Lok Sabha Question No. 5434 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-25
Subject: Restoring of Water Reservoirs
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ram Kripal Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †5434

ANSWERED ON 25 .0 7.2019

## RESTORING OF WATER R ESERVOIRS

## †5434. SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV

W ill the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is considering on restoring reservoirs like old dried ponds, wel harvesting structure etc.;
- (b) if so, the details of places identified for this purpose, State - wise;
- (c) the number of reservoirs restored during the last three years; and
- (d) the action plan of the Government for the next three years?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

- (a)  to (d)    Central  Government  supports  construction  of  water  harvesting  and  conservatio primarily  through  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS).  I inclu des the following activities:
- i . Creation of water conservation and harv esting structures to augment and improve ground wat like underground dykes, earthen dams, stop dams, check dams with special focus on re ground water including drinking water sources.
- ii. Renovation of traditional water bodies including desilting of irrigation tanks and other wate bodies and conservation of old step wells or baolis.

The works under MGNREGS are being carried out in 34 States /UTs in 26,26,522 Gram Panchayats under 6921 Blocks of 691 rural Districts.

The details o f renovation of traditional water bodies completed during the l ast three years under MGNREGS are as under:

| RENOVATION OF TRADITIONAL WATER BODIES COMPLETED DURING LAST THREE YEARS UNDER MGNREGA   | RENOVATION OF TRADITIONAL WATER BODIES COMPLETED DURING LAST THREE YEARS UNDER MGNREGA   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| YEAR                                                                                     | Nos. of works completed                                                                  |
| 2016- 17                                                                                 | 1,67,111                                                                                 |
| 2017- 18                                                                                 | 1,34,758                                                                                 |
| 2018- 19                                                                                 | 81,358                                                                                   |

As per information received from Department of Land Resources, they have sanctione watershed  development  projects  in  28  States  (except  Goa)  (during  the  period  2009 - 10  to  2014 - 15) covering an area of about 39.07 million hectare under Integrated Waters hed Management (IWMP). The activities  being  undertaken  through  the  watershed  development  projects  inter  alia  includ treatment, drainage line treatment, soil and moisture conservation, rain water harvesting, afforestation, horti culture, pasture development, livelihoods for assetless persons etc.

The State wise details of projects sanctioned, area covered by the projects and fund Central share to Sates are given at Annexure .

Further, the projects sanctioned earlie r are at various stages of implementation. Administra reports  of  completion  of  2364  projects  have  been  received  till  31.03.2019  from  18  States information received from the States, between 2016 - 17 to 2018 - 19, 3,73,637 water harvesting struc tures were created / rejuvenated.

In  addition,  total  Central  Assistance  amounting  to Rs. 369.11  crore  has  been  released  to  the States upto March, 2019 under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) -Har Khet ko Pani -Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies Scheme.

Government of India has launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan which is a time bound campai a mission mode approach intended to improve water availability including ground water condit water stressed bl ocks of 256 districts in India. In this regard, team of officers from Central along - with technical officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti have been deputed to visit water st and  to  work  in  close  collaboration  with  district  level  of ficials  to  undertake  suitable  demand  side  a supply side interventions .

Water  being  a  State  subject,  initiatives  on  water  management  including  conserva artificial  recharge to  ground water in the Country is primarily States' responsibility. Furt her,important measures taken by the Central Government for conservation, management of ground water and e implementation of rain water harvesting in the country are at the following URL:

http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps\_to\_control\_water\_depletion\_Jun2019.pdf

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Annexure  referr ed  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (d)  of  Unstarred  Question  No. † 5434 t o  be answered in LokSabha on 25 .07.2019 regarding 'Restoring of Water Reservoirs'.

State - wise  details of number of projects sanctioned, area covered by the projects and fu released as Central share under WDC -PMKSY.

(Area in Million Ha, Amount in Rs Crore)

| Sl. No.   | State             | Sanctioned (from 2009 - 10 to 2014 -15) @   | Sanctioned (from 2009 - 10 to 2014 -15) @   | Central share released (from 2009 - 10 to 2018 - 19) #   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State             | Total No. Projects                          | of Area of the Projects                     | Central share released (from 2009 - 10 to 2018 - 19) #   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 432                                         | 1.810                                       | 987.92                                                   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 156                                         | 0.467                                       | 244.33                                                   |
| 3         | Assam             | 372                                         | 1.577                                       | 454.08                                                   |
| 4         | Bihar             | 123                                         | 0.612                                       | 151.31                                                   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 263                                         | 1.195                                       | 307.88                                                   |
| 6         | Gujarat           | 610                                         | 3.103                                       | 1288.64                                                  |
| 7         | Haryana           | 88                                          | 0.362                                       | 98.70                                                    |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  | 163                                         | 0.840                                       | 283.58                                                   |
| 9         | Jammu & Kashmir   | 159                                         | 0.652                                       | 230.82                                                   |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | 171                                         | 0.911                                       | 191.52                                                   |
| 11        | Karnataka         | 571                                         | 2.569                                       | 1872.94                                                  |
| 12        | Kerala            | 83                                          | 0.423                                       | 109.30                                                   |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    | 517                                         | 2.937                                       | 1409.87                                                  |
| 14        | Maharashtra       | 1186                                        | 5.128                                       | 2413.95                                                  |
| 15        | Manipur           | 102                                         | 0.491                                       | 149.10                                                   |
| 16        | Meghalaya         | 96                                          | 0.236                                       | 173.03                                                   |
| 17        | Mizoram           | 89                                          | 0.373                                       | 259.89                                                   |
| 18        | Nagaland          | 111                                         | 0.476                                       | 499.30                                                   |
| 19        | Odisha            | 310                                         | 1.700                                       | 1004.31                                                  |
| 20        | Punjab            | 67                                          | 0.314                                       | 60.42                                                    |
| 21        | Rajasthan         | 1025                                        | 5.764                                       | 2415.27                                                  |
| 22        | Sikkim            | 15                                          | 0.066                                       | 22.08                                                    |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        | 270                                         | 1.368                                       | 924.94                                                   |
| 24        | Telangana         | 330                                         | 1.399                                       | 593.01                                                   |
| 25        | Tripura           | 65                                          | 0.213                                       | 200.21                                                   |
| 26        | Uttarakhand       | 65                                          | 0.346                                       | 131.08                                                   |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 612                                         | 3.045                                       | 808.49                                                   |
| 28        | West Bengal       | 163                                         | 0.693                                       | 178.15                                                   |
|           | Total             | 8214                                        | 39.07                                       | 17464.12                                                 |

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