Lok Sabha Question No. 2225 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-04
Subject: Revival of Small Rivers and other Water Bodies
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Kaushalendra Kumar

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2225

ANSWERED ON 04 .0 7.2019

## REVIVAL OF SMALL RIV ERS AND OTHER WATER BODIES

## †2225. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is working on any action plan pertaining to revival of dying lakes, ponds, small ponds, wells and 'Bavaris', etc. in the country;

(b) whether the Government has carried out any survey of such water bodies for reviving the the details thereof;

(c) the State - wise details of the efforts made for the revival of small rivers, lakes, ponds, sm and 'Bavaris' for ground water recharge in the country along with the methodologies being adopted for it;

(d) whether the Government is aware that the anti - social elements have occupied these water bodies unauthorized manner across the country; and

(e) if so, the action taken by the Government against them and the initiatives taken/being remove the illegal encroachment?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a) & (c) Works related to water resources development & management are planned, funded, exe maintained by the State Governments themselves as per their own resources and priorities.  In or supplement the efforts of the State Governments, Government of India provides technical a assistance to State Governments to encourage sustainable development and efficient managemen ater resources through various schemes and programmes.

Central Assistance (CA) for restoration of water bodies is provided by the Ministry under Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies, which is a component of Pradhan Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY). The  scheme  aims  at  restoring  the  lost  irrigation  potent improvement and restoration of existing water bodies. The restoration of water bodies also h water recharge. Works such as development of catchmen t, desilting, strengthening of bunds etc. are up for restoration of water bodies.

Under  the  RRR  of  Water  Bodies  scheme,  a  total  of  2064  water  bodies  with  an  estimated Rs. 1765 crore have been taken up for restoration in various states since XII Plan onwards a proposals  received  from  the  concerned  State  Governments,  out  of  which  1160  water  bodies reported to be completed upto March, 2019. Total Centra l Assist nce amounting to Rs. 369.11 crore has been released to the States upto March, 2019 for completion of works of these water bodie details in this regard are at Annexure -I .

Further,  under  MGNREGA,  works  related  to  renovation  of  traditional  water  bodies, permissible.  State wise details of funds released for the same under MGNREGA are at Annexure -II .

(b) Works  related  to  survey  of  such  water  bodies  comes  under  the purview  of  concerned  State Government.  However,  as  per  the  5 th Minor  Irrigation  Census  conducted  by  this  Ministry,  ther 5,16,303 water bodies in the rural areas of the country being used for minor irrigation, out are  not  in  use  for  va rious  reasons  such  as  non  availability  of  water,  less  and  erratic  rainf salinity etc.

(d) to (e) Matter related to encroachment of water bodies comes under purview of the con Government.  However,  considering  the  importance  of  wa ter  bodies  for  socio  economic  development Secretary (MoWR, RD & GR) vide letter dated 26.02.2016 requested State Governments to take n steps for keeping all the water bodies encroachment free. Further, Secretary (WR, RD & GR) dated 07. 11.2016 requested the State Governments to take appropriate action in respect of i water bodies in land records, inclusion of water bodies as integral part of town planning action for the encroachers, etc.

Further, water bodi es are included under RRR of Water Bodies scheme only after concerned Government certify that these are encroachment free.

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## ANNEXURE - I

Annexure referred to in reply to Part s (a) & (c) of Unstarred Question No. † 2225 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 04.07.2019 regarding 'Revival of Small Rivers and other Water Bodies'.

