Lok Sabha Question No. 2632 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Rain Water Harvesting
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. †2632

ANSWERED ON 27.12 .201 8

## RAIN WATER HARVESTIN G

## †2632. DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO

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

(a) whether the Government has taken adequate measures for effective implementation of ra harvesting programmes and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the details of financial assistance provided to different States including Chhattis said programmes during the last three years and the current year, State - wise;

- (c) the technology being used for rain water harvesting at present;

(d)  wh ether  the  Government  proposes  to  develop/implement  any  new  technique  for  rain harvesting; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## ( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL )

(a)  to  (e) Water being  a  State  subject,  initiatives  on  water  management  including  conserv / protection and artificial recharge to ground water in the Country is primarily States' responsibility. However, s teps taken by the Central Government for conservation of ground water are avai the following URL http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/MeasuresForGW -Depletion\_2.pdf .

A document titled ' Rain water Harvesting Techniques To Augment Ground Water ' is available on the website ( http://cgwb.gov.in/documents/RWH\_GUIDE.pdf ) of Central Ground Water Board, Ministry  of  Water  Resource,  River  Development  and  Ganga  Rejuvena tion .  Also, 'Manual  on Artificial Recharge to Ground W ater'  has  been  prepared  and  is  available  on  the same website ( http://cgwb.gov.in/docu ments/Manual%20on%20Artificial%20Recharge%20of%20Ground%20Wa ter.pdf ) . T he document s deal with various aspects of rain water harvesting such as need, advan and design considerations as well as potential areas and methods and techniques in rural an areas etc.

Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) has lsoprepared a conceptual document entitled 'Master  Plan  for  Artificial  Recharge  to  Ground  Water -2013.  The  Master  Plan  envisages construction of about 1.11 crore artificial recharge structures in urban and rural areas to augm ground water. The Master Plan is a conceptual document depicting the type and number of d artificial recharge structures which are feasible under the prevalent hydrogeological conditions in a State.  The  Master  Plan  has  been  circulated  to  the  State s/UTs  for  its  implementation  and  is  also available in public domain.  The Master Plan envisages construction of artificial rech conservation structures mainly through ongoin g Central/State Schemes.

An Inter - Ministerial Committee has been constituted on the direction of Cabinet Sec on  the  subject  'Push  on  Water  Conservation  activities'  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Secretary, MOWR, RD & GR with concerned Central Minist ries and States as members of the Committee. The Committee meets from time to time to discuss issues concerning water conservation .

As per information received from M/o Housing & Urban Affairs, three cities of the Chhattisgarh viz. Raipur, Bil aspur and Naya Raipur have been selected to be developed as Sma Cities.Year- wise  and  City - wise  details  of  funds  released  and  expenditure  incurred  by  C (including cities of Chhattisgarh) for development of Smart Cities areat Annexure -I .  Some of the core infrastructure elements in a Smart City would include adequate water supply includ water  recycling  and  storm  water  reuse,  sanitation  including  solid  waste  management,  r harvesting, smart metering etc.

State - wise  deta ils  of number  of  workson  water  conservation  and  water  harvesting completed under Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  ( MGNREGS ) are given at Annexure -II .

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## ANNEXURE -I

Annexure referred to in reply to part s (a)to ( e) of Unstarred Question No. † 2632 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 2 7 .12.2018 regarding ' Rain Water Harvesting '

## Year-wise and City - wise details of funds released and expenditure incurred by Cities (including cities of chhattisgarh) for development of Smart Cities

(in Rs. crores)

