Rs.5004 Cr Sanctioned under NGRBA Programme

Since inception of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) programme, 76 schemes (70 infrastructure investment, 5 institutional development and 1 implementation support) in 48 towns in Ganga States have been sanctioned at a total cost of Rs. 5004.19 crore. Against this, Rs. 1229.87 crore has been released by the Centre including the matching share of the States so far and a total expenditure of Rs. 838.76 crore has been incurred till March, 2014 for implementation of the projects. 

For rivers other than Ganga, National River Conservation Directorate (NRCD) implements the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National River Conservation Plan (NRCP), jointly with the State Governments on a cost-sharing basis. The pollution abatement works under NRCP, (excluding Ganga Action Plan[GAP] - I & GAP - II, and NGRBA) presently cover identified polluted stretches of 40 major rivers in 121 towns spread over 19 States in the country. The sanctioned cost of the projects under NRCP (excluding GAP-I, GAP-II and NGRBA) is Rs.5334.97 crore against which expenditure of Rs.4680.30 crore has been incurred so far and sewage treatment capacity of 3729.49 million litres per day (mld) has been created. 

This was stated by Union Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. 

Courtesy : pib.nic.in