Lok Sabha Question No. 1658 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Illegal Boring
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. †1658

ANSWERED ON 28 .12.2017

## ILLEGAL BORING

## †1658. SHRI NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL

Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  water  level  has  declined  at  many  places  in  the  country  recently  and  if  so thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is aware that ille gal boring is being carried out in Delhi; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken by the Government to check the sa

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  WATER  RESOURCES, RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND GANGA REJUVENATION & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIR S

( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

- (a) Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) carries out ground water monitoring, four times a ye regional scale through a network of observation wells in the Country. Comparison and analy -monsoon (2017) water level data collected by CGWB with the dec adal average (2007 - 2016) indicates decline in ground water level in about 61% of the wells. Details are given at Annexure.
- (b) & (c) Regulation of ground water extraction in Delhi is being dealt by the Government of Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD). The Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) of each revenue area of GNCTD have been delegated with the powers of dealing with violations, sealing illegal launching of prosecution etc against offenders . Complaints of illegal borings are looked into by the concernedDeputy Commissioners (Revenue) on merit.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Unstarred Question No. 1658 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 2 8 .12.2017 regarding 'Illegal Boring'

State - wise Decadal Water Level Fluctuation with Mean [Pre -monsoon (2007 to 2016] and Pre -monsoon 2017

| S. No.   | Name of State        | No. of wells Analysed   | Rise   | Rise   | Fall   | Fall   | Wells showing no change   | Wells showing no change   |
|----------|----------------------|-------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of State        | No. of wells Analysed   | No .   | %      | No .   | %      | No .                      | %                         |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 751                     | 184    | 25     | 563    | 75     | 4                         | 0.5                       |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 12                      | 9      | 75     | 3      | 25     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 3        | Assam                | 164                     | 71     | 43     | 92     | 56     | 1                         | 0.6                       |
| 4        | Bihar                | 625                     | 362    | 58     | 258    | 41     | 5                         | 0.8                       |
| 5        | Chandigarh           | 10                      | 1      | 10     | 9      | 90     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh         | 566                     | 219    | 39     | 346    | 61     | 1                         | 0.2                       |
| 7        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 16                      | 6      | 38     | 10     | 63     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 8        | Daman & Diu          | 11                      | 7      | 64     | 4      | 36     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 9        | Delhi                | 94                      | 33     | 35     | 61     | 65     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 10       | Goa                  | 65                      | 50     | 77     | 15     | 23     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 11       | Gujarat              | 799                     | 301    | 38     | 473    | 59     | 25                        | 3.1                       |
| 12       | Haryana              | 302                     | 95     | 31     | 207    | 69     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh     | 90                      | 33     | 37     | 57     | 63     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 226                     | 75     | 33     | 151    | 67     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 15       | Jharkhand            | 218                     | 90     | 41     | 128    | 59     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 16       | Karnataka            | 1421                    | 423    | 30     | 985    | 69     | 13                        | 0.9                       |
| 17       | Kerala               | 1366                    | 405    | 30     | 957    | 70     | 4                         | 0.3                       |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh       | 1318                    | 660    | 50     | 658    | 50     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 19       | Maharashtra          | 1562                    | 667    | 43     | 887    | 57     | 8                         | 0.5                       |
| 20       | Meghalaya            | 20                      | 6      | 30     | 14     | 70     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 21       | Od isha              | 1283                    | 506    | 39     | 773    | 60     | 4                         | 0.3                       |
| 22       | Puducherry           | 5                       | 0      | 0      | 5      | 100    | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 23       | Punjab               | 234                     | 36     | 15     | 198    | 85     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 24       | Rajasthan            | 859                     | 431    | 50     | 428    | 50     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu           | 536                     | 71     | 13     | 465    | 87     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 26       | Telangana            | 586                     | 315    | 54     | 267    | 46     | 4                         | 0.7                       |
| 27       | Tripura              | 26                      | 18     | 69     | 8      | 31     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh        | 637                     | 187    | 29     | 450    | 71     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 29       | Uttarakhand          | 46                      | 21     | 46     | 24     | 52     | 1                         | 2.2                       |
| 30       | West Bengal          | 617                     | 327    | 53     | 289    | 47     | 1                         | 0.2                       |
| Total    | Total                | 14465                   | 5609   | 38.8   | 8785   | 60.7   | 71                        | 0.5                       |