Lok Sabha Question No. 3135 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-11
Subject: Check Dams
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3135

ANSWERED ON 11 .0 7.2019

## CHECK DAMS

## †3135. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

- Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state: (a) the number of operative check dams at present in the country, State/UT wise; (b) whether the said dams are regularly cleaned and if so, the details thereof; (c) the operative monitoring system for regular cleaning of these dams; (d) whether the operative monitoring system can trace for non - cleaning of these dams and if so, the deta thereof for the last three years; and (e) the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e) Water  being  a  State  subject,  construction , operation  and  maintenance  of  water  resources projects including check dams is primarily States' responsibility.  The information related to number of check dams, their functionality and their upkeep etc. is kept at the respective S tate level.

As per inf ormation received from M/o Rural Development, 6,25,539 check dams have be built under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).  State - wise details of number of check dams built under MGNREGS are given at Annexure .

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part s (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. † 3135 to be answeredin Lok Sabha on 11.07.2019 on ' Check Dams '

State - wise details of number of check dams built under MGNREGS as on 09.07.2019

| S No.   | State                |   Completed Work Since Inception |
|---------|----------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar  |                                0 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh       |                            24186 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh    |                               38 |
| 4       | Assam                |                              447 |
| 5       | Bihar                |                             6047 |
| 6       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                                1 |
| 7       | Daman & Diu          |                                0 |
| 8       | Goa                  |                                0 |
| 9       | Gujarat              |                            23546 |
| 10      | Haryana              |                              867 |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh     |                             6392 |
| 12      | Jammu and Kashmir    |                             3339 |
| 13      | Karnataka            |                            72378 |
| 14      | Kerala               |                             6537 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh       |                           279486 |
| 16      | Maharashtra          |                            44709 |
| 17      | Lakshadweep          |                                1 |
| 18      | Manipur              |                              227 |
| 19      | Meghalaya            |                             3011 |
| 20      | Mizoram              |                              125 |
| 21      | Nagaland             |                              412 |
| 22      | Odisha               |                            13943 |
| 23      | Puducherry           |                                0 |
| 24      | Punjab               |                               91 |
| 25      | Rajasthan            |                            30191 |
| 26      | Sikkim               |                               19 |
| 27      | Tamil Nadu           |                            10293 |
| 28      | Tripura              |                            16305 |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh        |                            28755 |
| 30      | West Bengal          |                             9213 |
| 31      | Chhattisgarh         |                            16290 |
| 32      | Jharkhand            |                             7430 |
| 33      | Uttarakhand          |                             7140 |
| 34      | Telangana            |                            14120 |
|         | Total                |                           625539 |

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