Lok Sabha Question No. 3955 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-10
Subject: Illegal Boring
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. †3955

ANSWERED ON 10 .0 8.201 7

## ILLEGAL BORING

## †3955. SHRI NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL

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

- (a) whether the water level has sharply depleted in several parts of the country and if thereof;
- (b) whether illegal boring is rampantly going on in Delhi and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any step to check the same; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

( DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BA LYAN )

- (a) Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) carries out ground water monitoring, four times a y on regional scale through a network of observation wells in the Country.  Comparison and of Pre - mon soon (2017) water level data collected by CGWB with the decadal average (2007 - 2016) indicates decline in ground water level in about 61% of the wells . .  Details are given at Annexure.
- (b)  to (d) Regulation of ground water extraction in Delhi is being dealt by the Governm National  Capital  Territory  of  Delhi  (GNCTD).  The  Deputy  Commissioner  (Revenue)  of  ea revenue area of GNCTD have been delegated with the powers of dealing with violations , sealing illegal wells and launching of prosecution against offenders etc. Complaints of illegal looked into by the Deputy Commissioners (Revenue) on merit.

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Annexure referred to in  reply part (a) of Unstarred Q.No. 3955 to  be  answered  in  Lok  Sabha on 10.08.2017 regarding 'Illegal Boring' .

## State - wise Decadal Water Level Fluctuation

## With Mean [Premonsoon (2007 to 2016)] and Premonsoon 2017

| S. No.   | Name of State        | No. of wells Analysed   | Rise   | Rise   | Fall   | Fall   | Wells showing no change   | Wells showing no change   |
|----------|----------------------|-------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|          |                      |                         | 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       | Odhisha              | 1283                    | 506    | 39     | 773    | 60     | 4                         | 0.3                       |
| 22       | Pudducherry          | 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                       |