216.61 192.58 53.44
2012-13 512.50 193.50 191.52 135.25
2013-14 355.00 309.00 303.95 266.20
2014-15 2,137.00 2,053.00 326.00 170.99
2015-16 2,750.00 1,650.00 1,632.00 602.60
2016-17 2,500.00 1,675.00 1,675.00 756.01
Total 8,754.50 6,097.11 4,321.05 1,984.49

Contd. P2/-

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(b) No, Madam, under Ganga Action Plans 1098.31 MLD capacity of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) have been created to treat Municipal Sewage Water and these STPs are under operation & maintenance by State Governments/Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). In addition to above, under Namami Gange Programme till 31st January, for cleaning of river Ganga, 60 projects have been taken up to create additionally 836.73 MLD STP capacity. Out of these, 13 projects are completed which has created 153.1 MLD of New STP capacity.

(c) The details of the 30 drains on the Haridwar-Unnao stretch are given in
ANNEXURE.

(d) On 14.2.2017, while hearing the matter related to river Ganga by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), [O.A. No. 200/2014-M.C. Mehta Vs Union of India and ors], the UP Jal Nigam was unable to provide the details of field data collected for the preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) with respect to the quantum/quality of the sewage and sewage pipe line etc, for the Gharmukteswar and Brij Ghat STPs and hence, the NGT directed that the investigation be referred to the CBI.

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Drains Discharging into River Ganga
Sl. No. Catchment area Name of New Drain Tapped/
Partly Tapped/
/Dry Flow
(MLD)
[As per Joint inspection] BOD (mg/l)
[As per the joint visit] Pollution Sources
1. Bijnor Hemraj Drain X 91 5 Domestic
2. Chhoiya Drain X 138 7 Mixed
3. Gajrola and Babrala Bagad River X - 282 Industrial
4. Garh Garh Drain X 13 4 Domestic
5. Fuldehra Drain X 14 42 Mixed
6. Anupsahar Anupsahar STP Drain-1 X 1 26 Domestic
7. Anupsahar STP Drain-2 X 1 19 Domestic
8. Farrukhabad Bhairoghat drain (Tokaghat) X 22 28 Mixed
9. Dhinapur drain X 2 35 Mixed
10. Fatehgarh Hathikhana Nala X 18 23 Domestic
11. Bargadiya Ghat drain X 4 35 Domestic
12. Cantt Nalla Partially tapped Not Monitored Domestic
13. Kanpur

Permiya Nala X 98.28 138 Domestic
14. Ranighat drain Tapped 1 173 Domestic
15. Sisamau Nala X 130 83 Mixed
16. Tefco Nala Partly tapped - Sample not taken Domestic
17. Parmath drain Partly tapped 1.78 Sample not taken Domestic
18. Muir drain X 8.45 85 Domestic
19. Police line drain Tapped - - Domestic
20. Jail drain Tapped - - Domestic
21. Golaghat Nala X 1 143 Domestic
22. Bhagwatdas / Guptarghat Nala X 12 95 Domestic
23. Satti Chaura X 2 57 Domestic
24. Dabka Nalla-3 (Dabkanala) X Could not be measured due to backflow RW Domestic
25. Shetla Bazar X 16 36 Mixed
26. Budhiya Ghat Drain Partly tapped 7 523 Mixed
27. Wazidpur Nalla Partly tapped 12 870 Mixed
28. Air force Nalla Dry Not monitored X Domestic
29. Unnao City Jail Drain X 86 109 Mixed
30. Loni Drain X 22 736 Mixed
Total 30 701

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