Lok Sabha Question No. 1717 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Decline in Ground  Water Level
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: RAJESH VERMA

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. †1717

ANSWERED ON 28 .12.2017

## DECLINE IN GROUND WA TER LEVEL

## †1717. SHRI RAJESH VERMA

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

(a) whether the Government is aware that a horrible drinking water crisis is looming l declining  ground  water  level  in  the  country  and  if  so,  t he  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken overcome the same;

(b) whether the Government is likely to enact any law for rain water harvesting; and

(c) if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be enacted and implem

## ANSWER

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

( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a) to (c) Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) carries out ground water monitoring, four tim year,  on  regional  scale  t hrough  a  network  of  observation  wells  in  the  Country.  Comparison analysis of Pre - monsoon (2017) water level data collected by CGWB with the decadal average (2 -2016)  indicates  decline  in  ground  water  level  in  about  61%  of  the  wells.  Details  ar at Annexure .

Water  being  a  State  subject,  initiatives  on  water  management  including  conservat artificial recharge to ground water is primarily States' responsibility.

MoWR, RD & GR has circulated a Model Bill to all the States/UTs to enable them to enact suitable ground water legislation for its regulation and development which includes provi water harvesting.  So far, 15 States/UTs have adopted and implemented the ground water l on the lines of Model bill.

CGWA has issued advisories to States and UTs to take measures to promote/adopt ar recharge  to  ground  water/rainwater  harvesting.  30  States/UTs  have  made  rainwater  ha mandatory  by  enacting  laws  or  by  formulating  rules  &  regulations  or  by  including  pr ovisions  in building bye - laws or through suitable Government Orders .

Besides, other steps taken by the Central Government for conservation of ground w available at the following URL http://mowr.gov.in/writereaddata/GW\_Depletion.pdf

Annexure referredto in reply to part (a) to (c) of Unstarred Q.No. 1717 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 28 .12.2017 regarding ' Decline in Ground Water Level '

## 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   | Wells showing no   |
|---------|----------------------|-------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------------------|--------------------|
| 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      | Odisha               | 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                |

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