Lok Sabha Question No. 2609 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Rain Water Harvesting during Monsoon
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: RAKESH SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. †2609

ANSWERED ON 02.0 8.201 8

## RAIN WATER HARVESTIN G DURING MONSOON

## †2609. SHRI RAKESH SINGH

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

(a) whether the ground water table is depleting in the country and several States are r drought in the wake of uncertainty of rain and if so, the details thereof;

(b)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  measures  for  run  off  rain  water  harvesting monsoon;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether the Government is likely to formulate a scheme for the construction of big dams to hold the rain water across all the parts of the country and if so, the details th

## ANSWER

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

## ( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a)Ground water levels in various parts of the Country are declining because of continu due to reasons such as increased demand of fresh water for various uses, vagaries of r population, industrialization & urbanization etc. Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) carries out groun water monitoring four times a year in different States.  In order to assess the declining level  on  a  long - term  basis,  pre - monsoon  water  level  data  2018  has  been  compared  with  the  d average (2008 - 2017) water level.  Analysis of data indicates decline in ground water level the wells being monitored.

(b)  to  (d)    Water  being  a  State  subject,  initiatives  on  water  management  including artificial  recharge  to ground  water  and  revival  of  water  bodies  in  the  Country  is  primarily  States' responsibility. However, s teps  taken  by  the  Central  Government for  conservation of ground available at the following URL http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/MeasuresForGW - Depletion\_2.pdf .

Many water conservation structures, including check dams are being constructed by Mahatma Ga ndhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS). State - wise details of wate conservation and water harvesting works completed under Natural Resources Management com MGNREGS during the period 2014 - 15 to 2018 - 19 are given at Annexure.

Besi des,  under  the  Watershed  Development  projects  of  the  Department  of  Land  R 5,06,001 water harvesting structures have been created/rejuvenated since 2014 - 15.

## ANNEXURE

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part s (b)  to  (d)  of  Unstarred  Question  N o. † 2609 to  be answered in Lok Sabha on 02.08.2018 regarding ' Rain Water Harvesting During Monsoon '

| S.No.   |                      | No. of Works Completed   | No. of Works Completed   | No. of Works Completed   | No. of Works Completed   | No. of Works Completed   |
|---------|----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| S.No.   | State/UT             | FY 14-15                 | FY 15-16                 | FY 16-17                 | FY 17-18                 | FY 18-19 (So Far)        |
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar  | 21                       | 22                       | 49                       | 5                        | 0                        |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh       | 39569                    | 45889                    | 87343                    | 42552                    | 17950                    |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 13                       | 15                       | 588                      | 83                       | 6                        |
| 4       | Assam                | 551                      | 568                      | 906                      | 1969                     | 660                      |
| 5       | Bihar                | 2454                     | 3220                     | 3688                     | 5829                     | 1517                     |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh         | 7074                     | 5937                     | 17018                    | 18509                    | 7458                     |
| 7       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 8       | Daman & Diu          | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 9       | Goa                  | 10                       | 8                        | 7                        | 2                        | 0                        |
| 10      | Gujarat              | 4028                     | 4289                     | 7468                     | 6473                     | 1050                     |
| 11      | Haryana              | 852                      | 616                      | 718                      | 582                      | 171                      |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh     | 6141                     | 5725                     | 6972                     | 6007                     | 2630                     |
| 13      | Jammu And Kashmir    | 1940                     | 4052                     | 3616                     | 2968                     | 682                      |
| 14      | Jharkhand            | 18588                    | 16468                    | 104810                   | 49194                    | 4863                     |
| 15      | Karnataka            | 16440                    | 19872                    | 23992                    | 17053                    | 3873                     |
| 16      | Kerala               | 42779                    | 34509                    | 46100                    | 22088                    | 2147                     |
| 17      | Lakshadweep          | 3                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |
| 18      | Madhya Pradesh       | 23665                    | 18117                    | 24095                    | 18682                    | 6762                     |
| 19      | Maharashtra          | 16155                    | 19729                    | 21844                    | 14243                    | 6338                     |
| 20      | Manipur              | 379                      | 484                      | 533                      | 166                      | 56                       |
| 21      | Meghalaya            | 611                      | 899                      | 1234                     | 552                      | 35                       |
| 22      | Mizoram              | 260                      | 366                      | 403                      | 797                      | 112                      |
| 23      | Nagaland             | 69                       | 602                      | 701                      | 385                      | 0                        |
| 24      | Odisha               | 4390                     | 4854                     | 12009                    | 5460                     | 439                      |
| 25      | Puducherry           | 4                        | 14                       | 16                       | 33                       | 3                        |
| 26      | Punjab               | 73                       | 137                      | 189                      | 185                      | 23                       |
| 27      | Rajasthan            | 8355                     | 8488                     | 15886                    | 9748                     | 1675                     |
| 28      | Sikkim               | 213                      | 181                      | 246                      | 140                      | 23                       |
| 29      | Tamil Nadu           | 11824                    | 9340                     | 6497                     | 10084                    | 993                      |
| 30      | Telangana            | 5216                     | 11028                    | 115679                   | 65459                    | 4292                     |
| 31      | Tripura              | 17115                    | 9604                     | 6515                     | 7023                     | 521                      |
| 32      | Uttar Pradesh        | 16638                    | 23070                    | 44327                    | 26960                    | 4846                     |
| 33      | Uttarakhand          | 1368                     | 2094                     | 3922                     | 6308                     | 1734                     |
| 34      | West Bengal          | 29202                    | 26838                    | 32921                    | 34601                    | 16592                    |

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