| S.N.   | State                     | Name of cities               | During 2015- 16   | During 2016- 17   | During 2017- 18   | During 2018- 19   | Total released   |
|--------|---------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh            | Vishakhapatnam               | 188               | 8                 | --                | 221.83            | 291              |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh            | Tirupati                     | 2                 | 92                | 102               | -                 | 196              |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh            | Kakinada                     | 190               | 6                 | --                | 194.63            | 196              |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh            | Amaravati                    | --                | --                | 18                | 100.83            | 194              |
| 2      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Port Blair                   | --                | 194               | 2                 | -                 | 196              |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh         | Pasighat                     | 2                 | --                | 18                | 2.00              | 54               |
| 3      |                           | Itanagar                     | --                | --                | --                | -                 | 52               |
| 4      | Assam                     | Guwahati                     | 2                 | 189               | 5                 | 3.38              | 196              |
| 5      | Bihar                     | Muzaffarpur                  | 2                 | ---               | 17                | 1.48              | 56               |
| 5      |                           | Bhagalpur                    | 2                 | 63                | 131               | 0.37              | 196              |
| 5      |                           | Biharsharif                  | 2                 | ---               | --                | 2.00              | 55               |
| 5      |                           | Patna                        | ---               | ---               | 18                | 4.00              | 104              |
| 6      | Chandigarh                | Chandigarh                   | 2                 | 71                | 123               | 15.72             | 196              |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh              | Raipur                       | 2                 | 94.5              | 99.5              | 47.25             | 196              |
| 7      |                           | Bilaspur                     | 2                 | ---               | 18                | 8.82              | 58               |
| 7      |                           | Naya Raipur                  | ---               | ---               | 18                | 18.00             | 118              |
| 8      | Daman & Diu               | Diu                          | ---               | ---               | --                | 0.42              | 104              |
| 9      | Dadar & Nagar Haveli      | Silvassa                     | ---               | 2                 | --                | 0                 | 54               |
| 10     | Delhi                     | New Delhi Municipal Council  | 2                 | 194               | ---               | 50.36             | 196              |
| 11     | Goa                       | Panaji                       | 2                 | ---               | 110.2             | 23.83             | 118.2            |
| 12     | Gujarat                   | Gandhinagar                  | 2                 | --                | 18                | 19.88             | 110              |
| 12     |                           | Ahmedabad                    | 2                 | 194               | ---               | 187.92            | 196              |
| 12     |                           | Surat                        | 2                 | 194               | ---               | 290.75            | 291              |
| 12     |                           | Vadodara                     | 2                 | --                | 109               | 71.94             | 196              |
| 12     |                           | Rajkot                       | 2                 | --                | 19                | 22.71             | 110              |
| 12     |                           | Dahod                        | 2                 | --                | 17                | 0.36              | 59               |
| 13     | Haryana                   | Karnal                       | 2                 | ---               | 17                | 1.45              | 53               |
| 13     |                           | Faridabad                    | 2                 | 92                | 102               | 12.45             | 196              |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh          | Dharamshala                  | 2                 | 188               | 6                 | 37.36             | 196              |
| 14     |                           | Shimla                       | ---               | ---               | 18                | 1.15              | 54               |
| 15     | Jharkhand                 | Ranchi                       | 2                 | 92                | 102               | 22.52             | 196              |
| 16     | Jammu & Kashmir           | Jammu/ Srinagar              | ---               | 2                 | ---               | 1.60              | 2                |
| 16     |                           | Srinagar                     | ---               | ---               | 18                | 4.22              | 52               |
| 16     |                           | Jammu                        | ---               | ---               | 18                | 15.00             | 54               |
| 17     | Karnataka                 | Mangaluru                    | 2                 | --                | 109               | 6.84              | 117              |
| 17     |                           | Belagavi                     | 2                 | 194               | ---               | 14.72             | 196              |
| 17     |                           | Shivamogga                   | 2                 | --                | 109               | 6.45              | 117              |
| 17     |                           | Hubballi - Dharwad           | 2                 | --                | 109               | 7.79              | 117              |
| 17     |                           | Tumakuru                     | 2                 | --                | 109               | 20.02             | 117              |
|        |                           | Davanagere                   | 2                 | 194               | ---               | 21.90             | 196              |
| 18     | Kerala                    | Bengaluru Kochi              | --- 2             | --- 194           | --- ---           | - 4.58            | 53 196           |
|        |                           |                              |                   | ---               | 18                | 0.90              | 52               |
| 19     | Lakshadweep               | Thiruvananthapuram Kavaratti | --- ---           | --                | ---               | 0.01              | 50               |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh            | Bhopal                       | 188               | 8                 | ---               | 196.00            | 289              |
| 20     |                           | Indore                       | 188               | 8                 | ---               | 190.62            | 196              |
| 20     |                           | Jabalpur                     | 2                 | 194               | ---               | 109.61            | 196              |
| 20     |                           | Gwalior                      |                   |                   | 102               | 14.48             | 196              |
|        |                           |                              | 2                 | 92                |                   |                   |                  |
|        |                           | Sagar                        | 2                 | ---               | 18                | 0.59              | 56               |

