Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Sewage Treatment Capacity in Ganga Basin States, 25/04/2016
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Sewage Treatment Capacity in Ganga Basin States, 25/04/2016. The Consortium of IITs has estimated that 12050 mld of sewage is generated from Class-I &II towns in 11 Ganga basin States, of which about 7301 mld is generated from the 175 Class I and 102 Class II towns of 5 Ganga basin States on the main stem of river Ganga namely, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. The available treatment capacity is about 2125 mld. In addition, STPs for a treatment capacity of about 1188 mld are under construction / approval, thus leaving a gap of about 3988 mld in the 5 basin States.