Lok Sabha Question No. 4025 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Jal Shakti Abhiyaan
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy, Balashowry Vallabbhaneni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4025

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2019

## Jal Shakti Abhiyan

## 4025.   SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY: SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state.

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  launched  the  Jal  Shakti  Abhiyan  in  256  water  stressed Districts in the country recently;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  State-wise  break-up  of  the  Districts  selected  and  the  major  initiatives  taken thereunder to recharge groundwater levels?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

- (a)  &  (b).     Yes  Sir.  To  spread  awareness  among  all  stakeholders  about  compelling  need  of water conservation, Government of India has launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) in two phases, Phase-I  from  1 st July,  2019  to  30 th September,  2019  in  all  256  water-stressed  districts  and Phase-II  from  1 st October,  2019  to  30 th November,  2019  in  the  Southern  States/  UTs  which receive retreating monsoon.
- (c).     During the campaign, officers, groundwater experts and scientists from the Government of  India  have  worked  with  State  and  District  officials  in  256  water-stressed  districts  of  the country  to  promote  water  conservation  and  water  resource  management  by  focusing  on accelerated  implementation of five target interventions, viz.  water  conservation  &  rainwater harvesting, renovation of traditional and other water bodies/ tanks, reuse and recharge of bore wells, watershed development and intensive afforestation. The State wise details of districts, where Jal Shakti Abhiyan has been implemented, is as Annexure - I.

## Annexure-I referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 4025 due for reply on 12.12.2019

## State-wise number of districts implementing Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA)

|   S.No . | State Name               |   No. of district implementing JSA | Name of districts                                                                                                                                                                  |
|----------|--------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman& Nicobar Islands |                                  1 | South Andaman.                                                                                                                                                                     |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh           |                                  9 | Anantapur, Chittoor, Guntur, Kadapa, Krishna, Kurnool, Prakasam, Shrikakulam, West Godavari.                                                                                       |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                  1 | Upper Subansiri                                                                                                                                                                    |
|        4 | Assam                    |                                  1 | North Cachar hills                                                                                                                                                                 |
|        5 | Bihar                    |                                 12 | Begusarai, Bhojpur, Gaya,Gopalganj, Jehanabad, Katihar, Muzaffarpur, Nalanda, Nawada, Patna, Saran,Vaishali                                                                        |
|        6 | Chandigarh               |                                  1 | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                         |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh             |                                  2 | Balod, Raipur                                                                                                                                                                      |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                                  1 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                                                                |
|        9 | Daman &Diu               |                                  1 | Diu                                                                                                                                                                                |
|       10 | Delhi                    |                                 10 | Central, Delhi Shahdara, East, New Delhi, North East, North West, South, South East Delhi, South West, West                                                                        |
|       11 | Goa                      |                                  1 | South Goa                                                                                                                                                                          |
|       12 | Gujarat                  |                                  5 | BanasKantha, Gandhinagar, Kachchh, Mahesana, Patan                                                                                                                                 |
|       13 | Haryana                  |                                 19 | Ambala, Bhiwani, CharkhiDadri, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, karnal, Kurukshetra, Mahendragarh, Mewat, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Sirsa, Sonipat, Yamunanagar |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh         |                                  4 | Kangra, Sirmaur, Solan, Una                                                                                                                                                        |
|       15 | Jammu &Kashmir           |                                  1 | Kargil                                                                                                                                                                             |
|       16 | Jharkhand                |                                  2 | Bokaro, Dhanbad                                                                                                                                                                    |

|   17. | Karnataka      |   18 | Bagalkot, BangaloreRural, Bangalore Urban, Belgaum, Bellary, Chamarajanagar, ChikBallapur, Chikmagalur, Chitradurga, Davangere, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Kolar, Koppal, Ramanagaram, Tumkur, Vijayapura(Bijapur)                                                 |
|-------|----------------|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    18 | Kerala         |    2 | Kasaragod, Palakkad                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|    19 | Lakshadweep    |    1 | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|    20 | Madhya Pradesh |   11 | Agar, Barwani, Dewas, Dhar, Indore, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Shajapur, Ujjain                                                                                                                                                                       |
|    21 | Maharashtra    |    8 | Ahmednagar, Amravati, Buldana, Jalgaon, Nashik, Pune, Sangli, Solapur                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|    22 | Manipur        |    1 | Chandel                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|    23 | Meghalaya      |    1 | East Garo Hills                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|    24 | Mizoram        |    1 | Saiha                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|    25 | Nagaland       |    1 | Longleng                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|    26 | Odisha         |    1 | Kendrapara                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|    27 | Puducherry     |    1 | Puducherry                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|    28 | Punjab         |   20 | Amritsar, Barnala, Bathinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Firozepur,Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhian, Mansa, Moga, Patiala, Rupnagar, S A S Nagar, Sangrur, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Tarn Tarn                                  |
|    29 | Rajasthan      |   29 | Ajmer, SawaiMadhopur, Pali, Nagaur, Bharatpur, Jhunjhunun, Alwar, Baran, Barmer, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittaurgarh, Churu, Dausa Dhaulpur, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalor, Jhalawar, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota,Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sikar, Sirohi, Tonk, Udaipur |
|    30 | Sikkim         |    1 | South                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|    31 | Tamil Nadu     |   27 | Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kanchipuram, Karur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Namakkal, Perambalur, Pudukkottai, Salem, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Tiruvallur,              |

|       |               |     | Tiruvannamalai, Tiruvarur, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|-------|---------------|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 32.   | Telangana     |  24 | Sangareddy, Mahaboobnagar, Warangal, Jangoan, Nizamabad, Wanaparthy, Karimnagar, Nalgonda, Suryapet, Siddipet, Kamareddy, JayashankarBhupalpalli, Mahabubabad, RajannaSiricilla, Khammam, Warangal Urban, Medak, YadadriBhongiri, Adilabad, MedchalMalkajgiri, Nagarkurnool, Jagitial, Hyderabad, Rangareddy                                                                                |
| 33.   | Tripura       |   1 | Khowai                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 34.   | Uttar Pradesh |  35 | Mahoba, Kasganj, Chitrakoot, Firozabad, JyotibaPhoole Nagar, Muzaffarnagar, Rampur, Bulandshahar, Mathura, Kaushambi, Mahamaya Nagar, Agra, Allahabad, Budaun, Bijnor, Mainpuri, Baghpat, Sambhal, Shamli, Jaunpur, Varanasi, Kannauj, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Moradabad, Meerut, Saharanpur, Fatehpur, Aligarh, SantRavidas Nagar, Etah, Mirzapur, Pratapgarh, Ghaziabad, Kanpur Nagar, Hapur |
| 35.   | Uttarakhand   |   1 | Nainital                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 36.   | West Bengal   |   1 | Hoogly                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Total | Total         | 256 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |