Lok Sabha Question No. 4076 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-10
Subject: National Aquifer Management Project for Ground Water
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

†4076.

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. †4076

ANSWERED ON 10 .0 8.201 7

## NATIONAL AQUIFER MAN AGEMENT PROJECT FOR GROUND WATER

SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI

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

- (a) whether the Government is running 'National Aquifer Management Project' to save available ground water in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the names of States where it is operational;
- (c) whether desired results have been achieved thereunder and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the time by which the said project is likely to be implemented in Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  WATER  RESOURCES, RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND GANGA REJUVENATION

( DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BA LYAN )

(a) to (d) Central Ground Water Board has taken up Aquifer Mapping and Management Program under the Central Scheme of 'Ground Water Management & Regulation' during XII Plan with the objectives of delineation and characterization of aquifers including quality issues and p aquifer management plans to ensure sustainability of ground water resources. Aquifer maps and Ground Water management plans thus developed are shared with th e respective State Governments.

So far, aquifer maps and management plans have been prepared for an area of aroun lakh km 2 in the Country (details are given at Annexure) including the State of Uttar P radesh for which aquifer aps and management plans have been prepared for an area of 45,339 km 2 .

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Annexure to be referred in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Unstarred Q.No. 4076 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 10.08.2017 regarding 'National Aquifer Management Project for Ground Water'

## State/UT- wise  Areafor  which  A quiferMaps  have  been  p repared  and Ma nagement Plans have been developed

| Sl. No.   | State/UT             |   Area covered (inkm 2 ) |
|-----------|----------------------|--------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh       |                    39141 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh    |                     1965 |
| 3.        | Assam                |                     6179 |
| 4.        | Bihar                |                     9607 |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh         |                    10619 |
| 6.        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                      490 |
| 7.        | Delhi                |                     1483 |
| 8.        | Gujarat              |                    31522 |
| 9.        | Haryana              |                    44179 |
| 10.       | Jammu & Kashmir      |                     8220 |
| 11.       | Jharkhand            |                    17693 |
| 12.       | Karnataka            |                    48311 |
| 13.       | Kerala               |                     5200 |
| 14.       | Lakshadweep          |                       32 |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh       |                    45430 |
| 16.       | Maharashtra          |                    31418 |
| 17.       | Manipur              |                      155 |
| 18.       | Meghalaya            |                     1627 |
| 19.       | Nagaland             |                      400 |
| 20.       | Odisha               |                    10193 |
| 21.       | Puducherry           |                      293 |
| 22.       | Punjab               |                    50368 |
| 23.       | Rajasthan            |                   143275 |
| 24.       | Tamil Nadu           |                    44573 |
| 25.       | Telangana            |                    22328 |
| 26.       | Tripura              |                      559 |
| 27.       | Uttar Pradesh        |                    45339 |
| 28.       | Uttarakhand          |                     2811 |
| 29.       | West Bengal          |                     8008 |
|           | TOTAL                |                   631418 |