Lok Sabha Question No. 3115 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: Ground Water Level in Urban Areas
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL)

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. † 3115

ANSWERED ON 03 .0 8.201 7

## GROUND WATER LEVEL I N URBAN AREAS

## †3115. SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL

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

- (a) whether the ground water level has dropped to an alarming level in the urban ar country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Gov ernment proposes to lay down water conservation laws so as to increas ground water level;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the action plan of the Government for bringing the falling ground water level bac normal level?

## 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 on  regional  scale  through  a  network  of  observation  wells  in  the  Country. Comparison  and analysis of Pre - monsoon (2017)water level data collected by CGWB with the decadal av erage (2007 - 2016)indicates decline in ground water level inmore than 60% of the wells in most of the urban areas of the C ountry.D etails are given at Annexure .

(b) to (d) The National Water Policy (2012) formulated by Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR, inter - alia, advocates conservation, promotion and protection of water and highlights for  augmenting the availability of water through rain water harvesting, direct use o other  management measures. The National Water Policy (2012) has been forwarded to all Sta Governments/ UTs and concerned Ministries/ Departments of Central Government for adopti the policy.

CGWB has prepared a conceptual document entitled "Master Plan for Artificial Rec to Ground W ater in India" during 2013, involving ground water scientists/experts. The Master Plan envisages construction of 1.11 crore rain water harvesting and  artificial recha in the Country at an estimated cost of Rs. 79,178 Crores to harness  85BC M (Billion Cubic Metre)

of  water.  The  augmented  ground  water  resources  will  enhance  the  availability  of  w drinking, domestic, industrial and irrigation purpose. The Master Plan has been circulated to all State Governments for impl ementation.

Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR has circulated a Model Bill to all the Sta to enable them to enact suitable ground water legislation for its regulation and develo includes provision of rain water harvesting. So far, 1 5 States/UTs have adopted and implemented the  g round water legislation on the lines of Model bill. 30 States/UTs have made rain water harvesting  mandatory  by  enacting  laws  or  by  formulating  rules  &  regulations or  by  including provisions in b uilding bye - la ws or through suitable Government Orders.

Department of  Land Resources is currently implementing 8214 watershed developm projects  in  28  States  (except  Goa)  covering  an  area  of  about  39.07  million  ha. Watershed  Development  Component  (WDC)  of the  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana (PMKSY) principally for development of rainfed portions of net cultivated area and c wastelands. The major activities taken up under the WDC - PMKSY, inter - alia, include ridge area treatment,  drainage  line afforestation,  soil  and  moisture  conservation,  rain  water  harv horticulture, pasture development, creation of livelihoods for asset - less person, etc.

Ministry of Urban Development has circulated its Model Building Bye -Laws (2016) to all State Gove rnments which, inter - alia,  incorporates  provisions  for  Rain  Water  Harvesting. Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) mandates the States to formu a policy and action plan for rain water harvesting structures in all commercial, public buildings and new buildings on plots of 300 sq.m and above.

Under MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme), r ainw ater harvesting structures, watershed management works and renovation of traditiona bodies are under taken to improve the ground water situation. To bring about the convergence among  the  schemes - MGNREGS,  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojna  (PMKSY)  and Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), the Ministry of Rural Development ha developed  Natu ral  Resource  Management  Framework  under  MGNREGS  within  the  overall framework of PMKSY.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Q.No. 3115 for reply on 03.08.2017 regarding 'Ground Water Level In Urban Areas'

| S. No.   | Name of the City    | No. of wells Analysed   | Rise   | Rise    | Fall   | Fall        |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------------|--------|---------|--------|-------------|
| S. No.   | Name of the City    | No. of wells Analysed   | 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       |                     |                         |        | 50.0    |        |             |
|          | Kota                | 2                       | 1      |         | 1      | 50.0        |
| 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     | 4      | 100.0       |
| 47       | Meerut Varanasi     | 1                       | 0 0    | 0.0     | 1      | 100.0       |
| 48       |                     | 2                       | 0      | 0.0     | 2      | 100.0       |
|          | TOTAL               | 381                     | 148    | 38.8    | 233    | 61.2        |