|    |               | Satna                        | 2        | ---      | 18         | 3.78        | 190        |
|----|---------------|------------------------------|----------|----------|------------|-------------|------------|
|    |               | Ujjain                       | 2        | 92       | 102        | 14.05       | 196        |
|    | Maharashtra   | Pimpri Chinchwad             | 2        | ---      | 18         | -           | Contd. 196 |
| 21 |               | Nashik                       | 2        | 92       | 102        | 15.73       | 196        |
|    |               | Thane                        | 2        | 62       | 132        | 31.29       | 196        |
|    |               | Greater Mumbai               | 2        | ---      | ---        | -           | 2          |
|    |               | Amravati                     | 2        | ---      | ---        | 0.65        | 2          |
|    |               | Solapur                      | 2        | 194      | ---        | 27.81       | 196        |
|    |               | Nagpur                       | 2        | 92       | 102        | 111.80      | 196        |
|    |               | Kalyan- Dombivali            | 2        | 92       | 102        | 6.61        | 196        |
|    |               | Aurangabad                   | 2        | 92       | 102        | 5.60        | 196        |
|    |               | Pune                         | 2        | 194      | ---        | 83.21       | 196        |
| 22 | Manipur       | Imphal                       | 2        | ---      | 109        | 0.99        | 111        |
| 23 | Meghalaya     | Shillong                     | 2        | ---      | ---        | -           | 2          |
| 24 | Mizoram       | Aizawl                       | 2        | ---      | 53         | 2.00        | 55         |
| 25 | Nagaland      | Kohima                       | 2        | ---      | 109        | 2.00        | 111        |
| 26 | Odisha        | Bhubaneshwar                 | 190      | 6        | ---        | 162.46      | 196        |
|    |               | Raurkela                     | 2        | ---      | 188        | 7.57        | 190        |
| 27 | Puducherry    | Puducherry                   | 2        | ---      | 98         | 0.30        | 102        |
| 28 | Punjab        | Ludhiana                     | 2        | 194      | ---        | 12.45       | 196        |
|    |               | Jalandhar                    | 2        |          |            |             | 56         |
|    |               | Amritsar                     | 2        | --- ---  | 27 27      | 10.84 8.88  | 56         |
| 29 | Rajasthan     | Jaipur                       | 188      | 8        | ---        | 63.25       | 196        |
|    |               | Udaipur                      | 161.2    | 34.8     | ---        | 28.86       | 196        |
|    |               | Kota                         | 2        | 91       | 103        | 49.82       | 196        |
|    |               | Ajmer                        | 2        | 92       | 102        | 74.48       | 196        |
| 30 | Sikkim        | Namchi                       | 2        | ---      | 109        | 112.01      | 196        |
|    |               | Gangtok                      | ---      | ---      | 17         | 16.85       | 51         |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu    | Tiruchirapalli               | 2        | ---      | 18         | 2.00        | 125        |
|    |               | Tirunelveli                  | 2        | ---      | 18         | 37.71       | 60         |
|    |               | Dindigul                     | 2        | ---      | ---        | -           | 2          |
|    |               | Thanjavur                    | 2        | ---      | 109        | 18.76       | 117        |
|    |               | Tiruppur                     | 2        | ---      | 18         | 26.95       | 108        |
|    |               | Salem                        | 2        | ---      | 109        | 81.21       | 117        |
|    |               | Vellore                      | 2        | ---      | 109        | 1.07        | 117 196    |
|    |               | Coimbatore Madurai           | 2        | 188 ---  | 6 109      | 150.27      | 117        |
|    |               | Erode                        | 2 2      | ---      | ---        | 12.91 64.51 | 190        |
|    |               | Thoothukudi                  | 2        | ---      | 18         | 3.32        | 60         |
|    |               |                              | 2        | 188      | 6          | 142.63      | 196        |
| 32 | Telangana     | Chennai                      |          | ---      | 18         |             |            |
|    |               | Karimnagar Greater Warangal  | 2        | 92       | ---        | 0.73 13.70  | 54         |
| 33 | Tripura       | Agartala                     | 2 2      | 63       | 131        | 13.49       | 94 196     |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | Moradabad Aligarh            | 2 2      | --- ---  | --- 19     | 1.04 1.12   | 54 56      |
|    |               | Saharanpur                   | 2        | ---      | 17         | 0.81        | 56         |
|    |               | Bareilly                     | 2        | ---      | ---        | 1.38        | 55         |
|    |               | Jhansi                       | 2        | ---      | 36         | 2.49        | 56         |
|    |               | Kanpur                       |          |          |            |             | 117        |
|    |               |                              | 2        | ---      | 109        | 29.14       | 196        |
|    |               | Allahabad Lucknow            | 2        | --- 66.2 | 19         | 20.49       |            |
|    |               | Varanasi                     | 2 2      | ---      | 127.8      | 5.06        | 196 196    |
|    |               | Ghaziabad                    | 2        | ---      | 109        | 59.16 0.60  | 2          |
|    |               |                              | 2        | ---      | 109        | 29.65       | 196        |
|    |               | Agra Rampur                  | 2        | ---      | ---        | 0.21        | 2          |
|    |               |                              |          |          |            |             | 2          |
| 35 | Uttarakhand   | Merrut/Raebareli Dehradun    | --- 2    | --- ---  | 2 18       | - 2.79      | 56         |
| 36 | West Bengal   | New Town Kolkata Bidhannagar | 2        | --- ---  | --- ---    | - -         | 52 2       |
|    |               | Durgapur                     | 2        | ---      |            |             | 2          |
|    |               | Haldia                       | 2        | ---      | ---        | -           | 2          |
|    | Total         |                              | 2 1467.2 |          | --- 4552.5 | - 3334      |            |
|    |               |                              |          | 4492.5   |            |             | 13846.2    |

