STANDING COMMITTEE ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT 27 (2013-2014) FIFTEENTH LOK SABHA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEMANDS FOR GRANTS (2013-2014) (Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations contained in the Twenty Fourth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Urban Development on Demands for Grants (2013-2014) ) of the Ministry of Urban Development) TWENTY SEVENTH REPORT LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI February,2014/Magha,1935 (Saka) TWENTY SEVENTH REPORT STANDING COMMITTEE ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT (2013-2014) (FIFTEENTH LOK SABHA) MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEMANDS FOR GRANTS [Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations contained in the Twenty Fourth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Urban Development on Demands for Grants (2013-2014) of the Ministry of Urban Development] Presented to Lok Sabha on 17.02.2014 Laid in Rajya Sabha on 13.02.2014 LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI February,2014/Magha,1935 (Saka) 2 C.U.D No. 81 Price: Rs. …. (C) 2014 BY LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT Published under Rule 382 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha (Thirteenth Edition) and printed by the Indian Press, Delhi-110033. 3 CONTENTS PAGE COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE .....................……….……................…... (ii) INTRODUCTION .........................................…………………………..……………. (iv) REPORT CHAPTER I 1 CHAPTER II 19 Observations/Recommendations which have been accepted by the Government CHAPTER III Observations /Recommendations which the 71 Committee do not desire to pursue in view of the Government’s replies CHAPTER IV 72 Observations/Recommendations in respect of which replies of the Government have not been accepted by the Committee and require reiteration CHAPTER V Observations /Recommendations in respect of 83 which final replies of the Government are still awaited ANNEXURES I. Minutes of the Seventh sitting of the Standing Committee on Urban Development (2013-14) held on 12 th February, 2014 II. Analysis of the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Twenty Seventh Report of the Committee (15 th Lok Sabha)…. (i) 4 COMPOSITION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT (2013-2014) Shri Sharad Yadav - Chairman MEMBERS LOK SABHA 2. Shri Praveen Singh Aron 3. Shri Jayawant Gangaram Awale 4. Shri T.K.S. Elangovan 5. Shri Biren Singh Engti 6. Shri Anant Gangaram Geete 7. Smt. Kaisar Jahan 8. Shri Kailash Joshi 9. Shri Bapi Raju Kanumuru 10 Shri Mohinder Singh Kaypee 11. Shri Ramesh Kumar 12. Shri P.C. Mohan 13. Dr. Sanjeev Ganesh Naik 14. Shri Sonawane Pratap Narayanrao 15. Dr. Ramshankar 16. Shri Ratan Singh 17. Shri Anjan Kumar M. Yadav 18. Shri Prasun Banerjee 19. Vacant 20. Vacant 21. Vacant RAJYA SABHA 22. Shri Anil Desai 23. Dr. M.S. Gil 24. Md. Nadimul Haque 25. Shri Parvez Hashmi 26. Dr. Chandan Mitra 27. Shri Pyarimohan Mohapatra 28. Shri Avinash Pande 29. Shri Ajay Sancheti 30. Shri Amar Singh 31. Shri Khekiho Zhimomi (ii) 5 SECRETARIAT 1. Shri R.K. Jain - Joint Secretary 2. Shri D.S. Malha - Director 3. Smt. J.M.Sinha - Deputy Secretary 4. Dr.(Maj.)Jagmohan Khatry - Committee Officer (iii) 6 INTRODUCTION I, the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Urban Development (2013- 2014) having been authorized by the Committee to submit the Report on their behalf, present the Twenty Seventh Report (15 th Lok Sabha) on the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Twenty Fourth Report (15 th Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Urban Development on “Demands for Grants (2013-2014) " of the Ministry of Urban Development. 2. The Twenty Fourth Report was presented to Lok Sabha on 23 rd April, 2013. Replies of the Government to all the recommendations contained in the Report were received in July, 2013. 3. The Standing Committee on Urban Development considered and adopted this Report at their sitting held on 12 February, 2014. 4. An analysis of the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Twenty Fourth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee is given at Annexure-II. 5. For the facility of reference and convenience, the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee have been printed in bold letters in the body of the Report. NEW DELHI; SHARAD YADAV 12 February, 2014 Chairman, 23Magha, 1935 (Saka) Standing Committee on Urban Development (iv) 7 CHAPTER I REPORT This Report of the Standing Committee on Urban Development (2013-2014) deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in their Twenty Fourth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants (2013- 2014) of the Ministry of Urban Development which was presented to Parliament on 23 April, 2013. 