Lok Sabha Question No. 1527 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Drinking Water Scarcity in Himalayan Region
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: RAMCHARAN BOHARA, RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1527

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.03.2017

## Drinking Water Scarcity in Himalayan Region

## †1527. SHRI RAM CHARANBOHRA: DR. RAMESHPOKHRIYAL'NISHANK':

Will  the  Minister  of  DRINKING WATER  AND   SANITATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps being taken by the Government to solve the scarcity of drinking water  arising  due  to  drying  up  of  natural  water  sources  in  Himalayan region;
- (b) the steps  taken  for  proper conservation and recharging of natural sources of water in the region;
- (c)  whether  an efficient monitoring mechanism has been established by his Ministry  in  coordination  with  other  Ministries    through    which    proper monitoring of sources can be done and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether any action is being taken for developing new technology so that traditional sources could be conserved and preserved and if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## ANSWER (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

(a) to (c)  The  water  sources  dry  up  because  of  a  number  of  reasons  including excessive  extraction  of  ground  and  surface  water  mainly  for  irrigation  and industrial purposes, inadequate recharge of water in the sources, (both surface water  and ground  water) due to  insufficient  rains, depletion of  tree  cover  and undergrowth in forests and catchment areas etc.

Rural  drinking  water  is  a  state  subject.  For  this,  the  Ministry  of  Drinking  Water and  Sanitation  assists  the  State  Governments  technically  and  financially  through centrally  sponsored  scheme  namely  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme (NRDWP).  A  budgetary  allocation  of  Rs.  6000  crore  has  been  provided  to States/UT  for  NRDWP  in 2016-17. 10% of  the  allocation  under  NRDWP  is  for Sustainability of schemes to be used exclusively to achieve drinking water security by adopting conjunctive use of surface water and ground water and construction of water  recharging  structures  with  major  focus  on  water  quality  affected  areas, overexploited, critical and semi-critical areas as specified by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB). For doing this, the State Governments are vested with powers to select,  plan  and  implement  related  schemes  under  the  NRDWP.  Further,  the Ministry  has  coordinated  with  other  ministries to  create  water  conservation measures through various centrally sponsored programmes such as Pradhan Mantri Krishi  Sinchai  Yojana,  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme, Repair Renovation & Rehabilitation Scheme etc.

The  physical  and  financial  progress  of  water  supply  and  sustainability  schemes under  NRDWP  is  also  monitored  in  National/  Regional/  State  level  review meetings, conferences and  video-conferences. The  total  number  of  recharge structures created for source sustainability as per IMIS of the Ministry is placed at Annexure-I. Under NRDWP, the Government of India has given priority to cover partially  covered  habitations  and  quality  affected  habitations  with  safe  drinking water schemes.

- (d)  Proposal  received  from  Shri  Vijay  Kedia  on  Drinking  Water  Security      (Kedia Farm Pattern Patented Underground Rainwater Harvesting) was scrutinised by the Standing  Committee  on  Water  and  Sanitation  technologies  constituted  by  the Ministry  headed  by  Prof.  Mashelkar  and  recommended  the  same  as  innovative technology.  Further,  the  Ministry,  through  National  Remote  Sensing  Centre, Hyderabad, had completed 4,898 Hydro-Geo-Morphological Maps (ground water prospect maps) which can be very useful in siting artificial recharge structures so that ground water can be recharged. The Ministry has advised the State Governments   to utilise the technical knowhow of the above models and maps for proper water conservation including traditional water sources.

## Annexure to be referred in reply to part (c) and (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 1527 to be answered on 09.03.2017

