Lok Sabha Question No. 2634 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Ground Water Aquifer Mapping
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 2634

ANSWERED ON 27.12 .201 8

## GROUND WATER AQUIFER MAPPING

## 2634. SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO

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

(a) whether Aquifer Mapping, as proposed in the Twelfth Five Year Plan has been initia obtaining  information  on  ground  water  quality  in  each  aquife r,  its  monitoring,  extent  of contamination and availability of safe aquifers for supply of drinking water and if so, thereof;

(b) if not, the reasons for the delay and the time by which the proposed plan is to action; and (c)  the details  of  additional  ground  water  observation  wells  proposed  to  be  drilled  f purpose, if any?

## ANSWER

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

( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a)  to  (c) The  National  Aquifer  Mapping  and  Management  Programme  (NAQUIM)  was initiated as a part of the Ground Water Man g ment and Regulation scheme in the XII Plan. The programme  has  been  taken  up  with  the  objectives  to  delineate  the  aquifers;  character aquifers including quality of ground water in the aquifers and develop plans for grou management.  Based  on  the  information  obtained  from  periodic  monitoring  of  ground  wa quality  and  aquifer  mapping  studies,  major  contaminations  reported  in  various parts  of  the country  has  been  documented.  State - wise  ground  water  contamination  as  obtained  from  the above studies is given at Annexure .  No additional ground water observation wells are propose to be drilled only for the purpose of monitoring of ground water contamination.

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ANNEXURE 2634 to be answered in

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to(c) of Unstarred Question No. Lok Sabha on 2 7 .12.2018 regarding ' Ground Water Aquifer Mapping ' .

| S. No .   | State/ UT         | Salinity (EC above 3000 micro mhos/ cm) (EC : Electrical Conductivi ty)   | Fluori de (above 1.5 mg/l)                    | Nitrat e (above 45 mg/l)                   | Arsenic (above 0.01 mg/l)                 | Iron (above 1mg/l )                        | Lead (abov e 0.01 mg/l)             | Cadmiu m (above 0.003 mg/l)       | Chrom ium (above 0.05 mg/l)      |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 12                                                                        | 12                                            | 13                                         | 3                                         | 7                                          |                                     |                                   |                                  |
| 2         | Telangana         | 8                                                                         | 10                                            | 10                                         | 1                                         | 8                                          | 2                                   | 1                                 | 1                                |
| 3         | Assam             |                                                                           | 9                                             |                                            | 19                                        | 18                                         |                                     |                                   |                                  |
| 4         | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                                           |                                               |                                            |                                           | 4                                          |                                     |                                   |                                  |
| 5         | Bihar             |                                                                           | 13                                            | 10                                         | 22                                        | 19                                         |                                     |                                   |                                  |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh      | 1                                                                         | 19                                            | 12                                         | 1                                         | 17                                         | 1                                   | 1                                 | 1                                |
| 7         | Delhi             | 7                                                                         | 7                                             | 8                                          | 2                                         |                                            | 3                                   | 1                                 | 4                                |
| 8         | Goa               |                                                                           |                                               |                                            |                                           | 2                                          |                                     |                                   |                                  |
| 9         | Gujarat           | 21                                                                        | 22                                            | 24                                         | 12                                        | 10                                         |                                     |                                   |                                  |
| 10        | Haryana           | 18                                                                        | 21                                            | 21                                         | 15                                        | 17                                         | 17                                  | 7                                 | 1                                |
| 11        | HimachalPradesh   |                                                                           |                                               | 6                                          | 1                                         |                                            |                                     |                                   |                                  |
| 12        | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                                           | 2                                             | 6                                          | 3                                         | 9                                          | 3                                   | 1                                 |                                  |
| 13        | Jharkhand         |                                                                           | 12                                            | 11                                         | 2                                         | 6                                          | 1                                   |                                   |                                  |
| 14        | Karnataka         | 29                                                                        | 30                                            | 29                                         | 2                                         | 22                                         |                                     |                                   |                                  |
| 15        | Kerala            | 4                                                                         | 5                                             | 11                                         |                                           | 14                                         | 2                                   |                                   | 1                                |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh    | 18                                                                        | 43                                            | 51                                         | 8                                         | 41                                         | 16                                  |                                   |                                  |
| 17        | Maharashtra       | 25                                                                        | 17                                            | 30                                         |                                           | 20                                         | 19                                  |                                   |                                  |
| 18        | Manipur           |                                                                           | 1                                             |                                            | 2                                         | 4                                          |                                     |                                   |                                  |
| 19        | Meghalaya         |                                                                           | 1                                             |                                            |                                           | 6                                          |                                     |                                   |                                  |
| 20        | Nagaland          |                                                                           | 1                                             |                                            |                                           | 1                                          |                                     |                                   |                                  |
| 21        | Odisha            | 17                                                                        | 26                                            | 28                                         | 1                                         | 30                                         |                                     |                                   | 1                                |
| 22        | Punjab            | 10                                                                        | 19                                            | 21                                         | 10                                        | 9                                          | 6                                   | 8                                 | 10                               |
| 23        | Rajasthan         | 30                                                                        | 33                                            | 33                                         | 1                                         | 33                                         | 3                                   |                                   |                                  |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 28                                                                        | 25                                            | 29                                         | 9                                         | 2                                          | 3                                   | 1                                 | 5                                |
| 25        | Tripura           |                                                                           |                                               |                                            |                                           | 4                                          |                                     |                                   |                                  |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     | 13                                                                        | 34                                            | 59                                         | 28                                        | 15                                         | 10                                  | 2                                 | 3                                |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       |                                                                           |                                               | 4                                          |                                           | 5                                          |                                     |                                   |                                  |
| 28        | West Bengal       | 6                                                                         | 8                                             | 5                                          | 9                                         | 16                                         | 6                                   | 2                                 | 2                                |
| 29        | Andaman& Nicobar  | 1                                                                         |                                               |                                            |                                           | 2                                          |                                     |                                   |                                  |
| 30        | Daman & Diu       | 1                                                                         |                                               | 1                                          | 1                                         |                                            |                                     |                                   |                                  |
| 31        | Puducherry        |                                                                           |                                               | 1                                          |                                           |                                            |                                     |                                   |                                  |
|           | Total             | Parts of 249 districts 18 States & UTs                                    | in Parts of 370 distric ts in 23 States & UTs | Parts of 423 distric ts in 23 States & UTs | Parts of 152 districts in 21 States & UTs | Parts of 341 distric ts in 27 States & UTs | Parts of 92 distric ts in 14 States | Parts of 24 districts in 9 States | Parts of 29 district s in States |