Lok Sabha Question No. 2197 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-08
Subject: Ground Water Table in Urban Areas
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. †2197

ANSWERED ON 08.0 3.201 8

## GROUND WATER TABLE I N URBAN AREAS

## †2197. SHRI ARVIND SAWANT

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

(a) whether the ground water table has gone critically low in urban areas of the country details thereof;

(b) whether the Government proposes to enact any water harvesting legislation to increase t water table in these areas;

(c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(d) the details of the ways in which the Government is likely to br ing the decreasing water table to normal level in the said areas of the country?

## ANSWER

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

## ( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a) Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) carries out ground water monitoring, four times a y regional scale through a network of observation wells in the Country. Comparison and anal -monsoon (2017) water level data collected by CGWB with the dec adal average (2007 - 2016) indicates decline in ground water level in about 61% of the wells in most of the urban areas of the country . C ity wise details of rise and fall in ground water level are given at Annexure.

(b) & (c) Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR has circulated a Model Bill to all the States/UT enable them to enact suitable ground water legislation for its regulation and development w provision of rain water harvesting.  So far, 15 States/UTs have adopted and implemented e ground water legislation on the lines of Model bill.  30 States/UTs have made rain water harvesti by enacting laws or by formulating rules & regulations or by including provisions in build -laws or through suitable Government Orders.

Ministry of Urban Development has circulated its Model Building Bye -Laws (2016) to all State Governments which, inter - alia,  incorporates  provisions  for  Rain Water  Harvesting.   Atal  Miss Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) mandates t he States to formulate a policy and acti plan for rain water harvesting structures in all commercial, public buildings and new buil of 300 sq.m and above.

(d) Water  being  a  State  subject,  steps  for  augmentation,  conservation  and  efficient management  of water resources to ensure sustainability and availability are primarily undertaken by the Governments, however, steps taken by the Central Government for conservation of ground w available at the following URL http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/MeasuresForGW - Depletion\_1.pdf .

Annexure referredto in reply to part (a) of  Unstarred Q.No. † 2197 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 08.03.2018 regarding ' Ground Water  Table in Urban Areas '

Decadal Water Level Fluctuation With Mean [Pre-monsoon (2007 to 2016)] and Pre -monsoon 2017 in Urban Areas

| S. No.   | Name of the City    | No. of wells Analysed   | Rise   | Rise    | Fall   | Fall        |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------------|--------|---------|--------|-------------|
|          |                     |                         | No .   | %       | No .   | %           |
| 1        | Mumbai City         | 3                       | 2      | 66.7    | 1      | 33.3        |
| 2        | Mumbai Suburban     | 1                       | 1      | 100.0   | 0      | 0.0         |
| 3        | Delhi               | 89                      | 56     | 62.9    | 33     | 37.1        |
| 4        | Kolkata             | 14                      | 2      | 14.3    | 12     | 85.7        |
| 5        | Chennai             | 11                      | 1      | 9.1     | 10     | 90.9        |
| 6        | Bangalore           | 25                      | 3      | 12.0    | 22     | 88.0        |
| 7        | Hyderabad           | 20                      | 9      | 45.0    | 11     | 55.0        |
| 8        | Ahmedabad           | 7                       | 4      | 57.1    | 3      | 42.9        |
| 9        | Nagpur              | 7                       | 4      | 57.1    | 3      | 42.9        |
| 10       | Nashik              | 4                       | 2      | 50.0    | 2      | 50.0        |
| 11       | Pune                | 5                       | 2      | 40.0    | 3      | 60.0        |
| 12       | Kannur              | 10                      | 3      | 30.0    | 7      | 70.0        |
| 13       | Kochi               | 23                      | 11     | 47.8    | 12     | 52.2        |
| 14       | Kollam              | 9                       | 5      | 55.6    | 4      | 44.4        |
| 15       | Kozhikode           | 10                      | 3      | 30.0    | 7      | 70.0        |
| 16       | Malappuram          | 10                      | 3      | 30.0    | 7      | 70.0        |
| 17       | Thiruvananthapuram  | 14                      | 1      | 7.1     | 13     | 92.9        |
| 18       | Thrissur            | 16                      | 8      | 50.0    | 8      | 50.0        |
| 19       | Patna               | 6                       | 2      | 33.3    | 4      | 66.7        |
| 20       | Ranchi              | 17                      | 2      | 11.8    | 15     | 88.2        |
| 21       | Jamshedpur          | 15                      | 10     | 66.7    | 5      | 33.3        |
| 22       | Dhanbad             | 15                      | 8      | 53.3    | 7      | 46.7        |
| 23       | Bhopal              | 16                      | 11     | 68.8    | 5      | 31.3        |
| 24       | Indore              | 20                      | 7      | 35.0    | 13     | 65.0        |
| 25       | Jabalpur            | 19                      | 6      | 31.6    | 13     | 68.4        |
| 26       | Gwalior             | 1                       | 0      | 0.0     | 1      | 100.0       |
| 27       | Guwahati            | 31                      | 12     | 38.7    | 19     | 61.3        |
| 28       | Ludhiana            | 9                       | 0      | 0.0     | 9      | 100.0       |
| 29       | Amritsar            | 5                       | 0      | 0.0     | 5      | 100.0       |
| 30       | Faridabad           | 2                       | 0      | 0.0     | 2      | 100.0       |
| 31       | Chandigarh - UT     | 10                      | 1      | 10.0    | 8      | 80.0        |
| 32       | Coimbatore          | 4                       | 0      | 0.0     | 4      | 100.0       |
| 33       | Madurai             | 1                       | 0      | 0.0     | 1      | 100.0       |
| 34       | Vijayawada          | 1                       | 0      | 0.0     | 1      | 100.0       |
| 35       | Vishakapatnam       | 14                      | 2      | 14.3    | 13     | 92.9        |
| 36       | Dehradun            | 19                      | 13     | 68.4    | 6      | 31.6        |
| 37       | Rajkot              | 5                       | 3      | 60.0    | 2      | 40.0        |
| 38       | Surat               | 2                       | 2      | 100.0   | 0      | 0.0         |
| 39       | Vadodara            | 5                       | 3      | 60.0    | 2      | 40.0        |
| 40       | Jaipur              | 7                       | 3      | 42.9    | 4      | 57.1        |
| 41       | Jodhpur             | 7                       | 7      | 100.0   | 0      | 0.0         |
| 42       |                     | 2                       | 1      | 50.0    | 1      | 50.0        |
|          | Kota                |                         |        |         |        |             |
| 43 44    | Allahabad Ghaziabad | 1 1                     | 0 0    | 0.0 0.0 | 1 1    | 100.0 100.0 |
| 45       | Kanpur              | 4                       | 0      | 0.0     | 4      | 100.0       |
| 46       | Lucknow             | 4                       | 0      | 0.0     | 4      | 100.0       |
| 47       | Meerut Varanasi     | 1 2                     | 0 0    | 0.0 0.0 | 1 2    | 100.0       |
| 48       | TOTAL               |                         |        |         |        | 100.0       |
|          |                     | 381                     | 148    | 38.8    | 233    | 61.2        |

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