Lok Sabha Question No. 2135 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-29
Subject: National Lake Conservation Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: KIRIT SOMAIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2135

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2016

## National Lake Conservation Programme

2135.   DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA:

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

- state: (a) the details of lakes covered under National Lake Conservation Programme; (b) whether  Powai  Lake  in  Mumbai  which  is  facing  a  major  issue  of  pollution  is included under the said programme and if so, the works undertaken in this regard; (c)     whether local activists  and the peoples representative have brought to the notice of Government the pollution problem including discharge of sewer water into the Powai Lake; (d) if so, the measures proposed to be adopted in this regard; and whether the Government has any plan for beautification of lakes in the country
- (e) including Powai Lake and if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

(a) The  National  Lake  Conservation  Plan  (NLCP)  has  been  merged  in  February, 2013 with another scheme of National Wetlands Conservation Programme (NWCP) to avoid overlap and promote better synergy  into a new integrated scheme of National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic- Eco-systems (NPCA) for  holistic conservation and restoration of lakes and wetlands in the country. State wise details of lakes covered under the NPCA/NLCP programme are at Annexure.

(b)    Powai  lake  in  Mumbai  is  covered  under  the  NPCA/NLCP  programme  and  a project of 'Restoration and Conservation of Powai Lake' has already been implemented by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) at a cost of Rs. 4.70 crore, under which conservation  activities  relating  to  bioremediation  of  lake,  de-weeding,  de-sludging, aeration system for lake, chain link fencing, monitoring, etc. were taken up.

(c) and (d)   Recently,  representations regarding deterioration of Powai lake received from local activists and public representative were referred to the concerned authorities in  the  Government  of  Maharashtra  and  BMC.  In  turn,  the  BMC  informed  that  a consultant has been appointed to undertake the task of working out various options for stopping ingress of sewage into Powai lake as well as its beautification and long term conservation and management.

(e)      This  Ministry  has  so  far  sanctioned  projects  for  conservation  of  63  lakes  in  14 States at a total cost of Rs.1096.09 crores under the NPCA/NLCP, and an amount of Rs. 674.462 crore has been released for the sanctioned projects as per details given in Annexure.    No  fresh  proposal  for  conservation,  management  and  beautification  of Powai lake has so far been received from Government of Maharashtra under NPCA.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  and  (e)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question  No.  2135  to  be  answered  on  Tuesday,  the  29 th November,  2016  on 'National Lake Conservation Programme raised by Dr. Kirit Somaiya.

## State wise details of lakes covered under NPCA/ NLCP

(Amount Rs in Crore)

| S. No.   | State           | Name of Lake                       |   Approved Cost |   Fund released (till 31.10.2016) |
|----------|-----------------|------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1.       | Telangana       | Banjara ( Hyderabad)               |            4.3  |                             2.7   |
| 2.       | Jammu & Kashmir | Dal ( Srinagar)                    |          298.76 |                           263.85  |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Vengaiahkere ( Bangalore)          |           69.18 |                            39.16  |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Nagvara (Bangalore)                |           69.18 |                            39.16  |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Jarganahalli (Bangalore)           |           69.18 |                            39.16  |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Bellandur (Bangalore)              |           69.18 |                            39.16  |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Kotekere (Belgaum)                 |           69.18 |                            39.16  |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Bhishma (Gadag)                    |           69.18 |                            39.16  |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Lal Bagh ( Bangalore)              |           69.18 |                            39.16  |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Channapatna (Hasan)                |           69.18 |                            39.16  |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Sharanbhasveshwara (Gulbarga)      |           69.18 |                            39.16  |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Akkamahadevi (Haveri)              |           69.18 |                            39.16  |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Kundawada (Davangere)              |           69.18 |                            39.16  |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Kote Tavarekere (Chikmagalur)      |           69.18 |                            39.16  |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Tripuranthkeshwar (Bidar)          |           69.18 |                            39.16  |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Gowramma (Bangalore Rural)         |           69.18 |                            39.16  |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Hombalamma ( Magadi town)          |           69.18 |                            39.16  |
| 3.       | Karnataka       | Amanikere (Tumkur)                 |           69.18 |                            39.16  |
| 4.       | Kerala          | Veli Akkulum ( Thiruvananthapuram) |           24.56 |                             4.3   |
| 5.       | Madhya Pradesh  | Rani Talab (Rewa)                  |           87.41 |                            33.24  |
| 5.       | Madhya Pradesh  | Sagar lake ( Sagar)                |           87.41 |                            33.24  |
| 5.       | Madhya Pradesh  | Shivpuri (Shivpuri)                |           87.41 |                            33.24  |
| 5.       | Madhya Pradesh  | Sindhsagar (Ashok Nagar)           |           87.41 |                            33.24  |
| 6.       | Maharashtra     | Powai lake ( Mumbai)               |           28.57 |                            18.675 |
|          | Maharashtra     | Rewale (Thane)                     |           28.57 |                            18.675 |
|          | Maharashtra     | Jail lake (Thane)                  |           28.57 |                            18.675 |
|          | Maharashtra     | Makhamali (Thane)                  |           28.57 |                            18.675 |
|          | Maharashtra     | Kharegon (Thane)                   |           28.57 |                            18.675 |
|          | Maharashtra     | Kusa (Thane)                       |           28.57 |                            18.675 |
|          | Maharashtra     | Upvan (Thane)                      |           28.57 |                            18.675 |
|          | Maharashtra     | Kasaradawli (Thane)                |           28.57 |                            18.675 |
|          | Maharashtra     | Naar/oval (Thane)                  |           28.57 |                            18.675 |
|          | Maharashtra     | Khidkali (Thane)                   |           28.57 |                            18.675 |
|          | Maharashtra     | Mahalaxmi (Vadagaon)               |           28.57 |                            18.675 |
|          | Maharashtra     | Rankala (Kolhapur)                 |           28.57 |                            18.675 |
|          | Maharashtra     | Varhala Devi                       |           28.57 |                            18.675 |
|          | Maharashtra     | (Bhiwandi)                         |           28.57 |                            18.675 |

