Lok Sabha Question No. 2001 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Depletion in Ground Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Diya Kumari

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2001 ANSWERED ON 22.09.2020

## DEPLETION IN GROUND WATER

## 2001. MS. DIYA KUMARI

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware that there is a constant depletion of ground water in the c especially in the State of Rajasthan;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government to handle the same?

## ANSWER

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

(a) &(b) Yes sir, Ground water levels in some parts of the Country are declining because o withdrawal necessitated by increased demand of fresh water for various uses, vagaries of rain population, industrialization & urbanization etc .

Further, Central Ground Water Board is periodically monitoring the ground water levels the Country on a regional scale, through a network of monitoring wells. In order to assess the level on a long - term basis, Pre - monsoon water level data collected by CGWB during 2020 has been compa with the decadal average (2010 - 2019). The details in this regard are given at Annexure - I .

In  Rajasthan,  analysis  of  data  indicates  that  about  41%  of  the  wells  monitored  have decline in ground water levels, mostly in the range of 0 - 2 m.

(c)Water being a State subject, initiatives on water management including conservation and wat in the Country is primarily States' responsibility. Further, to supplement the eff orts of the State Governments, Government of India provides technical and financial assistance to encourage sustainable dev efficient management of water resources through various schemes and programmes.

Further, a number of States have done notable work in the field of water conservation/harvesti Of these, mention can be made of 'Mukhyamantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan' in Rajasthan, 'Jalyukt Shibar' in Maharashtra,  'Sujalam  Sufalam  Abhiyan'  in  Gujarat,  'Mission  Kakatiya'  in  Telangana,  'Neeru Chettu'  in Andhra Pradesh, 'Jal Jeevan Hariyali' in Bihar, 'Jal Hi Jeevan' in Haryana among others.

Government of India launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA), a time bound campaign with a mission mode approach  intended  to  improve  water  availability  including  ground  water  conditions  in  the  w blocks  of  256  districts  in  India.  In  this  regard,  teams  of  officers  from  Central  Governm -with technical officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti were deputed to visit water stressed distric close collaboration with district level officials to undertake suitable interventions.

In addition, Government of India is implementing Atal Bhu jal Yojana (Atal Jal), a Rs. 6000 Cro Central Sector Scheme, for sustainable management of ground water resources with community par Atal Jal is being implemented in 78 water stressed districts of Seven States viz. Gujarat, Har Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

As  per  information  received  from  Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban  Affairs , the  Model  Building  Bye Laws,  2016,  has  been  issued for  guidance of the States/UTs  which  has  a  chapter  on  'Rainwater Harvesting'. The provisions of this chapter are applicable to all the buildings. 33 States / UT the rainwater harvesting provisions. The implementation of the rainwater harvesting policy com purview of the State Government/Urban Local Body / Urban Development Authority.

In order to regulate the Over -exploitation and consequent depletion of ground water, the Minis circulated a Model Bill to all the States/UTs to enable them to enact suitable ground water r egulation of its development, which includes provision of rain water harvesting. So far, 18 adopted and implemented the ground water legislation on the lines of Model Bill.

Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) is implementing National Aquife r Mapping and Management program (NAQUIM), which envisages mapping of aquifers (water bearing formations), their charac and development of Aquifer Management Plans contributing to preparation/finalization of Water M Plans to facilitate s ustainable groundwater management.

National  Water  Mission  (NWM)  under  this  Ministry  has  initiated  'Catch  the  Rain'  campaign  to motivate all the stake - holders for water conservation through rain water harvesting.

Further steps taken by the Central Gov ernment for sustainable management of water resources available at the following. URL

http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps\_to\_control\_water\_depletion\_Jun2019.pdf .

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Unstarred Question No. 2001 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 22.09.2020 regarding ' DEPLETION IN GROUND WATER'.

