(a) the cities/towns covered and the projects for development of sewerage works undertaken under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM);
(b) the present status and the average coverage of toilets, sewerage and drainage projects, sewage treatment and recycling of sewage facilities in each of the major cities across the country. State/UT-wise and rank-wise;
(c) the funds sanctioned, released and utilized for the said purposes during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
(d) whether about 60% of sewage generated remains untreated due to lack of adequate capacity and poor condition of sewage treatment plants in the country;
(e) if so, the details thereof and the reasons for poor maintenance and non-installation of the said plants according to the needs of the cities/ towns in the country, State/UT-wise; and
(f) the steps taken to provide adequate sewerage treatment capacity in the cities/ towns of the country? |
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MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SAUGATA ROY)
(a): 112 and 161 sewerage projects have been approved under Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) and Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium towns (UIDSSMT) components of JnNURM respectively.
(b): As per 2011 Census, the urban households having latrine facility within premise is 81.4% and the remaining 18.6% households are either sharing public latrines (6%) or defecating in open (12.6%). Out of 81.4% households having latrine facility, 38.2% households are connected to the sewerage system.
According to a Report published by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the year 2009, the total sewage generated in the country is 38,254 million litres per day (MLD) out of which treatment facilities have been provided for 11,787 MLD.The details of status of sewage generation and treatment capacity in metropolitan cities are placed at Annexure-I. State-wise details in respect of Class-I cities and Class-II towns are placed at Annexures-II and III respectively.
(c): Details of funds sanctioned and released for sewerage projects State-wise during the last three years and current year under UIG and UIDSSMT are at Annexures-IV and V.
(d) & (e): Yes, Madam. The reasons include poor financial resources for creation of infrastructure as well as operation and maintenance, poor capacity utilization of Sewage Treatment Plants, multiplicity of agencies and overlapping of responsibilities, inadequate human resource capacity etc.
(f): The sewerage sector has been accorded high priority under the JNNURM and accounts for 20 % of the projects sanctioned under the UIG component and 12% of the projects sanctioned under the UIDSSMT component. |
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