Lok Sabha Question No. 136 (STARRED), answered on 2018-07-26
Subject: Cleaning of Check Dams
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY, MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*136

ANSWERED ON 26.07.2018

## CLEANING OF CHECK DA MS

| †*136.                                                                                                 | SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY                                                                            |
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| Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:    | Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state: |
| THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION ( SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI) |                                                                                                     |

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART S (a)  TO  (e )  OF  STARRED QUESTION  NO. † *136 TO  BE  ANSWERED IN  LOK  SABHA ON 26 th July, 2018 REGARDING  ' CLEANING  OF  CHECK  DA MS ' ASKED  BY SHRI  RAM  TAHAL CHOUDHARY AND SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA , M.Ps. (a) to (e) The information relating to number of check dams, their functionality and their etc. is kept at the respective State level. A s per information received from M/o Rural Development, built under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment GuaranteeScheme (MGNREGS)

585183 check dams have been since inception . State/UT -wisedetails are given at Annexure .

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## Annexure referred toin reply to parts (a) to (e) of Starred Q.No. † *136 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 26 .0 7 .2018 regarding ' Cleaning of Check Dams '

| S No.   | State                |   Completed Work Since Inception |
|---------|----------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar  |                                0 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh       |                            14516 |
| 3       | ArunachalPradesh     |                               33 |
| 4       | Assam                |                              399 |
| 5       | Bihar                |                             5018 |
| 6       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                                1 |
| 7       | Daman & Diu          |                                0 |
| 8       | Goa                  |                                0 |
| 9       | Gujarat              |                            22336 |
| 10      | Haryana              |                              817 |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh     |                             5661 |
| 12      | Jammu And Kashmir    |                             3028 |
| 13      | Karnataka            |                            65682 |
| 14      | Kerala               |                             5635 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh       |                           280400 |
| 16      | Maharashtra          |                            41216 |
| 17      | Lakshadweep          |                                1 |
| 18      | Manipur              |                              206 |
| 19      | Meghalaya            |                             2666 |
| 20      | Mizoram              |                               49 |
| 21      | Nagaland             |                              404 |
| 22      | Odisha               |                            13060 |
| 23      | Puducherry           |                                0 |
| 24      | Punjab               |                               68 |
| 25      | Rajasthan            |                            26516 |
| 26      | Sikkim               |                               16 |
| 27      | Tamil Nadu           |                             5972 |
| 28      | Tripura              |                            15080 |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh        |                            25253 |
| 30      | West Bengal          |                             8867 |
| 31      | Chhattisgarh         |                            14030 |
| 32      | Jharkhand            |                             7316 |
| 33      | Uttarakhand          |                             6686 |
| 34      | Telangana            |                            14251 |
|         | Total                |                           585183 |