Lok Sabha Question No. 4650 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-30
Subject: Illegal Extraction of Ground Water
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4650

ANSWERED ON 30.03.2017

## ILLEGAL EXTRACTION OF GROUND WATER

## †4650. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR

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

- (a)  whether  ground water level has been continuously receding due to its indiscriminate and illegal  extraction  in  the  country  during  the  last  as  well  as  current  plan  period  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  any  effective  initiative  has  been  taken  for  rainwater  harvesting  to  maintain  the level of ground water;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and the schemes being run to improve ground water level in the country; and
- (d)  the  participation  of  the  Government  and  the  people  in  this  initiative  for  maintaining  the ground water level?

## ANSWER

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

(DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

(a) On  comparision  of  ground  water  level  data  monitored  by  Central  Ground  Water  Board (CGWB) during last 10 years (comprising last and current plan period) with ground water level data of Pre-monsoon 2016, it is observed that 66% of the wells are showing decline in ground water level. The reasons for the decline in ground water level throughout the country can be attributed to increase in the withdrawal of ground water for meeting the demands as well as deficient and erratic rainfall in the previous years.  State-wise details of decline in ground water levels are given at Annexure.

(b) to (d)  Steps taken by the Government for conservation of ground water are available at the following URL http://mowr.gov.in/writereaddata/GW\_Depletion.pdf.

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## ANNEXURE

Annexure referred in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Q.No. 4650 for reply on 30.03.2017 regarding 'Illegal Extraction of Ground Water'

## State-wise  Decadal  Water  Level  Fluctuation  With  Mean  Premonsoon  (2006  to  2015) and Premonsoon 2016

| S.No.   | Name of State       | No. of wells   | Rise   | Rise   | Fall   | Fall   |
|---------|---------------------|----------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|         |                     | Analysed       | No.    | %      | No.    | %      |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh      | 547            | 236    | 43     | 308    | 56     |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh   | 14             | 10     | 71     | 4      | 29     |
| 3       | Assam               | 182            | 84     | 46     | 98     | 54     |
| 4       | Bihar               | 551            | 180    | 33     | 369    | 67     |
| 5       | Chandigarh          | 11             | 4      | 36     | 7      | 64     |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh        | 616            | 165    | 27     | 451    | 73     |
| 7       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 12             | 6      | 50     | 6      | 50     |
| 8       | Daman &Diu          | 10             | 2      | 20     | 8      | 80     |
| 9       | Delhi               | 115            | 26     | 23     | 89     | 77     |
| 10      | Goa                 | 70             | 41     | 59     | 29     | 41     |
| 11      | Gujarat             | 738            | 254    | 34     | 475    | 64     |
| 12      | Haryana             | 643            | 184    | 29     | 454    | 71     |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh    | 95             | 36     | 38     | 59     | 62     |
| 14      | Jammu &Kashmir      | 225            | 83     | 37     | 142    | 63     |
| 15      | Jharkhand           | 212            | 86     | 41     | 126    | 59     |
| 16      | Karnataka           | 1380           | 415    | 30     | 949    | 69     |
| 17      | Kerala              | 1240           | 454    | 37     | 779    | 63     |
| 18      | Madhya Pradesh      | 1343           | 502    | 37     | 838    | 62     |
| 19      | Maharashtra         | 1487           | 437    | 29     | 1041   | 70     |
| 20      | Meghalaya           | 17             | 6      | 35     | 11     | 65     |
| 21      | Odisha              | 1103           | 395    | 36     | 705    | 64     |
| 22      | Puducherry          | 6              | 5      | 83     | 1      | 17     |
| 23      | Punjab              | 613            | 129    | 21     | 482    | 79     |
| 24      | Rajasthan           | 829            | 346    | 42     | 481    | 58     |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu          | 587            | 345    | 59     | 242    | 41     |
| 26      | Telangana           | 377            | 66     | 18     | 308    | 82     |
| 27      | Tripura             | 28             | 21     | 75     | 7      | 25     |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh       | 629            | 95     | 15     | 534    | 85     |
| 29      | Uttarakhand         | 44             | 21     | 48     | 23     | 52     |
| 30      | West Bengal         | 899            | 310    | 34     | 589    | 66     |
|         | Total               | 14623          | 4944   | 34     | 9615   | 66     |

Note: 64 wells show no change in water level