Lok Sabha Question No. 1052 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Handling of Depleting Groundwater Level
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1052

ANSWERED ON 2 7.06.2019

## HANDLING OF DEPLETIN G GROUNDWATER LEVEL

## †1 052. SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that groundwater level is continuously depleting in most country including Rajasthan;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the efforts being made by the Government to deal or handle the problems arising from groundwater level;
- (d) whether any efforts are being made to find out any alternative sources for use in place and
- (e) if so, the detail s thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (c) Ground  water  levels  in  various  parts  of  the  Country  are  declining  because  of  c withdrawal due to reasons such as increased demand of fresh water for various uses, vagarie increased population, industrialization & urbanization etc.  Central Ground Water Board (CGW out ground water monitoring four times a year i n different States.  In order to assess the declinin trend in water level on a long - term basis, pre - monsoon water level data 2018 has been compared with th decadal average (2008 - 2017)  water  level.    Analysis  of  data  indicates  decline  in  ground  wate r level in about 52% of the wells being monitored. State - wise details including Rajasthan are given at Annexure.

(d) to (e ) Water being a State subject, efforts to conserve and manage ground water is prima responsibility. However, Steps taken by the Central Government to control water depletion and promote rain water harvesting / conservation are at the following L: http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps\_to\_control\_water\_depletion\_Jun2019.pdf

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part s (a)to  (c) of  Unstarred  Question  No. † 1052 to  be answered in Lok Sabha on 27. 06.2019 regarding ' Handling of Depleting Groundwater Level '

| 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                     | 290    | 41     | 423    | 59     | 1                         | 0.1                       |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 8                       | 5      | 63     | 3      | 38     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 3        | Assam                | 154                     | 98     | 64     | 56     | 36     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 4        | Bihar                | 619                     | 268    | 43     | 350    | 57     | 1                         | 0.2                       |
| 5        | Chandigarh           | 9                       | 2      | 22     | 7      | 78     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh         | 458                     | 181    | 40     | 271    | 59     | 6                         | 1.3                       |
| 7        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 17                      | 8      | 47     | 9      | 53     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 8        | Daman & Diu          | 10                      | 5      | 50     | 5      | 50     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 9        | Delhi                | 82                      | 20     | 24     | 62     | 76     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 10       | Goa                  | 70                      | 50     | 71     | 20     | 29     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 11       | Gujarat              | 756                     | 345    | 46     | 401    | 53     | 10                        | 1.3                       |
| 12       | Haryana              | 273                     | 68     | 25     | 205    | 75     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh     | 86                      | 21     | 24     | 65     | 76     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 244                     | 47     | 19     | 197    | 81     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 15       | Jharkhand            | 255                     | 168    | 66     | 87     | 34     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 16       | Karnataka            | 1343                    | 792    | 59     | 542    | 40     | 9                         | 0.7                       |
| 17       | Kerala               | 1431                    | 773    | 54     | 654    | 46     | 4                         | 0.3                       |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh       | 1330                    | 546    | 41     | 782    | 59     | 2                         | 0.2                       |
| 19       | Maharashtra          | 1632                    | 774    | 47     | 857    | 53     | 1                         | 0.1                       |
| 20       | Meghalaya            | 22                      | 9      | 41     | 13     | 59     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 21       | Odisha               | 1254                    | 766    | 61     | 485    | 39     | 3                         | 0.2                       |
| 22       | Puducherry           | 5                       | 3      | 60     | 2      | 40     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 23       | Punjab               | 216                     | 35     | 16     | 181    | 84     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 24       | Rajasthan            | 929                     | 474    | 51     | 454    | 49     | 1                         | 0.1                       |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu           | 528                     | 209    | 40     | 318    | 60     | 1                         | 0.2                       |
| 26       | Telangana            | 568                     | 295    | 52     | 268    | 47     | 5                         | 0.9                       |
| 27       | Tripura              | 25                      | 21     | 84     | 4      | 16     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh        | 563                     | 97     | 17     | 466    | 83     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 29       | Uttarakhand          | 28                      | 8      | 29     | 20     | 71     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 30       | West Bengal          | 614                     | 408    | 66     | 205    | 33     | 1                         | 0.2                       |
| Total    | Total                | 14243                   | 6786   | 48     | 7412   | 52     | 45                        | 0.3                       |

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