State - wise Decadal Water Level Fluctuation with Mean [Premonsoon (2010 to 2019] and Premonsoon 2020

| S. N o. Name of           | State d       | No. of well   | m             | Rise     |      |         | Fall >4   | Fall >4   | Fall >4   | Fall >4   | Fall >4   | Fall >4   | Rise    | Rise      |          | Wells showing no hange   | Wells showing no hange   | Wells showing no hange   | Wells showing no hange   | Wells showing no hange   |        |
|---------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------|------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|-----------|----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------|
| S. N o. Name of           | State d       | sAnalyse 0-2  | 2-4 m         | >4 m     | >4 m | 0-2     | 0-2       |           |           | m 2-4 m   | m 2-4 m   | m         | m       | Fall      | Fall     |                          |                          |                          |                          |                          |        |
| S. N o. Name of           | State d       | No            | % No          | % 14.4   | No   | %       | No        | %         | No        | %         | No        | %         | No      | No        | %        | No                       | %                        | %                        | %                        | %                        |        |
| 1 Andhra                  | Pradesh** 402 | 92            | 22.9 58       | 76       |      | 18.9    | 74        | 18.4      | 43        | 10.7      | 59        | 14.7226   |         | % 56.2176 | 43.8     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 2 Arunachal               | Pradesh 8     | 1             | 12.5 0        | 0.0 1    |      | 12.5    | 6         | 75.0      | 0         | 0.0       | 0         | 0.0       | 2 25.0  | 6         | 75.0     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 3 Assam                   | 126           | 72            | 57.1 8        | 6.3 2    |      | 1.6     | 41        | 32.5      | 2         | 1.6       | 1         | 0.8 82    | 65.1    | 44        | 34.9     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 4 Bihar                   | 191           | 112           | 58.6 46       | 24.1     | 9    | 4.7     | 23        | 12.0      | 1         | 0.5       | 0         | 0.0       | 167     | 87.4 24   | 12.6     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 5 Chandigarh              | 11            | 3             | 27.3 1        | 9.1      | 1    | 9.1     | 3         | 27.3      | 0         | 0.0       | 3         | 27.3      | 5 45.5  | 6         | 54.5     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 6 Chhattisgarh            | # 602         | 143           | 23.8 58       | 9.6 36   |      | 6.0     | 253       | 42.0      | 71        | 11.8      | 28 4.7    | 237       | 39.4352 |           | 58.5     | 13                       | 2                        | 2                        | 2                        | 2                        |        |
| 7 Dadra & Nagar Ha veli # | 18            | 1             | 5.6 1         | 5.6      | 0    | 0.0     | 9         | 50.0      | 4         | 22.2 3    | 16.7      |           | 2       | 11.1      | 16 88.9  | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 8 Daman & Diu             | 6             | 3             | 50.0 0        | 0.0 0    |      | 0.0     | 2         | 33.3      | 1         | 16.7 0    | 0.0       | 3         | 50.0    | 3         | 50.0     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 9 Delhi                   | 80            | 29            | 36.3 7        | 8.8 5    |      | 6.3     | 20        | 25.0      | 7         | 8.8       | 12 15.0   | 41        | 51.3    | 39        | 48.8     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 10 Goa #                  | 64            | 17            | 26.6 0        | 0.0      | 1    | 1.6     | 43        | 67.2      | 2         | 3.1       | 1         | 1.6 18    | 28.1    | 46        | 71.9     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 11 Gujarat                | 762           | 266           | 34.9 141      | 18.5     | 155  | 20.3138 |           | 18.1      | 35        | 4.6       | 20 2.6    | 562       |         | 73.8193   | 25.3     | 7                        | 1                        | 1                        | 1                        | 1                        |        |
| 12 Haryana                | 252           | 85            | 33.7 11       | 4.4 5    |      | 2.0     | 79        | 31.3      | 36        | 14.3      | 36        | 14.3101   | 40.1151 |           | 59.9     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 13 Himachal Pradesh       | 70            | 41            | 58.6 13       | 18.6 1   |      | 1.4     | 13        | 18.6      | 2         | 2.9       | 0 0.0     | 55        | 78.6    | 15        | 21.4     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 14 Jammu & Kashmir        | 196           | 122           | 62.2 15       | 7.7      | 4    | 2.0     | 46        | 23.5      | 7         | 3.6       | 2 1.0     | 141       |         | 71.9 55   | 28.1     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 15 Jharkhand              |               | 89 55         | 61.8 17       | 19.1     | 10   | 11.2    | 5         | 5.6       | 2         | 2.2       | 0 0.0     | 82        | 92.1    | 7         | 7.9      | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 16 Karnataka              | 169           | 53            | 31.4 34       | 20.1     | 15   | 8.9     | 39        | 23.1      | 20        | 11.8      | 8         | 4.7       | 102     | 60.4 67   | 39.6     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 17 Kerala **              | 380           | 186           | 7             | 1.8 5    |      | 1.3     | 152       | 40.0      | 8         | 2.1       | 22        | 5.8       | 198     | 52.1182   | 47.9     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 18 Madhya Pradesh         | 1182          | 482           | 48.9 40.8 235 | 19.9 156 |      | 13.2198 |           | 16.8      | 56        | 4.7       | 55        | 4.7       | 873     | 73.9309   | 26.1     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 19 Maharashtra            | ** 3620       | 1589          | 43.9 480      | 13.3 228 |      | 6.3     | 113 0     | 31.2127   |           | 3.5       | 50 1.4    | 229 7     | 63.5    | 130 7     | 36.1     | 16                       | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 20 Meghalaya              | 19            | 6             | 31.6 0        | 0.0 0    |      | 0.0     | 13        | 68.4      | 0         | 0.0       | 0         | 0.0       | 6       | 31.6 13   | 68.4     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 21 Nagaland               | 1             | 0             | 0.0 0         | 0.0 0    |      | 0.0     | 0         | 0.0       | 1         | 100. 0    | 0         | 0.0       | 0       | 0.0       | 1 100. 0 | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 22 Odisha #               | 1064          | 593           | 55.7 110      | 10.3     | 27   | 2.5     | 311       | 29.2      | 19        | 1.8       | 4         | 0.4       | 730     | 68.6334   | 31.4     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 23 Pondicherry            | # 6           | 0             | 0.0 0         | 0.0 0    |      | 0.0     | 5         | 83.3      | 1         | 16.7      | 0 0.0     |           | 0 0.0   | 6         | 100. 0   | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 24 Punjab                 | 233           | 65            | 7             | 3.0 10   |      | 4.3     | 75        | 32.2      | 35        | 15.0      | 41        | 17.6      | 82      | 35.2151   | 64.8     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 25 Rajasthan              | 946           | 321           | 27.9 33.9 122 | 12.9 118 |      | 12.5194 |           | 20.5      | 94 9.9    | 96        |           | 10.1561   |         | 59.3384   | 40.6     | 1                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 26 Tamil Nadu             | # 612         | 126           | 20.6 27       | 17       |      | 2.8     | 214       | 35.0129   |           | 21.1      | 99        |           | 16.2170 | 27.8442   | 72.2     | 0                        | 0                        |                          |                          |                          |        |
| 27 Telangana**            | 732           | 220           | 30.1 153      | 4.4 20.9 | 170  | 23.2105 |           | 14.3      | 38        | 5.2       | 46 6.3    | 543       |         | 74.2189   | 25.8 0   | 0                        | 25.8 0                   | 25.8 0                   | 25.8 0                   | 25.8 0                   | 25.8 0 |
| 28 Tripura                | 20            | 10            | 50.0 0        | 0.0 0    |      | 0.0     | 9         | 45.0      | 1         | 5.0 0     | 0.0       |           | 10      | 50.0 10   | 50.0     | 0 0                      |                          |                          |                          |                          |        |
| Uttar Pradesh             |               | 59            |               | 39       |      |         |           |           |           | 6         |           |           | 70.8    |           |          |                          | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 29                        | 219           |               | 26.9 57       | 26.0     |      | 17.8    | 45        | 20.5      | 13        | 5.9       |           | 2.7       | 155     | 64        | 29.2     | 0                        |                          |                          |                          |                          |        |
| 30 Uttarakhand            | 45            | 21            | 46.7 4        | 8.9 2    |      | 4.4     | 9         | 20.0      | 5         | 11.1      | 4 8.9     | 27        | 60.0    | 18        | 40.0     | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |        |
| 31 West                   | Bengal        | 323 96        | 29.7 107      | 33.1     | 70   | 21.7    | 31        | 9.6       | 10 3.1    | 9         | 2.8       | 273       | 84.5    | 50        |          | 15.5 0                   | 0                        |                          |                          |                          |        |

NOTE: Due to Covid 19 Pandemic and Lockdown in the Country, Premonsoon Monitoring could not be carried out in few States/U Ts. So, Water Level data of State Govt is considered. Moreover, Water level monitoring could not be carried out during the p escri bed Premonsoon period in few States/ UTs and hence, measured during the mo nths of June and July 2020.