Key Challenges highlighted in the Report
- Massive Sewage Treatment Deficit: India treats only about 31% of the sewage it generates, while installed treatment capacity covers just 44% of sewage generation.
- Substandard On-Site Sanitation Systems: Around 2.85 crore households depend on septic tanks, 60% of which are oversized and poorly built.
- Ad-Hoc Desludging and Data Gaps: Most cities rely on demand-based unsafe desludging.
- Ageing Conveyance Networks: Poorly maintained ageing sewer lines frequently choke and overflow, contaminating drinking water pipelines.
- Low Wastewater Reuse and Slow Reforms: Only ~26% of treated wastewater is reused due to inadequate tertiary networks, with just 11 States notifying Treated Used Water Reuse Policies.
- Delayed Projects and Slow Fund Release: Only 104 of 594 (17.51%) AMRUT 2.0 sewerage projects are complete.
Recommendations of the Committee
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