Lok Sabha Question No. 1529 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Construction of Ponds for Rainwater Harvesting
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: VEENA DEVI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1529

ANSWERED ON 09.03.2017

## CONSTRUCTION OF PONDS FOR RAINWATER HARVESTING

## †1529.        SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI

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

- (a)  whether  10  lakh  ponds  have  been  constructed  in  the  country  during  the  current  year  for rainwater harvesting;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total number of new and old ponds utilized for the rainwater harvesting in each State in the country till January, 2017; and
- (d) the additional rainwater harvesting capacity created as a result of the same?

## ANSWER

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

(DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

- (a) to (c) In current financial year 2016-17, a national target of constructing 5 lakh farm ponds under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Gurantee  Act  (MGNREGA)  was  kept. Against this, States/ UTs in their annual labour budget and shelf of works for the year 2016-17 have kept a target of 8,82,325 farm ponds, out of which 487054 farm ponds have been completed as on 6 th March, 2017.

State/UT-wise details including the number of ponds excavated during the last three years and the current year are given at Annexure.

- (d) Data on additional rainwater harvesting capacity created is not maintained centrally.

## ANNEXURE

Annexure  referred  in  reply  to Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1529 dated 09.03.2017 regarding 'Construction of Ponds for Rainwater Harvesting'

## Number of Ponds Excavated

(During Last Three Years and the current year)

| S.No.   | State/UT            |   Completed Works (2016-17-as on 6.3.2017) |   Completed Works (2015-2016) |   Completed Works (2014-2015) |   Complete Works (2013-2014) |
|---------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh      |                                     254246 |                         13368 |                          7901 |                        12491 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                        264 |                             4 |                             1 |                           13 |
| 3       | Assam               |                                        209 |                           368 |                           259 |                          354 |
| 4       | Bihar               |                                       1439 |                          1983 |                          1733 |                         4301 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh        |                                       7076 |                          2191 |                          2223 |                         2339 |
| 6       | Goa                 |                                          0 |                             2 |                             0 |                            1 |
| 7       | Gujarat             |                                       2491 |                          1534 |                           303 |                         2499 |
| 8       | Haryana             |                                        232 |                           183 |                           234 |                          306 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh    |                                       7328 |                          7777 |                         11220 |                        13269 |
| 10      | Jammu And Kashmir   |                                        406 |                           777 |                           387 |                          862 |
| 11      | Jharkhand           |                                      85772 |                          7687 |                          7260 |                         9702 |
| 12      | Karnataka           |                                      13342 |                         10300 |                          8019 |                         6384 |
| 13      | Kerala              |                                       1714 |                          2452 |                          2803 |                         1873 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh      |                                      14003 |                         15462 |                         48042 |                        46684 |
| 15      | Maharashtra         |                                       5050 |                          5896 |                          4853 |                         4936 |
| 16      | Manipur             |                                        226 |                           124 |                            82 |                           72 |
| 17      | Meghalaya           |                                        182 |                           169 |                            97 |                          180 |
| 18      | Mizoram             |                                        326 |                           100 |                            33 |                           42 |
| 19      | Nagaland            |                                          3 |                            18 |                             1 |                           22 |
| 20      | Odisha              |                                      12571 |                          9988 |                          5867 |                        11675 |
| 21      | Punjab              |                                          5 |                            11 |                            16 |                            6 |
| 22      | Rajasthan           |                                      20968 |                         15289 |                         22997 |                        24315 |
| 23      | Sikkim              |                                          0 |                             9 |                            42 |                            2 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu          |                                       2418 |                          7321 |                         14853 |                        11390 |
| 25      | Telangana           |                                      19840 |                            94 |                            82 |                          610 |
| 26      | Tripura             |                                       1206 |                          4932 |                          8480 |                         6831 |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh       |                                       9105 |                         11783 |                          5184 |                         9351 |
| 28      | Uttarakhand         |                                        677 |                           453 |                           371 |                          502 |
| 29      | West Bengal         |                                      25952 |                         33181 |                         31745 |                        19993 |
| 30      | Andaman And Nicobar |                                          0 |                             7 |                            13 |                           31 |
| 31      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                                          0 |                             0 |                             0 |                            0 |
| 32      | Daman &Diu          |                                          0 |                             0 |                             0 |                            0 |
| 33      | Lakshadweep         |                                          0 |                             0 |                             0 |                            0 |
| 34      | Puducherry          |                                          3 |                             4 |                             3 |                            0 |
|         | Total               |                                     487054 |                        153467 |                        185104 |                       191036 |