| 7.   | Nagaland      | Mokokchung (Lake-A)           |   25.83 |    9.92 |
|------|---------------|-------------------------------|---------|---------|
| 7.   | Nagaland      | Mokokchung (Lake-B)           |   25.83 |   9.92  |
| 8.   | Odisha        | Bindu Sagar (Bhubaneswar)     |    3.5  |   2.21  |
| 9.   | Rajasthan     | Mansagar (Jaipur)             |  225.3  | 131.68  |
| 9.   | Rajasthan     | Anasagar (Ajmer))             |  225.3  | 131.68  |
| 9.   | Rajasthan     | Pushkar (Ajmer)               |  225.3  | 131.68  |
| 9.   | Rajasthan     | Fatehsagar (Udaipur)          |  225.3  | 131.68  |
| 9.   | Rajasthan     | Pichola ( Udaipur)            |  225.3  | 131.68  |
| 9.   | Rajasthan     | Nakki (Mount Abu)             |  225.3  | 131.68  |
| 10.  | Tamil Nadu    | Ooty (Ooty)                   |   12.17 |   3.732 |
| 10.  | Tamil Nadu    | Kodaikanal (Dindigul)         |   12.17 |   3.732 |
| 11.  | Tripura       | Dimasagar                     |    2.02 |   0.5   |
| 11.  | Tripura       | Laxminarayanibari             |    2.02 |   0.5   |
| 11.  | Tripura       | Durgabadi                     |    2.02 |   0.5   |
| 12.  | Uttrakhand    | Bhimtal ( Bhimtal)            |   64.82 |  42.105 |
| 12.  | Uttrakhand    | Naukuchiatal                  |   64.82 |  42.105 |
| 12.  | Uttrakhand    | Sattal                        |   64.82 |  42.105 |
| 12.  | Uttrakhand    | Khurpatal                     |   64.82 |  42.105 |
| 12.  | Uttrakhand    | Nainital ( Nainital)          |   64.82 |  42.105 |
| 13.  | Uttar Pradesh | Mansi Ganga (Goverdhan)       |  201.16 | 101.42  |
| 13.  | Uttar Pradesh | Ramgarh Tal (Gorakhpur)       |  201.16 | 101.42  |
| 13.  | Uttar Pradesh | Laxmi Tal ( Jhansi)           |  201.16 | 101.42  |
| 14.  | West Bengal   | Rabindra Sarovar              |   48.51 |  20.97  |
| 14.  | West Bengal   | Mirik ( Darjeeling)           |   48.51 |  20.97  |
| 14.  | West Bengal   | Adi Ganga (South 24 Parganas) |   48.51 |  20.97  |
| 14.  | West Bengal   | Sahib Bundh ( Purulia)        |   48.51 |  20.97  |
|      | Total         |                               | 1096.09 | 674.462 |