Lok Sabha Question No. 2509 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Water Management Plan
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Pankaj Chowdhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

ANSWERED ON 0

## †2509 5.0 3.2020

## WATER MANAGEMENT PLA N

## †2509. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has made any plan for water management in the States where riv abundance;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c)  whether  it  is  true  that  the  rivers  which  remain  fill ed  with  water  during  the  monsoon  day  and immediately after the monsoon face shortage of water; and

(d) if so, whether the Government has quantified the extent of water that flows in vain in t - surplus States during the monsoon days and if so, the d etails thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a) &  (b) Water  Resources  Projects  are  planned,  funded,  executed  and  maintained  by  th Governments  themselves  as  per  their  own  resources  and  priority.  In  order  to  supplement  t Government  of  India  provides  technical  and  financial  assistance  to  Sta te  Governments  to  encourage sustainable  development  and  efficient  management  of  water  resources  through  various  sch programmes.  Central Government has also identified certain surplus river basins for proper of water with national perspe ctive. Through the proposed interlinking of rivers programme as per Perspective Plan (30 nos of identified links), it is proposed to divert about 166 BCM of wat basins (viz., Brahmaputra, Ganga, Mahanadi, Godavari, Narmada, Par, Ach ankovil, Pamba, Damanganga, etc.,)  to  deficit  basins  for  utilization  for  irrigation,  domestic  &  industrial  uses,  hydr country.  The  implementation  of  National  Perspective  Plan  would  give  benefits  of  25  mil irrigation  from  surfac e  waters,  10  million  ha  by  increased  use  of  ground  waters,  raising  th irrigation potential from 140 million ha to 175 million ha and generation of 34 million KW o from  the  incidental  benefits  of  flood  control,  drought  mitigation,  na vigation,  water  supply,  fisherie salinity and pollution control etc.

(c)& (d) The rivers in India are broadly classified into two categories namely (i) Perennial Non - perennial  /  Intermittent  /  Ephemeral  Rivers.    In  perennial  rivers,  th e  water  remains  available throughout the year.  Non - Perennial rivers are rain - fed rivers in which water flows only during the rai monsoon period, and as the monsoon withdraws, the water also recedes.  Full quantum of wa available during m onsoon cannot be utilized for various reasons including limitations of suf storages, and the excess water flows to the sea.  The extent of such water flowing into s quantified.  However the Central Water Commission, which maintain s  hydrological  observations  of  al important / major rivers in the country, has measured average annual flows at the terminal important rivers.  As per CWC records, the average annual flows at these 13 terminal sites ten  yea rs  (from  2009  to  2019)  has  been 976103 Million Cubic Meters (MCM), as per details given Annexure .

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (c) & (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †2509 to be answered on 05.03.2020 on ' Water Management Plan '.

| S. No.   | Name of River   | Name of Last Discharge Observation Station   | Name of State   |   Average Annual Flow of River for 10 Years (from 2009 to 2019) MCM |
|----------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Ganga           | Farakka                                      | West Bengal     |                                                              295114 |
| 2        | Brahmaputra     | Panchratna                                   | Assam           |                                                              480798 |
| 3        | Teesta          | Domohani                                     | West Bengal     |                                                               21413 |
| 4        | Krishna         | Wadenpally                                   | Andhra Pradesh  |                                                               10848 |
| 5        | Godavari        | Polavaram                                    | Andhra Pradesh  |                                                               74015 |
| 6        | Mahanadi        | Tikrapara                                    | Odisha          |                                                               43867 |
| 7        | Cauvery         | Musiri                                       | Tamilnadu       |                                                                4573 |
| 8        | Brahmani        | Jenapur                                      | Odisha          |                                                               14254 |
| 9        | Subernrekha     | Ghatshila                                    | Jharkhand       |                                                                6812 |
| 10       | Narmada         | Garudeshwar                                  | Gujarat         |                                                               14759 |
| 11       | Baitarni        | Anandpur                                     | Odisha          |                                                                3974 |
| 12       | Mahi            | Khanpur                                      | Gujarat         |                                                                3784 |
| 13       | Sabarmati       | Voutha                                       | Gujarat         |                                                                1892 |
| Total    | Total           | Total                                        | Total           |                                                              976103 |

Note: Year has been taken as Water Year from June to May

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