1.2 Action Taken Replies have been received from the Government in respect of all the 42 recommendations contained in the Report. These have been categorized as follows: (i) Recommendations /Observations, which have been accepted by the Government. (Chapter-II): RecommendationNos.1,2a,2b,2c,3,4c,4d,4e,4f,4g,4h,4i,4j,4k,5a,5b,5c,5d, 5e,5f, 5h, 5i,5j,5k,6b,7a, 7b,8a,8b,9,10,11,12,13,15 and16 (Total -36) (Chapter-II) (ii) Recommendations /Observations, which the Committee does not desire to pursue in view of Government's replies. (Chapter-III): Recommendation No. Nil (Total -Nil) (Chapter-III) (iii) Recommendations /Observations, in respect of which replies of Government have not been accepted by the Committee (Chapter-IV): Recommendation Nos. 4a, 4b, 5g, 6a, 7c and 14 (Total -6) (Chapter-IV) (iv) Recommendations /Observations, in respect of which final replies of the Government are, still awaited(Chapter-V): Recommendation No. - Nil (Total –Nil ) (Chapter-V) 8 1.3 The Committee desire that specific replies to the comments contained in Chapter-I of this Report may be furnished to them at the earliest and in any case, not later than three months of the presentation of this Report. 1.4 The Committee will now deal with the action taken by the Government on some of their recommendations in the succeeding paragraphs. RECOMMENDATION (SERIAL NO. 4) JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU URBAN RENEWAL MISSION A. Eco-friendly green disposal system & solid waste management in Urban Areas: 1.5 The Committee observe that the management of solid waste is integral to city sanitation. Over the last decade, larger cities, especially those with financial and managerial capacity, have attempted to improve waste management practices in response to the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Rules 2000. In this regard, the Committee find that the development of disposal infrastructure, i.e., sanitary landfills, has made the least progress due to factors ranging from land scarcity to lack of technical and financial capacity in cities. These challenges are further accentuated in smaller Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). There has been a significant increase in Municipal Solid Waste generation in India in the last few decades. This is largely because of rapid population growth and economic development in the country. Solid waste management has become a major environmental issue in India. The Committee are given to understand that Delhi population will increase from 1.77 Crore (Year 2010) to 2.45 Crore in the year 2024. Thereby waste generation is expected to rise to 19100 (TPD) in year 2024 as compared to 9200 TPD in year 2010. Therefore, it is evident that the MSW generation in Delhi will be directly proportional to increase in population, which is growing at fast rate because of rapid urbanization of the city. Rapid urbanization has resulted in great pressure on Municipal Corporation of Delhi for its management. The Committee find that there are three major Sanitary Land Fill (SLF) sites in Delhi (Ghazipur, Okhla and Bhalaswa- Jahangirpuri,) which have turned into huge mountains of garbage and far exceeded their life span. The Committee are disheartened to note that against the total 44 sanctioned projects under UIG components of JNNURM, till date only 10 projects have been completed. Another 11 projects are in their advanced stage of completion and rest 23 projects are in various stages of completion. The Committee strongly feel that with the growing number of urban population and corresponding increase in the quantum of garbage, only 10 projects are not adequate to meet the requirements. 9 The Committee note that Delhi along with other big cities have limited land availability. The mountain of municipal solid waste that is produced every day has to be managed in a manner that will ensure least pollution – water table contamination, air pollution and zero health and nuisance value to the human population near the dumping sites. Therefore the Committee desire that Ministry should pursue Eco- Friendly Green Disposal Systems on the pattern adopted in developed countries for Delhi along with other big cities and sanction more projects for solid waste management and complete the sanctioned projects at the earliest. Reply of the Government 1.6 Rapid urbanization and industrialization in India has resulted in over stressing of urban infrastructure including municipal solid waste management. Due to budgetary constraints and the lack of planning, the door to door collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of municipal solid waste in most of the Urban Local Bodies are not satisfactory. As per Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000 notified by Ministry of Environment & Forests, every municipal authority is responsible for collection, segregation, storage, transportation, processing and disposal of municipal solid waste. The deadline for implementation of rules was December, 2003 but hardly any ULB could implement these rules in letter and spirit. The Rules make it mandatory to treat the bio-degradable waste adopting composting or other state of the art technologies or power generation, etc. with due authorization by the CPCB. It prohibits disposal of organic matter at the landfill and permits land filling of inert material only to reduce the burden on the landfill.