Lok Sabha Question No. 6532 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-06
Subject: Maintenance of Lakes
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Raghu Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6532

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.04.2018

## Maintenance of Lakes

6532. DR. RAGHU SHARMA:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has allocated funds for maintenance of lakes during the last four years;

(b) if  so, the details thereof along with the total amount allocated therefor, State/ UT-wise;

(c) whether any fund has been allocated/released for treatment of polluted water in Ana Sagar lake in Ajmer district of Rajasthan; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a)  & (b) Yes, the Central Government has released an amount of Rs. 155.96 crore for conservation and management of lakes during the financial years 2014-18. Details of  these  funds  released  to  the  State  Governments,  State-wise  and  year-wise  are annexed.

(c)  & (d) Yes, the Central Government has released an amount of Rs. 5.675 crore as Central Share for the project, 'Rejuvenation of Ana Sagar Lake in Ajmer, Rajasthan'.

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O.I.H.

## Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 6532 to be answered on 06.04.2018 regarding 'Maintenance of Lakes' raised by Dr. Raghu Sharma.

Details  of  Funds  released  for  Conservation  &  Management  of  Lakes  under  the National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems (NPCA)

| S. No.   | State           | Name of Lake                                  | Funds Released (Rs. in crore)   | Funds Released (Rs. in crore)   | Funds Released (Rs. in crore)   | Funds Released (Rs. in crore)   |
|----------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|          |                 |                                               | 2014-15                         | 2015-16                         | 2016-17                         | 2017-18                         |
| 1.       | Bihar           | Moti Jheel (Motihari)                         | -                               | -                               | -                               | 3.30                            |
| 2.       | Jammu & Kashmir | Dal Nageen Lake (Srinagar)                    | -                               | 15.00                           | -                               | 22.00                           |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Tripuranthkeshwar Lake (Bidar)                | -                               | -                               | 0.52                            | -                               |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Gowramma & Hombalamma Lakes (Bangalore Rural) | -                               | -                               | 1.76                            | -                               |
| 4.       | Madhya Pradesh  | Sindhsagar Lake (Isagarh)                     | 2.50                            | -                               |                                 | -                               |
| 4.       | Madhya Pradesh  | Shivpuri Lake (Shivpuri)                      | -                               | 4.90                            | 12.00                           | 2.50                            |
| 5.       | Maharashtra     | Koradi Lake (Nagpur)                          | -                               | -                               | -                               | 8.74                            |
| 6.       | Nagaland        | Twin Lakes (Mokokchung)                       | 1.11                            | -                               | 0.42                            | 2.00                            |
| 7.       | Rajasthan       | Pichola Lake (Udaipur)                        | 16.66                           | 7.95                            | 13.56                           | 1.54                            |
| 7.       | Rajasthan       | Fatehsagar Lake (Udaipur)                     | 9.00                            | 3.00                            | -                               | -                               |
| 8.       | Uttar Pradesh   | Ramgarh Tal (Gorakhpur)                       | -                               | -                               | 13.00                           | -                               |
| 8.       | Uttar Pradesh   | Laxmi Tal (Jhansi)                            | 2.50                            | -                               | 12.00                           | -                               |
|          | Total           |                                               | 31.77                           | 30.85                           | 53.26                           | 40.08                           |