Lok Sabha Question No. 4319 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-18
Subject: Traditional and Modern System of Rain Water Harvesting
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Rakesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4319

ANSWERED ON 1 8.0 7.2019

## TRADITIONAL AND MODE RN SYSTEM OF RAIN WA TER HARVESTING

## †4319. SHRI RAKESH SINGH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is serious about depleting ground water level in the country and details thereof;

(b) whether the Government has taken any measures at Centre level to tackl  the situation and if so, th details thereof;

(c) whether the Government proposes to take corrective steps by including traditional and mode of rain water harvesting in the country; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) Central Ground Water Board is periodically monitoring the ground water levels thro Country on a regional scale, through a network of monitoring wells. In order to assess the decline in water level on a long - term basis, Pre - monsoon wate r level data collected by CGWB during Pre - monsoon 2019 has been compared with the decadal average (2009 - 2018). Analysis of water level data indicates that about 61% of the wells monitored have registered decline in ground water levels (Annexure) .

Hon'ble Prime Minister has written a letter to all Sarpanchs on 08.06.2019 regard importance  of  water  conservation  and  rain  harvesting  and  exhorted  them  to  adopt  all  ap measures to make water conservation a mass movement.

An 'Inter Ministerial Committee' under the Chairmanship of Secretary (WR, RD & GR) has been  constituted  to  take  forward  the  subject  of  'Water  Conservation  Related  Activities  for  Optimum Utilization  of  Monsoon  Rainfall'  which  meets  from  time  to  time  to  discuss  the  issue  of  water conservation.  The  Committee  includes  officers  from  different  States/UTs.  Last  meeting  of  t -Ministerial Committee was held on 01/05/2019.

Cabinet Secretary discussed the issue of water conservation with the Chief Secretar States through vi deo-conference on 21.05.2019.

The  issue  was  also  discussed  with  the  concerned  Ministers  and  officials  of  th Governments by Minister Jal Shakti in a meeting held on 11.6.2019.

Government of India has launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan which is a time bound campaign with a mission mode approach intended to improve water availability including ground water co in the water stressed blocks.

The other important initiatives taken up are available at the following URL: http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps\_to\_control\_water\_depletion\_Jun2019.pdf

Annexure referred to in reply to part s (a) to (d) of Unstarred Q.No. † 4319 to be answered in Lok  Sabha  on  18.07.2019    regarding  'Traditional  and  Modern  System  of  Rain  Water Harvesting'

State - wise Decadal Water Level Fluctuation with Mean [Premonsoon (2009 to 2018] and Premonsoon 2019]

| S. No.      | Name of State        | No. of wells Analysed   | Rise   | Rise   | Fall   | Fall   | Wells showing no change   | Wells showing no change   |
|-------------|----------------------|-------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| S. No.      | Name of State        | No. of wells Analysed   | No     | %      | No     | %      | No                        | %                         |
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh       | 714                     | 194    | 27     | 518    | 73     | 2                         | 0.3                       |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh    | 18                      | 2      | 11     | 16     | 89     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 3           | Assam                | 230                     | 111    | 48     | 119    | 52     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 4           | Bihar                | 619                     | 195    | 32     | 419    | 68     | 5                         | 0.8                       |
| 5           | Chandigarh           | 12                      | 4      | 33     | 8      | 67     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 6           | Chhattisgarh         | 602                     | 237    | 39     | 352    | 58     | 13                        | 2.2                       |
| 7           | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 18                      | 2      | 11     | 16     | 89     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 8           | Daman & Diu          | 11                      | 5      | 45     | 5      | 45     | 1                         | 9.1                       |
| 9           | Delhi                | 73                      | 36     | 49     | 37     | 51     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 10          | Goa                  | 64                      | 18     | 28     | 46     | 72     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 11          | Gujarat              | 657                     | 244    | 37     | 413    | 63     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 12          | Haryana              | 279                     | 94     | 34     | 184    | 66     | 1                         | 0.4                       |
| 13          | Himachal Pradesh     | 101                     | 81     | 80     | 20     | 20     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 14          | Jammu & Kashmir      | 204                     | 86     | 42     | 118    | 58     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 15          | Jharkhand            | 271                     | 103    | 38     | 168    | 62     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 16          | Karnataka            | 1098                    | 217    | 20     | 881    | 80     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 17          | Kerala               | 1427                    | 661    | 46     | 762    | 53     | 4                         | 0.3                       |
| 18          | Madhya Pradesh       | 1099                    | 532    | 48     | 567    | 52     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 19          | Maharashtra          | 1645                    | 401    | 24     | 1241   | 75     | 3                         | 0.2                       |
| 20          | Meghalaya            | 53                      | 39     | 74     | 14     | 26     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 21          | Odhisha              | 1064                    | 730    | 69     | 334    | 31     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 22          | Pondicherry          | 6                       | 0      | 0      | 6      | 100    | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 23          | Punjab               | 245                     | 74     | 30     | 170    | 69     | 1                         | 0.4                       |
| 24          | Rajasthan            | 893                     | 301    | 34     | 588    | 66     | 4                         | 0.4                       |
| 25          | Tamil Nadu           | 612                     | 177    | 29     | 318    | 52     | 117                       | 19.1                      |
| 26          | Telangana            | 557                     | 188    | 34     | 366    | 66     | 3                         | 0.5                       |
| 27          | Tripura              | 75                      | 31     | 41     | 44     | 59     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 28          | Uttar Pradesh        | 581                     | 157    | 27     | 423    | 73     | 1                         | 0.2                       |
| 29          | Uttarakhand          | 42                      | 15     | 36     |        |        | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 30          | Total                | 358 13628               | 178    | 50 38  | 27 177 | 64 49  | 3                         | 0.8                       |
| West Bengal | West Bengal          |                         | 5113   |        | 8357   | 61     | 158                       | 1.2                       |

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