Lok Sabha Question No. 188 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: National Database for Water Bodies
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: T.G. VENKATESH BABU

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 188 ANSWERED ON 02.02.2017

## NATIONAL DATABASE FOR WATER BODIES

## 188. SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.

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

(a) whether the Government has taken any steps to have a complete information about the status of water bodies, their shrinkage, change in land use and to have a National Database of the same and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether any target has been fixed to restore large number of water bodies during the current Plan period and also to pursue the States to include water bodies in land records; and (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

(a) to    (c)  Works  related  to  water  resources  development  &  management  are  planned, funded,  executed  and  maintained  by  the  State  Governments  themselves  as  per  their  own resources and  priorities. In order to supplement  the  efforts of the  State  Governments, Government  of  India  provides  technical  and  financial  assistance  to  State  Governments  to encourage sustainable development and efficient management of water resources through various schemes  and  programmes  such  as  scheme  for  Repair,  Renovation  and  Restoration  (RRR)  of water bodies etc.

In  India-WRIS  Project,  Ministry  of  Water  Resources,  River  Development  and  Ganga Rejuvenation in association with NRSC, has mapped a total of 7,98,908 water bodies with water spread  area  of  more  than  0.01  ha  in  the  country.  Each  water  body  has  been  assigned  unique identification number. As per the 4 th Minor Irrigation Census conducted by this Ministry, out of these,  5,23,816  water  bodies  are  in  rural  areas  and  used  for  minor  irrigation  only.  Of  these 4,43,688  water  bodies  were  in  use  and  80,128  were  not  in  use.  State  wise  details  are  at Annexure-I .

Out  of  80128  water  bodies  not  in  use,  it  is  noted  that  18485  water  bodies  were permanently not in use for minor irrigation due to various reasons like being dried up, salinity, etc. State wise details are at Annexure-II .

In  XII  Plan,  so  far  1354  water  bodies  have  been  included  under  RRR  of  water  bodies scheme. Works in 464 water bodies have been completed and the works in balance 890 water bodies are planned to be completed by March, 2018.

Secretary (WR, RD & GR) vide letter dated 07.11.2016 addressed to Chief Secretaries of the States, requested for inclusion of water bodies in land records of State Govt. Further, 'Draft guidelines for Conservation and Protection of Water Bodies' have been circulated to the Central Ministries and State/UTs.

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## 4 TH Minor Irrigation Census (2006-07) State wise list of Water Bodies

(Surface Flow Schemes - Reservoirs, Tanks, Other Storages)

(Surface Lift Schemes - Lift on Tanks/Ponds)

## NUMBER OF WATER BODIES

| S. No   | State Name           | Water bodies (with Not-in use MI schemes)   | Water bodies (with In-Use MI schemes)   | Total Water bodies   |
|---------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1       | ANDHRA PRADESH       | 22877                                       | 49123                                   | 72000                |
| 2       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 16                                          | 68                                      | 84                   |
| 3       | ASSAM                | 129                                         | 885                                     | 1014                 |
| 4       | BIHAR                | 966                                         | 4243                                    | 5209                 |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH         | 6955                                        | 40864                                   | 47819                |
| 6       | GOA                  | 29                                          | 711                                     | 740                  |
| 7       | GUJARAT              | 1927                                        | 6341                                    | 8268                 |
| 8       | HARYANA              | 0                                           | 261                                     | 261                  |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 33                                          | 812                                     | 845                  |
| 10      | JAMMU & KASHMIR      | 168                                         | 4720                                    | 4888                 |
| 11      | JHARKHAND            | 5316                                        | 38128                                   | 43444                |
| 12      | KARNATAKA            | 14918                                       | 14563                                   | 29481                |
| 13      | KERALA               | 167                                         | 8218                                    | 8385                 |
| 14      | MADHYA PRADESH       | 1493                                        | 54654                                   | 56147                |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA          | 517                                         | 88214                                   | 88731                |
| 16      | MANIPUR              | 0                                           | 9                                       | 9                    |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA            | 59                                          | 98                                      | 157                  |
| 18      | MIZORAM              | 12                                          | 479                                     | 491                  |
| 19      | NAGALAND             | 60                                          | 106                                     | 166                  |
| 20      | ODISHA               | 5567                                        | 34339                                   | 39906                |
| 21      | PUNJAB               | 0                                           | 205                                     | 205                  |
| 22      | RAJASTHAN            | 1573                                        | 2399                                    | 3972                 |
| 23      | SIKKIM               | 0                                           | 0                                       | 0                    |
| 24      | TAMIL NADU           | 11039                                       | 26135                                   | 37174                |
| 25      | TRIPURA              | 19                                          | 515                                     | 534                  |
| 26      | UTTAR PRADESH        | 488                                         | 6391                                    | 6879                 |
| 27      | UTTARAKHAND          | 2479                                        | 6145                                    | 8624                 |
| 28      | WEST BENGAL          | 3292                                        | 53672                                   | 56964                |
| 29      | ANDAMAN & NICOBARS   | 29                                          | 1347                                    | 1376                 |
| 30      | CHANDIGARH           | 0                                           | 0                                       | 0                    |
| 31      | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 0                                           | 31                                      | 31                   |
| 32      | DAMAN & DIU          | -                                           | -                                       | -                    |
| 33      | DELHI                | 0                                           | 10                                      | 10                   |
| 34      | LAKSHADWEEP          | -                                           | -                                       | -                    |
| 35      | PUDUCHERRY           | 0                                           | 2                                       | 2                    |
|         | Total :              | 80128                                       | 443688                                  | 523816               |

Note 1:Water bodies cover all natural or artificial units with some or no masonry work   used for storing water for mino r irrigation. These are usually of various types known by different names like tank, reservoir, pond.

Note 2:-

In MI Census information is collected for villages/ rural areas only .

- Note 3:The above data pertains to only those Water Bodies where some minor irrigation  scheme(s) (either in-use or not-in-use) is/are installled or those water bodies which function as surface flow schemes.

## Annexure-II referred to in reply to Part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 188 due for answer on 02.02.2017 regarding National Datbase for Water Bodies

Minor Irrigation Census (2006-07)

## State wise list of Water Bodies

(Surface Flow Schemes - Reservoirs, Tanks, Other Storages)

(Surface Lift Schemes - Lift on Tanks/Ponds)

|           |                    | Water Bodies with Permanently not-in- use MI Schemes   | Water Bodies with Permanently not-in- use MI Schemes   | Water Bodies with Permanently not-in- use MI Schemes   | Water Bodies with Permanently not-in- use MI Schemes   | Water Bodies with Permanently not-in- use MI Schemes   | Water Bodies with Permanently not-in- use MI Schemes   |
|-----------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No      | State Name         | Total                                                  | Due to Salinity                                        | Dried up                                               | Destroyed beyond Repair                                | Due to sinking                                         | Any other Reason                                       |
|           |                    |                                                        | 1                                                      | 2                                                      | 3                                                      | 4                                                      | 5                                                      |
| 1         | ANDHRA PRADESH     | 6202                                                   | 1381                                                   | 3450                                                   | 795                                                    | 61                                                     | 515                                                    |
| 2         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  | 8                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 7                                                      | 1                                                      | 0                                                      |
| 3         | ASSAM              | 20                                                     | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 20                                                     | 0                                                      | 0                                                      |
| 4         | BIHAR              | 89                                                     | 20                                                     | 23                                                     | 10                                                     | 22                                                     | 14                                                     |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH       | 170                                                    | 25                                                     | 53                                                     | 39                                                     | 21                                                     | 32                                                     |
| 6         | GOA                | 5                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 5                                                      |
| 7         | GUJARAT            | 1093                                                   | 27                                                     | 883                                                    | 5                                                      | 15                                                     | 163                                                    |
| 8         | HIMACHAL PRADESH   | 14                                                     | 0                                                      | 6                                                      | 4                                                      | 0                                                      | 4                                                      |
| 9         | JAMMU & KASHMIR    | 71                                                     | 2                                                      | 4                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 65                                                     |
| 10        | JHARKHAND          | 764                                                    | 24                                                     | 626                                                    | 29                                                     | 35                                                     | 50                                                     |
| 11        | KARNATAKA          | 1268                                                   | 164                                                    | 370                                                    | 237                                                    | 69                                                     | 428                                                    |
| 12        | KERALA             | 43                                                     | 8                                                      | 5                                                      | 24                                                     | 0                                                      | 6                                                      |
| 13        | MADHYA PRADESH     | 614                                                    | 82                                                     | 166                                                    | 281                                                    | 17                                                     | 68                                                     |
| 14        | MAHARASHTRA        | 58                                                     | 13                                                     | 8                                                      | 3                                                      | 3                                                      | 31                                                     |
| 15        | MEGHALAYA          | 47                                                     | 0                                                      | 2                                                      | 45                                                     | 0                                                      | 0                                                      |
| 16        | NAGALAND           | 2                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 1                                                      | 0                                                      | 1                                                      |
| 17        | ODISHA             | 1305                                                   | 5                                                      | 288                                                    | 776                                                    | 23                                                     | 213                                                    |
| 18        | RAJASTHAN          | 266                                                    | 0                                                      | 181                                                    | 39                                                     | 4                                                      | 42                                                     |
| 19        | TAMIL NADU         | 4680                                                   | 621                                                    | 581                                                    | 38                                                     | 23                                                     | 3417                                                   |
| 20        | TRIPURA            | 8                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 8                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                                      |
| 21        | UTTAR PRADESH      | 68                                                     | 3                                                      | 32                                                     | 11                                                     | 3                                                      | 19                                                     |
| 22        | UTTARAKHAND        | 1024                                                   | 11                                                     | 359                                                    | 203                                                    | 157                                                    | 294                                                    |
| 23        | WEST BENGAL        | 665                                                    | 7                                                      | 98                                                     | 72                                                     | 42                                                     | 446                                                    |
| 24        | ANDAMAN & NICOBARS | 1                                                      | 1                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                                      | 0                                                      |
| Total : . |                    | 18485                                                  | 2394                                                   | 7135                                                   | 2647                                                   | 496                                                    | 5813                                                   |

Unit In nos.

- Note 1:Water bodies cover all natural or artificial units with some or no masonry work   used for storing water for mino r irrigation. These are usually of various types known by different names like tank, reservoir, pond.
- Note 2:In MI Census information is collected for villages/ rural areas only .
- Note 3:The above data pertains to only those Water Bodies where some minor irrigation scheme(s) (either inuse or not-in-use) is/are installled or those water bodies which function as surface flow schemes.
- Note 4:4th Minor Irrigation Census not conducted in Lakshadweep and Daman & Diu