Lok Sabha Question No. 434 (STARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Improving Ground Water level
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*434

ANSWERED ON 25 . 03.20 21

## IMPROVING GROUND WAT ER LEVEL

†*434. SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state: (a) the steps being taken by the Government to improve ground water level and to prevent depletion of ground water level in more than 33 villages including Barai, Ranighati, Aron in Gwalior Parliamentary Constituency in Madhya Pradesh which are facing water crisis due to th decrease in ground water level ; and (b) the details of the action plan of the Government to improve ground water level in rural a

## ANSWER

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

- ( a) & (b) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFE RRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b )  OF  STARRED  QUESTION NO. †*434 TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN LOK SABHA ON 25.03.2021  REGARDING  ' IMPROVING GROUND WATER LEVEL ' ASKED BY SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR, M.P.

(a)  Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) is periodically monitoring the ground water levels t the  Country  on  a  regional  scale,  through  a  network  of  monitoring  wells.  Gwalior  par constituency  comprises  of  Gwalior  district  and  part  of  Shivpu ri  district  (4  blocks  of  Gwalior  distr namely Bhitarwar, Dabra, Gahtigaon and Morar and 4 blocks in Shivpuri district namely Pohr and Narwar and part of Shivpuri block).

As per assessment of Dynamic Ground Water Resources, 2017 jointly carried out by CGWB and State Government, the Annual Extractable Ground Water Resource is 74837 hactare - m (ham) while the Annual Ground Water Extraction is 22348 ham which is only 30% of the Extractable Groun Resources. All the 4 blocks in Gwalior d istrict viz. Dabra, Bhatirwar, Ghatigaon and Morar fall 'Safe'  Category. The villages namely Barai, Ranighati, Aron and Patai fall in the Ghatigaon Gwalior district.

In  Shivapuri  District  (part  of  Gwalior  Parliamentary  Constituency),  the  An nual  Extractable Ground Water Resource is 36101 ham while the Annual Ground Water Extraction is 22303 ham whi only 62% of the Extractable Ground Water Resources. Out of 4 blocks in Shivapuri district, 3 blocks Pohri, Shivpuri, and Karera fall un der 'Safe' Category and Narwar fall under Semi - Critical category.

Ground  Water  Resources  Availability,  Utilization  and  Stage  of  Development  in  G Parliamentary Constituency (as on 2017) is given at Annexure.

Water being a State subject, initiatives on water management including conservation and water harvesting in the Country is primarily States' responsibility. However, some of the important steps taken towards sustainable management of ground water resources in Gwalior district include the foll ing:

( i ) Water harvesting and water conservation works in the country is generally taken up throug Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). As per information collected fr MIS  system  maintained  by  Ministry  of Rural  Development (MGNREGA)  the  consolidated  details  of water  conservation  and  water  harvesting  works  ongoing  and  completed  with  cost  in  respect falling under Gwalior and Shivpuri districts (under Gwalior constituency) in last five years

| District          | Ongoing works   | Ongoing works       | Completed works   | Completed works     |
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|                   | No of works     | Expenditure (in Cr) | No of works       | Expenditure (in Cr) |
| Gwalior district  | 3650            | 40.67               | 1317              | 65.11               |
| Shivpuri district | 4311            | 46.17               | 2185              | 84.87               |

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(ii ) The Department of Land Resources (DoLR) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana -Watershed  Development  Component  (PMKSY- WDC)  for  development  of  rainfed  /  degraded  lands. DoLR  has  provided  financial  assistance  to  446  watershed  development  projects  to  Madhya (including  9  proj ects  in  Gwalior  District  and  03  projects  of  Shivpuri  district  falling  und constituency) under Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) which has amalgamated with PMKSY- WDC. The total cost of 12 projects is Rs 75.91 Cr.

(b)  Water  bei ng  a  State  subject,  initiatives  on  water  management  including  conservation  a harvesting in the Country is primarily States' responsibility. However, the important measures taken by the Central Government for conservation, management of ground wate r and effective implementation of rain water harvesting in the country are available at the following URL: http -dowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps\_to\_control\_water\_depletion\_Feb2021.pdf.

A number of States have done notable work in the fiel d of water management/conservation. Of these,  mention  can  be  made  of  'Mukhya  Mantri  Jal  Swavlamban  Abhiyan'  in  Rajasthan,  'Sujalam Sufalam Abhiyan' in Gujarat, 'Mission Kakatiya' in Telangana, 'Neeru Chettu' in Andhra Pradesh, 'Paani Bachao, Paisa Kamao' in Punjab and 'Jal Hi Jeevan' in Haryana among others.

Government of India launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) in 2019, a time bound campaign mission mode approach intended to improve water availability including ground water conditi water  stressed blocks of 256 districts in  India.  In  this regard,  teams  of  officers  from  Centra Government along - with technical officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti were deputed to visit wa districts and to work in close collaboration with district level officials to undertake suita

In  addition  'Jal  Shakti  Abhiyan - Catch  the  Rain'  campaign  has  been  launched  by  Hon'ble Prime Minister of India on 22 March 2021. The Campaign will be undertaken across the countr rural and urban areas, with the theme 'catch the rain, where it falls, when it falls'. It is being implemented from  22nd  March  2021  to  30th  November,  2021  during  the  pre - monsoon  and  monsoon  period  in  the country.  It  is  being  launched  as  a  Jan  Andolan  to  take  water  conservation  at  grass -root  level  through people's part icipation for sustainable management of water resources.