## FORMAT C 37 - State wise Total Number of Recharge Structures

| S.No.   | State               |   Pits And Trenches | Check Dams   | Perco Lation Tanks   |   Point Source Recharging (Conversion Of Defunct Borewells) |   Dug- Wells/ Injection/ Skimming Wells |   Ooranies/ Village Ponds/ Traditional Water Bodies |   Roof Top |   Recharge Shaft |   Others* | Total   |   Estimated Cost |      Expenditure |
|---------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------|------------------|-----------|---------|------------------|------------------|
| 1       | 2                   |                   3 | 4 5          |                      |                                                           6 |                                       7 |                                                   8 |          9 |               10 |        11 | 12      |     13           |     14           |
| 1       | ANDAMAN and NICOBAR |                   0 | 0            | 0                    |                                                           0 |                                       3 |                                                   0 |          0 |                0 |         7 | 10      |    472.6         |     32.39        |
| 2       | ANDHRA PRADESH      |                  56 | 0            | 1133                 |                                                           0 |                                       0 |                                                   0 |        552 |                0 |      2985 | 4726    |   6798           |   2136.7         |
| 3       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   |                  40 | 454          | 1                    |                                                           0 |                                       0 |                                                   0 |         76 |                0 |        31 | 602     |   5007.08        |   3257.7         |
| 4       | ASSAM               |                  76 | 21           | 0                    |                                                           1 |                                       3 |                                                  93 |       6175 |                0 |       199 | 6568    | 136275           |  10567           |
| 5       | BIHAR               |                1039 | 0            | 0                    |                                                         399 |                                       4 |                                                   0 |        698 |               45 |       780 | 2920    | 240431           | 118093           |
| 6       | CHATTISGARH         |                1525 | 1494         | 400                  |                                                         387 |                                      47 |                                                  25 |       3816 |               27 |     19296 | 26990   |  33340.2         |   8061.84        |
| 7       | GUJARAT             |                 405 | 1266         | 1                    |                                                           0 |                                     145 |                                                 161 |       3657 |                8 |      2147 | 7782    |  61533.9         |  32540.2         |
| 8       | HARYANA             |                  12 | 13           | 127                  |                                                           0 |                                      41 |                                                   1 |        605 |                0 |        90 | 889     | 707282           | 405216           |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH    |                  31 | 410          | 63                   |                                                           6 |                                      22 |                                                  51 |        184 |                0 |       420 | 1187    |  13835.2         |   4275.13        |
| 10      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   |                  75 | 459          | 13                   |                                                           0 |                                      55 |                                                 284 |         37 |                0 |       414 | 1337    | 134297           |  49323.2         |
| 11      | JHARKHAND           |                7040 | 121          | 72                   |                                                        5056 |                                     231 |                                                 315 |       6840 |                4 |      1894 | 21569   |  35581.1         |   9164.39        |
| 12      | KARNATAKA           |                2713 | 9729         | 1531                 |                                                          14 |                                    1701 |                                                 721 |        456 |               19 |      3441 | 20306   | 155425           |  51312.1         |
| 13      | KERALA              |                   0 | 234          | 0                    |                                                           0 |                                       0 |                                                   3 |        217 |                0 |        34 | 488     | 238799           |  68609.9         |
| 14      | MADHYA PRADESH      |                3477 | 3809         | 140                  |                                                          79 |                                     693 |                                                  57 |        872 |             3976 |     15005 | 24132   |  30814.3         |  18599.9         |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA         |               16741 | 2588         | 32                   |                                                         107 |                                    2208 |                                                 766 |       1049 |            16357 |     27791 | 51282   |  70419.5         |  38788.9         |
| 16      | MANIPUR             |                   3 | 85           | 0                    |                                                           2 |                                       2 |                                                  81 |        272 |                1 |        57 | 502     |   9263.52        |   3950.9         |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA           |                  27 | 274          | 0                    |                                                           0 |                                       0 |                                                   8 |          5 |                0 |        33 | 347     |  51145.7         |   7079.34        |
| 18      | MIZORAM             |                   0 | 13           | 0                    |                                                           0 |                                       0 |                                                   0 |         67 |                0 |         2 | 82      |   4929.07        |   3672.61        |
| 19      | NAGALAND            |                   0 | 0            | 0                    |                                                           1 |                                       0 |                                                   1 |         84 |                0 |       359 | 445     |   5909.82        |   4322.35        |
| 20      | ODISHA              |                2997 | 32           | 72                   |                                                          32 |                                      47 |                                                  18 |         18 |                3 |     13874 | 17090   |  23849.9         |   9989.99        |
| 21      | PUDUCHERRY          |                   0 | 0            | 0                    |                                                           0 |                                       0 |                                                   0 |          0 |                0 |         0 | 0       |      0           |      0           |
| 22      | PUNJAB              |                  25 | 0            | 0                    |                                                           1 |                                      53 |                                                 210 |        403 |                0 |       373 | 1065    |  10692.4         |   5262.66        |
| 23      | RAJASTHAN           |                2120 | 162          | 13                   |                                                          24 |                                     177 |                                                2140 |      10276 |                0 |       588 | 15500   |      1.93994e+06 | 320826           |
| 24      | SIKKIM              |                   0 | 0            | 0                    |                                                           0 |                                       0 |                                                   0 |        914 |                0 |        12 | 926     |   1577.35        |   1178.17        |
| 25      | TAMIL NADU          |                 779 | 3395         | 146                  |                                                          43 |                                       1 |                                                  93 |        637 |              179 |       763 | 5857    |  32408.2         |  23849.5         |
| 26      | TELANGANA           |                   0 | 0            | 938                  |                                                          54 |                                       0 |                                                   0 |        613 |                0 |      7417 | 9022    |   4811.43        |   2426           |
| 27      | TRIPURA             |                   5 | 10           | 9                    |                                                           0 |                                       5 |                                                  30 |        351 |                1 |       120 | 530     |   4638.02        |    385.78        |
| 28      | UTTAR PRADESH       |                3292 | 922          | 0                    |                                                           0 |                                       1 |                                                  87 |          0 |               20 |        75 | 4377    |  69538.7         |  37714.2         |
| 29      | UTTARAKHAND         |                  60 | 163          | 45                   |                                                           0 |                                       7 |                                                  48 |        413 |                0 |        53 | 789     |   6533.53        |   3690.39        |
| 30      | WEST BENGAL         |                  22 | 0            | 90                   |                                                           0 |                                     148 |                                                   3 |          0 |                0 |        10 | 273     |   4064.72        |   2021.89        |
| Total   | Total               |               42560 | 25654        | 4826                 |                                                        6206 |                                    5594 |                                                5196 |      39287 |            20640 |     98270 |         |      2.27593e+12 |      1.24635e+06 |

## Annexure - I