Lok Sabha Question No. 6326 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-05
Subject: Decline in Ground Water Table/ Level
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: PREM DAS RAI, BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 6326

ANSWERED ON 05.0 4.201 8

## DECLINE IN GROUND WA TER TABLE/ LEVEL

6326.

SHRI PREM DAS R AI SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA

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

- (a) whether the ground water table/ level is declining rapidly in the country at present;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken and new efforts made or schemes fo the Government to check it and ensure aquifer recharge;
- (c) the names of the locations where this problem is more acute; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  prop oses  to  implement  any  special  scheme  for  the  areas  such Bundelkhand and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## ( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a) to (c)Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) carries out ground water monitoring, four times a on regional scale through a network of observation wells in the Country. Comparison and Pre - 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 country . Details are given at Annexure -I.

As per the assessment of dynamic ground water resources of country (As on 31 st March 2013) carried out jointly b y CGWB and State Ground Water Departments, o ut of the total 6584 numbers of assessmentunits  (Block/  Taluks/  Mandals/  W atershed/  Firkka),  1034  units  have  been  categorized 'Over -exploited'.   State -wise number of 'Over -exploited' units are given at Annexure -II.

Water being a State subject, regulation & conservation of ground water is primarily States' responsibility. However,other steps taken by the Central Government for conservation of ground are available at the following URL http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/MeasuresForG -Depletion\_1.pdf .

(d) Aquifer Mapping and Management Programme isbeing taken up in several parts of the coun includin g  Bundelkhand  area. Similarly,  Atal  Bhujal  Yojana  has  been  proposed  for  7  States  i country including the water stressed areas of Bundelkhand region.

*****

Annexure referredtoin reply to part s (a) to (c) of Unstarred Q.No. 6326 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 05 .0 4 .2018 regarding ' Decline in Ground Water Table/Level ' .

## State - wise Decadal Water Level Fluctuation with Mean [Pre-monsoon (2007 to 2016) and Pre -monsoon 2017]

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

Annexure referredtoin reply to part s (a) to (c) of Unstarred Q.No. 6326 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 05 .0 4 .2018 regarding ' Decline in Ground Water Table/Level ' .

## CATEGORIZATION OF B LOCKS/ MANDALS/ TALUKS IN INDIA (2013)

| Sl.   | No.States / Union Territories   | Total No. of Assessed Units   | Over-exploited   | Over-exploited   |
|-------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Sl.   |                                 |                               | Nos.             | %                |
|       | States                          |                               |                  |                  |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh                  | 670                           | 61               | 9                |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh               | 11                            | 0                | 0                |
| 3     | Assam                           | 27                            | 0                | 0                |
| 4     | Bihar                           | 534                           | 0                | 0                |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh                    | 146                           | 1                | 1                |
| 6     | Delhi                           | 27                            | 15               | 56               |
| 7     | Goa                             | 12                            | 0                | 0                |
| 8     | Gujarat                         | 223                           | 23               | 10               |
| 9     | Haryana                         | 119                           | 64               | 54               |
| 10    | Himachal Pradesh                | 8                             | 1                | 13               |
| 11    | Jammu & Kashmir                 | 22                            | 0                | 0                |
| 12    | Jharkhand                       | 260                           | 4                | 2                |
| 13    | Karnataka                       | 176                           | 43               | 24               |
| 14    | Kerala                          | 152                           | 1                | 1                |
| 15    | Madhya Pradesh                  | 313                           | 25               | 8                |
| 16    | Maharashtra                     | 353                           | 9                | 3                |
| 17    | Manipur                         | 9                             | 0                | 0                |
| 18    | Meghalaya                       | 11                            | 0                | 0                |
| 19    | Mizoram                         | 22                            | 0                | 0                |
| 20    | Nagaland                        | 11                            | 0                | 0                |
| 21    | Odisha                          | 314                           | 0                | 0                |
| 22    | Punjab                          | 138                           | 105              | 76               |
| 23    | Rajasthan                       | 248                           | 164              | 66               |
| 24    | Sikkim                          | -                             | -                |                  |
| 25    | Tamil Nadu                      | 1139                          | 358              | 31               |
| 26    | Telangana                       | 443                           | 46               | 10               |
| 27    | Tripura                         | 39                            | 0                | 0                |
| 28    | Uttar Pradesh                   | 820                           | 113              | 14               |
| 29    | Uttarakhand                     | 18                            | 0                | 0                |
| 30    | West Bengal                     | 268                           | 0                | 0                |
|       | Total (States)                  | 6533                          | 1033             | 16               |
|       | Union Territories               |                               |                  |                  |
| 1     | Andaman & Nicobar               | 34                            | 0                | 0                |
| 2     | Chandigarh                      | 1                             | 0                | 0                |
| 3     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli            | 1                             | 0                | 0                |
| 4     | Daman & Diu                     | 2                             | 0                | 0                |
| 5     | Lakshadweep                     | 9                             | 0                | 0                |
| 6     | Puducherry                      | 4                             | 1                | 25               |
|       | Total (UTs)                     | 51                            | 1                | 2                |
|       | Grand Total                     | 6584                          | 1034             | 16               |

*****

-