Annexure referred to in reply to part s (a)to ( e) of Unstarred Question No. † 2632 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 2 7 .12.2018 regarding ' Rain Water Harvesting '

## Water Conservation and Water Harvesting Completed under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)

|        |                      | 2016-2017   | 2016-2017       | 2017-2018   | 2017-2018      | 2018-2019   | 2018-2019      |
|--------|----------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
| S. No. | State                | Phy. (Nos)  | Fin. (in Lakhs) | Phy. (Nos)  | Fin.(in Lakhs) | Phy. (Nos)  | Fin.(in Lakhs) |
| 1      | ANDHRA PRADESH       | 87343       | 28404.18        | 42886       | 45212.96       | 48503       | 24013.81       |
| 2      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 591         | 439.86          | 87          | 293.57         | 9           | 122.69         |
| 3      | ASSAM                | 915         | 5718.88         | 2020        | 2661.42        | 1439        | 597.39         |
| 4      | BIHAR                | 3968        | 10069.83        | 6382        | 7903.2         | 3572        | 1459.23        |
| 5      | CHHATTISGARH         | 17013       | 53458.65        | 18949       | 32615.01       | 16585       | 13846.56       |
| 6      | GOA                  | 7           | 3.87            | 2           | 0.79           | 0           | 0              |
| 7      | GUJARAT              | 7495        | 9742.41         | 7372        | 7321.63        | 4099        | 2884.38        |
| 8      | HARYANA              | 741         | 4194.37         | 675         | 3042.92        | 354         | 666.53         |
| 9      | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 7014        | 5701.07         | 6198        | 4667.35        | 5882        | 1825.16        |
| 10     | JAMMU AND KASHMIR    | 3615        | 3071.31         | 3000        | 2668.17        | 1054        | 285.47         |
| 11     | JHARKHAND            | 104334      | 60939.6         | 49523       | 9469.01        | 10538       | 1299.39        |
| 12     | KARNATAKA            | 24861       | 38295.77        | 20026       | 27066.4        | 12586       | 8394.37        |
| 13     | KERALA               | 46132       | 47214.59        | 27434       | 42419.28       | 9816        | 3429.09        |
| 14     | MADHYA PRADESH       | 24170       | 46932.12        | 19328       | 31501.59       | 13294       | 15733.81       |
| 15     | MAHARASHTRA          | 22203       | 25810.83        | 14688       | 14260.34       | 14200       | 6071.99        |
| 16     | MANIPUR              | 546         | 2159.63         | 178         | 650.08         | 116         | 206.46         |
| 17     | MEGHALAYA            | 1239        | 6418.83         | 834         | 5539.61        | 251         | 588.66         |
| 18     | MIZORAM              | 476         | 1026.09         | 814         | 1406.97        | 775         | 1700.27        |
| 19     | NAGALAND             | 701         | 2441.35         | 385         | 5532.34        | 0           | 0              |
| 20     | ODISHA               | 12014       | 16570.43        | 5480        | 5796.95        | 1411        | 848.38         |
| 21     | PUNJAB               | 190         | 389.26          | 192         | 272.17         | 79          | 44.76          |
| 22     | RAJASTHAN            | 16013       | 70114.87        | 10497       | 30001.22       | 5879        | 5116.01        |
| 23     | SIKKIM               | 248         | 1200.18         | 149         | 486.15         | 80          | 44.62          |
| 24     | TAMIL NADU           | 6420        | 46772.58        | 10199       | 50242.29       | 9671        | 12722.76       |
| 25     | TELANGANA            | 115462      | 26343.49        | 65259       | 12481.27       | 7585        | 1822.3         |
| 26     | TRIPURA              | 6532        | 14763.75        | 7151        | 6092.6         | 1585        | 654.36         |
| 27     | UTTAR PRADESH        | 44850       | 94624.83        | 29778       | 37219.07       | 13939       | 10425.74       |
| 28     | UTTARAKHAND          | 3926        | 4552.22         | 6401        | 5141.06        | 4067        | 1498.41        |
| 29     | WEST BENGAL          | 33077       | 75787.11        | 35724       | 32362.54       | 25110       | 1603.86        |
| 30     | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR  | 49 0        | 3.95            | 5 0         | 5.4 0          | 0 0         | 0 0            |
| 31     | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |             | 0               |             |                |             |                |
| 32     | DAMAN & DIU          | 0           | 0               | 0           | 0              | 0           | 0              |
| 33     | LAKSHADWEEP          | 0           | 0               | 0           | 0              | 0           | 0              |
| 34     | PUDUCHERRY           | 16          | 94.26           | 35          | 187.88         | 7           | 37.61          |
|        | Total                | 592161      | 703260.17       | 391651      | 424521.24      | 212486      | 117944.07      |

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