To have scientific inputs about the status of groundwater aquifers, CGWB is implem nationwide  programme  of  'National  Aquifer  Mapping  and  Management  (NAQUIM)'  for  mapping  of aquifers (Water b earing formations), their characterization and development of aquifer manageme to facilitate sustainable development of ground water resources. Aquifer maps and management shared with the respective State agencies for taking up suitable d emand side and supply side interventions. So far, around 15.57 lakh sq. km. area has been covered under NAQUIM against the total mapp of 24.8 Lakh Sq KM in the country. Balance areas are targeted to be completed by March 2023.

Government  of  India  is  implementing  Atal  Bhujal  Yojana  (Atal  Jal),  a  Rs.6,000.0 Central  Sector  Scheme,  for  sustainable  management  of  ground  water  resources  with  com participation. Atal Jal is being implemented in 81 water stressed districts an d 9000 Gram Panchayats of seven  States  viz.  Gujarat,  Haryana,  Karnataka,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Rajasthan  a Pradesh.

Ministry  has  circulated  a  Model  Bill  to  all  the  States/UTs  to  enable  them  to  en ground water legislation for re gulation of its development, which also includes provision of rai harvesting. So far, 19 States/UTs have adopted and implemented the ground water legislation .

Central  Government  supports  construction  of  water  harvesting  and  conservation primarily through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana -Watershed Development Component (PMKSY- WDC). The consolidated number of works taken up in the last five years in the country and expenditure i  this regard on water conservation and water harvesting related works under MGNREGS is given below.

| WATER CONSERVATION & WATER HARVESTING WORKS TAKEN UP UNDER MGNREGS IN ALL STATES/UTs DURING 2016 - 17 TO 2020- 21 (as on 15th March   | WATER CONSERVATION & WATER HARVESTING WORKS TAKEN UP UNDER MGNREGS IN ALL STATES/UTs DURING 2016 - 17 TO 2020- 21 (as on 15th March   | WATER CONSERVATION & WATER HARVESTING WORKS TAKEN UP UNDER MGNREGS IN ALL STATES/UTs DURING 2016 - 17 TO 2020- 21 (as on 15th March   | WATER CONSERVATION & WATER HARVESTING WORKS TAKEN UP UNDER MGNREGS IN ALL STATES/UTs DURING 2016 - 17 TO 2020- 21 (as on 15th March   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| COMPLETED                                                                                                                             | COMPLETED                                                                                                                             | ONGING                                                                                                                                | ONGING                                                                                                                                |
| NUMBER OF WORKS                                                                                                                       | EXPENDITURE (in Rs. Lakh)                                                                                                             | NUMBER OF WORKS                                                                                                                       | EXPENDITURE (in Rs. Lakh)                                                                                                             |
| 2017003                                                                                                                               | 3649396                                                                                                                               | 3296457                                                                                                                               | 2294384.21                                                                                                                            |

Further, consolidated number of water harvesting structures (WHS) created to States under PMKSY - WDC are givenbelow.

| Total WHS created/rejuvenated during 2015 - 16 to 2020- 21 including amount released.   | Numbers of WHS created/rejuvenated (as on 31.12.2020)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|

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Annexure referred to in reply to p art (a) of Starred Question No. †*434 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 25.03.2021 regarding 'Improving Ground Water Level'.

## Ground Water Resources Availability, Utilization and Stage of Development, Gwalior Parliamentary Constituency (As on 2017)

| DistrictName   | of Assessment Unit (Block)   |   Total Geographical Area (in Ha) |   Annual Extractable Ground Water Recharge (in Ham ) |   Existing Gross Ground Water Draft for All Uses (in Ha-m ) | Stage of Ground Water Extraction (in %)   | Category       |
|----------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------|
| Gwalior        | Bhitarwar                    |                             90000 |                                             21169    |                                                     4514    | 21.3                                      | Safe           |
| Gwalior        | Dabra                        |                             97400 |                                             21403    |                                                     4196    | 19.6                                      | Safe           |
| Gwalior        | Ghatigaon                    |                            172800 |                                             17097    |                                                     4671    | 27.3                                      | Safe           |
| Gwalior        | Morar                        |                             96200 |                                             15168    |                                                     8967.18 | 59.1                                      | Safe           |
|                | Sub Total                    |                            456400 |                                             74837    |                                                    22348.2  |                                           |                |
|                | Karera                       |                            101400 |                                              6164.13 |                                                     3891.2  | 63.1                                      | Safe           |
|                | Pohri                        |                            157300 |                                             11505.7  |                                                     6057.94 | 52.7                                      | Safe           |
| Shivpuri       | Shivpuri                     |                            195600 |                                             10059    |                                                     6222.96 | 61.9                                      | safe           |
|                | Narwar                       |                             98400 |                                              8371.9  |                                                     6130.98 | 73.2                                      | Semi- Critical |
|                | Sub Total                    |                            552700 |                                             36100.7  |                                                    22303.1  |                                           |                |
|                | Total                        |                           1009100 |                                            110938    |                                                    44651.3  |                                           |                |