Lok Sabha Question No. 1766 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-28
Subject: Management of Water Resources
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Prataprao  Jadhav, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Sudheer Gupta, Bidyut Baran Mahato

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1766

ANSWERED ON 2 8.11 .2019

## MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

| 1766.   | SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR SHRI SANJAY SADASHIV RAO MANDLIK SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO   | SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  implementing  a  number  of  schemes  with  active  participation  of States  and National Hydrology Project (NHP) to strive for sustainable development and management of water re so, the details thereof;

(b) the names and details of stakeholders being involved in the implementation of this project;

(c) wheth er the Government proposes to use NHP as a platform to develop tools and systems for info making in field of flood management, reservoir operations, drought management, etc. and if so, the

(d) whether the Government proposes to use inf ormation system and adopt State - of - the - art  technologies  in  wate resources  management  with  the  involvement  of  State  and  Central  sector  organizations  for  buildi under this project and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken t o achieve the objective; and

(e) whether a series of annual conferences with the theme Sustainable Water Management are being o NHP  to  discuss  evolving  water  management  challenges  and  opportunities  in  the  country  and  if thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a)    Department  of  Water  Resources,  River  development  and  Gang a Rejuvenation,    Ministry  of  Jal  Shakti implementing the National Hydrology Project, with World Bank assistance, as a Central Sector Sche outlay of Rs.3640 crore. The Project Objective of National Hydrology Project is 'To improve the exte nt, quality, and accessibility  of  water  resources  information,  decision  support  system  for  floods  and  basi assessment/planning  and  to  strengthen  the  capacity  of  targeted  water  resources  professionals institutions in India.'

(b)  The details of Implementing Agencies are at Annexure .

(c)    Government  of  India  under  National  Hydrology  Project  is  providing  funds  to  Implementing optimization of reservoir operation, up scaling of flood forecasting activities, issuance of inundation advisory a selected locations in the flood prone area and development of strategic tool for planning and ma resources including drought at basin/sub - basin level.

(d)  Under National Hydrology Project, the first version of the water resource information system was launche 30 th July, 2019 comprising of various dashboards for rainfall, reservoirs, river stations, ground moisture and evapo - transpiration ,etc. for informed decision making. Also, various other information products suc as water resource projects, water bodies and online web editor ,etc have been developed. Further, a National Informatics  Centre  has  been  established  to  act  as  central  repository  for  water  resource  dat dissemination. Also, the capacity building of Implementing Agencies has been taken up under the now more than 3000 officers of central and state organization have been imparted training to achie better management of wate r resources.

(e) Under the National Hydrology Project, two International Conferences on 'Sustainable Water Management' has been organized at Chandigarh and Pune in 2018 and 2019 respectively.

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Unstarred Question No. 1766 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 28.11.2019 regarding 'MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES'

The details of Implementing Agencies under National Hydrology Project:

| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh (GW)          | Ground Water and Water Audit Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh (SW)          | Water Resources Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh.                                                                              |
| 3.      | Assam                        | Assam Water Research and Management Institute Society, Government                                                                      |
| 4.      | Bihar (GW)                   | Minor Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar                                                                                  |
| 5.      | Bihar (SW)                   | Water And Land Management Institute (WALMI) ,Government of Bihar                                                                       |
| 6.      | Chhattisgarh (GW)            | Water Resources Department, Government of Chhattisgarh                                                                                 |
| 7.      | Chhattisgarh (SW)            | Water Resources Department, Government of Chhattisgarh                                                                                 |
| 8.      | Goa                          | The Superintending Engineering, Circle - V, Water Resources Department', Government of Goa                                             |
| 9.      | Gujarat (GW)                 | Narmada, Water Resources, Water Supply & Kalpsar Department, Gujarat                                                                   |
| 10.     | Gujarat (SW)                 | Narmada, Water Resources, Water Supply & Kalpsar Department, f Gujarat                                                                 |
| 11.     | Haryana (SW)                 | Haryana Irrigation and Water Resources Department, Government of                                                                       |
| 12.     | Himachal Pradesh             | Irrigation and Public Health Department, Government of Himachal                                                                        |
| 13.     | Jharkhand                    | Water Resources Department, Government of Jharkhand                                                                                    |
| 14.     | Karnataka (SW)               | Water Resources Department, Government of Karnataka                                                                                    |
| 15.     | Kerala (GW)                  | Water Resources Department Government of Kerala                                                                                        |
| 16.     | Kerala (SW)                  | Irrigation Department , Government of Kerala (Kerala (SW)                                                                              |
| 17.     | Madhya Pradesh               | Water Resources Department government of Madhya Pradesh                                                                                |
| 18.     | Maharashtra (GW)             | Ground Water Surveys and Development Agency, Government of                                                                             |
| 19.     | Maharashtra (SW)             | Water Resources Department, Government of Maharashtra                                                                                  |
| 20.     | Manipur                      | Irrigation and Flood Control Department, Government of Manipur                                                                         |
| 21.     | Meghalaya                    | Water Resources Department, Government of Meghalaya.                                                                                   |
| 22.     | Mizoram                      | Irrigation and Water Resources Department, Government of Mizoram.                                                                      |
| 23.     | Nagaland Odisha (GW)         | Irrigation and Flood Control Department, Government of Nagaland. Directorate of Ground Water Development, Odisha, Government of Odisha |
| 24.     | (SW)                         | of Odisha                                                                                                                              |
| 25.     | Odisha                       | Department of Water Resources, Government                                                                                              |
| 26.     | Punjab                       | Water Resources Department, Government of Punjab                                                                                       |
| 27.     | Rajasthan                    | Water Resources Department, Government of Rajasthan                                                                                    |
| 28.     | Sikkim                       | Water Resources and River Development Department, Government of                                                                        |
| 29.     | Tamil Nadu                   | PWD, (Water Resources Department) Government of TamilNadu                                                                              |
| 30.     | Telangana (GW)               | Ground Water Department, Government of Telangana                                                                                       |
|         | Tripura                      | PWD (Water Resources), Government of                                                                                                   |
| 32.     |                              | Tripura                                                                                                                                |
| 33.     | Uttar Pradesh (SW)           | Irrigation and water Resources Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh.                                                                |
| 34.     | Uttar Pradesh(GW)            | Ground Water Department, Government of Uttar                                                                                           |
| 35. 36. | Uttarakhand West Bengal (GW) | Irrigation Department, Uttarakhand Water Investigation Directorate,Government of                                                       |
| 37.     | West Bengal (SW)             | West Bengal Irrigation and Waterways Department, Government of West                                                                    |
| 38.     | Delhi                        | Bengal Irrigation and Flood Control Department and Delhi Jal Board, Govt. of NCT                                                       |
| 39.     | Puducherry                   | Puducherry Water Resources Organization, Government of Puducherry.                                                                     |
|         | NRSC                         | National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad                                                                                              |
| 40.     |                              |                                                                                                                                        |
| 41.     | SOI                          | Survey of India, Dehradun                                                                                                              |
| 42.     | BBMB                         | Bhakra Beas Management Board, Chandigarh Central Pollution Control Board, New                                                          |
| 43.     | CPCB                         | Delhi                                                                                                                                  |
| 44.     | DVC                          | Damodar Valley Corporation, Kolkata                                                                                                    |
| 45.     | NIH                          | National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee                                                                                               |
| 46.     | DoWR, RD & GR                | Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Ministry of Jal Shakti                                                      |
| 47.     | CWC                          | CenreWater Commission, Ministry of Jal Shakti                                                                                          |
| 48. 49. | CGWB CWPRS                   | Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Jal Shakti Central Water and Power Research Station, Ministry of Jal Shakti                    |
|         | NWIC                         |                                                                                                                                        |
| 50.     |                              | National Water Informatics Centre, Ministry of Jal Shakti                                                                              |

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