Lok Sabha Question No. 2611 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Decline in Ground Water Level
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. †2611

ANSWERED ON 02.0 8.201 8

## DECLINE IN GROUND WA TER LEVEL

## †2611. SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE

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

- (a) whether attention of the Government has been drawn towards the declining ground wate in most of the States of the country and if so, the detail s thereof;

(b) whether any study has been conducted in this regard and if so, the details and t thereof; and

(c) the details of the efforts made by the Government to improve the ground water level?

## ANSWER

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

## ( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a) & (b) Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) carries out ground water monitoring four times year in different States.  In order to assess the declining/rising trend in water level - term basis, pre - monsoon water level data 2018 has been compared with the decadal a verage (2008 - 2017) water level.  Analysis of data indicates decline in ground water level in about 52% o being monitored.   State -wise details are given at Annexure .

(c)Water  being  a  State  subject,  initiatives  on  water  management  including  con servat on and artificial recharge to ground water and revival of water bodies in the Country is primarily States' responsibility. However, s teps taken by the Central Government for conservation of ground wa are available at the following URL http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/MeasuresForGW -Depletion\_1.pdf .

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## ANNEXURE

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  &  (b)  of  Unstarred  Question  No. †2611 to  be answered in Lok Sabha on 02.08.2018 regarding ' Decline in Ground Water Level '

State - wise Decadal Water Level Fluctuation

With Mean [Pre-monsoon (2008 to 2017) and Pre -monsoon 2018]

| S. No.   | Name of State        | No. of wells Analysed   | Rise   | Rise   | Fall   | Fall   | Wells showingno change   | Wells showingno change   |
|----------|----------------------|-------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of State        | No. of wells Analysed   | No     | %      | No     | %      | No                       | %                        |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 714                     | 290    | 41     | 423    | 59     | 1                        | 0.1                      |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 8                       | 5      | 63     | 3      | 38     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 3        | Assam                | 154                     | 98     | 64     | 56     | 36     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 4        | Bihar                | 619                     | 268    | 43     | 350    | 57     | 1                        | 0.2                      |
| 5        | Chandigarh           | 9                       | 2      | 22     | 7      | 78     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh         | 458                     | 181    | 40     | 271    | 59     | 6                        | 1.3                      |
| 7        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 17                      | 8      | 47     | 9      | 53     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 8        | Daman & Diu          | 10                      | 5      | 50     | 5      | 50     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 9        | Delhi                | 82                      | 20     | 24     | 62     | 76     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 10       | Goa                  | 70                      | 50     | 71     | 20     | 29     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 11       | Gujarat              | 756                     | 345    | 46     | 401    | 53     | 10                       | 1.3                      |
| 12       | Haryana              | 273                     | 68     | 25     | 205    | 75     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh     | 86                      | 21     | 24     | 65     | 76     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 244                     | 47     | 19     | 197    | 81     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 15       | Jharkhand            | 255                     | 168    | 66     | 87     | 34     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 16       | Karnataka            | 1343                    | 792    | 59     | 542    | 40     | 9                        | 0.7                      |
| 17       | Kerala               | 1431                    | 773    | 54     | 654    | 46     | 4                        | 0.3                      |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh       | 1330                    | 546    | 41     | 782    | 59     | 2                        | 0.2                      |
| 19       | Maharashtra          | 1632                    | 774    | 47     | 857    | 53     | 1                        | 0.1                      |
| 20       | Meghalaya            | 22                      | 9      | 41     | 13     | 59     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 21       | Odhisha              | 1254                    | 766    | 61     | 485    | 39     | 3                        | 0.2                      |
| 22       | Pondicherry          | 5                       | 3      | 60     | 2      | 40     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 23       | Punjab               | 216                     | 35     | 16     | 181    | 84     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 24       | Rajasthan            | 929                     | 474    | 51     | 454    | 49     | 1                        | 0.1                      |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu           | 528                     | 209    | 40     | 318    | 60     | 1                        | 0.2                      |
| 26       | Telangana            | 568                     | 295    | 52     | 268    | 47     | 5                        | 0.9                      |
| 27       | Tripura              | 25                      | 21     | 84     | 4      | 16     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh        | 563                     | 97     | 17     | 466    | 83     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 29       | Uttarakhand          | 28                      | 8      | 29     | 20     | 71     | 0                        | 0.0                      |
| 30       | West Bengal          | 614                     | 408    | 66     | 205    | 33     | 1                        | 0.2                      |
| Total    | Total                | 14243                   | 6786   | 48     | 7412   | 52     | 45                       | 0.3                      |