Lok Sabha Question No. 4868 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Survey on Health of Dams
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary, Arjunlal Meena, Kaushal Kishore, Sunil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4868

ANSWERED ON 25 .03 .2021

## SURVEY ON HEALTH OF DAMS

| 4868.   | SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY   | SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA   |
|---------|-----------------------|------------------------|
|         | SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE  | SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH |

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has conducted any surveys to study the structure and health of d if so, the details thereo f including the State of Rajasthan;

(b) the details of dams which are found to be in danger;

(c) whether the Government has put together any rules to heighten the safety of dams and if thereof;

(d) the details of dams which are not in co nformation with the safety standards set by the Government; (e) whether the Government has allocated any funds to ensure the repair/restoration of dams danger of breaking in the near future and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a)  &  (b)  Dam  Safety  inspection  surveys  and  subsequent  repair  and  remedy,  if  found  nec routinely  carried  out  by  the  dam  owners,  which  invariably are  State  Governments,  State  Public  Secto Undertakings (PSUs) and a few Central PSUs etc. Central Water Commission (CWC) gives appro recommendations  to  the  dam  owners through  National  Committee  on  Dam  Safety  (NCDS)  to  carry out pre - monsoon and pos t - monsoon inspection of the dams, categorize the condition of the dams a remedial measures based on these inspection reports. CWC recommends to the dam owning agen constitute their own Dam Safety Review Panel (DSRP) for inspection of the dams . At present most of the States have constituted their own DSRP. Under Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (D guidelines/manuals related to dam safety, including 'guidelines for Safety Inspection of the Dams' have been revised/published. CWC recommends to the dam owners to implement these guidelines and manu and  ensure  conformity  with  these  guidelines.  These  Guidelines  are  available  on  officia https://damsafety.in.

Rajasthan has been included in Dam Rehabilitation and Improvem ent Project Phases II &III to be implemented during 2021 - 31. Rajasthan has proposed rehabilitation of 189 dams in its initia with a financial outlay of Rs. 965 Crore in DRIP Phases II & III. These dams shall be inspected by and based on their recommendations remedial measures for rehabilitation of dams shall be carried

(c) & (d) Safety is a perception based on risk anticipation and risk assessment. Risk assessm based on historic data and gener ally discounts unpredictable "black swan" events. The safety practices/standards of dams presently vary from State to State. In order to evolve a uniform dam safety procedure across the country, the Dam Safety Bill 2019 has been passed in Lok Sa August, 2019. The Dam Safety Bill 2019, inter alia, provides for surveillance, inspection, maintenance  of  the  specified  dams  for  prevention  of  dam  failure  related  disasters  and  t institutional mechanism  to  ensure  their  safe  funct ioning  and  for  matters  connected  therewith. National Committee on Dam Safety (NCDS) is an advisory body which suggest ways to bring dam safety a in  line  with  the  latest  state - of - art  techniques  consistent  with  Indian  conditions  and  acts  as  a  f for exchange  of  views  on  techniques  adopted  for  remedial  measures  to  relieve  distress  in  old chaired by Chairman, CWC and is represented by all the States having significant number of and  other  dam  owning  organizations.  So  far,  39  m eetings  of  NCDS  have  been  held.  Dam  Safety Institutional  Strengthening  is  one  of  the  components  of  Dam  Rehabilitation  and  Improveme (DRIP) which focuses on regulatory and technical frameworks for dam safety assurance.

(e)To improve safety and operational performance of selected dams along with institutional s with system wide management approach, Ministry of Jal Shakti is implementing Dam Rehabilita Improvement Project (DRIP) with financial assistance f rom World Bank. It is a State Sector Scheme wi central  component  with  a  provision  for  rehabilitation  of  223  dams  located  in  seven  States dget outlay of the Scheme is Rs. 3466 Crore with scheduled closure on March 31, 2021. The Cabinet Committee on Economic  Affairs  (CCEA)  has  approved  the  Phase  II  and  Phase  III  of  Dam  Rehabilitat Improvement Project (DRIP) on October 29, 2020. The Scheme envisages comprehensive rehabilit 736 dams located in 19 States and 3 Central Agencies with financ ial outl ay of Rs. 10,211 Cr. DRIP Phase II entails  financial  assistance  from  the  World  Bank  (WB)  and  the  Asian  Infrastructure  Inves (AIIB) to the tune of 500 Million US dollars. It is a State Sector Scheme with Central component, duration  of 10  years,  to  be  implemented  in  two  Phases  i.e.  Phase -II  and  Phase -III,  each  of  six  years duration with an overlap of two y ears. The project is likely to commence from May/June, 2021.

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