## Statewise details of ongoing RRR of Water Bodies Scheme

All Rupees in Crores, storage in MCM & Potential in Lakh Ha

| Sl. No.   | States         |   No of WBs included |   Estimated Cost |   Potential Planned /CCA |   Targeted Storage revival (MCM) |   Cumulative release upto 03/2019 |   Cumulative Expenditure upto 3/2019 |   Potential restored upto 3/2019 |   Storage revived upto 3/2019 |   No of completed WBs upto 03/2019 |
|-----------|----------------|----------------------|------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh |                  100 |          66.766  |                    0.056 |                          40.98   |                            2.7    |                                 0    |                            0     |                          0    |                                  0 |
| 2         | Bihar          |                   27 |          64.9335 |                    0.101 |                         247.45   |                            6.255  |                                 0    |                            0     |                          0    |                                  0 |
| 3         | Gujarat        |                   61 |         102.908  |                    0.114 |                           0.1    |                            8.8125 |                                 0    |                            0     |                          0    |                                  0 |
| 4         | Madhya Pradesh |                  125 |         183.242  |                    0.333 |                         438.347  |                           37.7    |                               149.66 |                            0.25  |                        438.38 |                                121 |
| 5         | Manipur        |                    4 |          65.442  |                    0.012 |                           6.281  |                           10.37   |                                14.97 |                            0     |                          2.04 |                                  0 |
| 6         | Meghalaya      |                    9 |          11.432  |                    0.011 |                           0.4654 |                            5.18   |                                 5.51 |                            0.01  |                          0.36 |                                  4 |
| 7         | Oriss a        |                  863 |         449.025  |                    0.513 |                          58.0845 |                          110.646  |                               271.2  |                            0.44  |                         20.57 |                                715 |
| 8         | Rajasthan      |                   68 |         187.82   |                    0.132 |                          12.644  |                           50.2276 |                               106.16 |                            0.1   |                         11.52 |                                 52 |
| 9         | Tamilnadu      |                  153 |          77.7501 |                    0.038 |                           3.8341 |                           16.2514 |                                47.44 |                            0     |                          0    |                                104 |
| 10        | Telengana      |                  575 |         459.183  |                    0.29  |                          56.217  |                          104.559  |                                94.51 |                            0.08  |                         24.61 |                                164 |
| 11        | Uttar Pradesh  |                   74 |          83.4069 |                    0.034 |                          42.236  |                           16.4087 |                                37.08 |                            0     |                          0    |                                  0 |
| 12        | Uttrakhand     |                    5 |          12.49   |                    0.005 |                           2.274  |                            0      |                                 1.41 |                            0     |                          0    |                                  0 |
|           | Grand Total    |                 2064 |        1764.4    |                    1.638 |                         908.913  |                          369.111  |                               727.94 |                            0.888 |                        497.48 |                               1160 |

Annexure referred to in reply to Part s (a) & (c) of Unstarred Question No. † 2225 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 04.07.2019 regarding 'Revival of Small Rivers and other Water Bodies'.

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| SL.                                                                                              |                                                                                                  | 2018-19                                                                                          | 2018-19                                                                                          | 2017-18                                                                                          | 2017-18                                                                                          | 2016-17                                                                                          | 2016-17                                                                                          |
| NO.                                                                                              | STATES                                                                                           | Phy( Nos.)                                                                                       | Fin (Lakhs)                                                                                      | Phy( Nos.)                                                                                       | Fin (Lakhs)                                                                                      | Phy( Nos.)                                                                                       | Fin (Lakhs)                                                                                      |
| 1                                                                                                | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                                                                              | 16                                                                                               | 6.59                                                                                             | 18                                                                                               | 3.6                                                                                              | 19                                                                                               | 2.8                                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                                | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                   | 26828                                                                                            | 60634.08                                                                                         | 17251                                                                                            | 40576.77                                                                                         | 20285                                                                                            | 21646.48                                                                                         |
| 3                                                                                                | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                | 28                                                                                               | 270.55                                                                                           | 54                                                                                               | 561.69                                                                                           | 65                                                                                               | 164.36                                                                                           |
| 4                                                                                                | ASSAM                                                                                            | 2288                                                                                             | 1511.84                                                                                          | 1707                                                                                             | 1363.72                                                                                          | 1406                                                                                             | 2005.45                                                                                          |
| 5                                                                                                | BIHAR                                                                                            | 5646                                                                                             | 4678.86                                                                                          | 5820                                                                                             | 5229.59                                                                                          | 5249                                                                                             | 4183.62                                                                                          |
| 6                                                                                                | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                     | 14252                                                                                            | 35984.68                                                                                         | 12666                                                                                            | 25955.87                                                                                         | 13719                                                                                            | 34978.8                                                                                          |
| 7                                                                                                | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI                                                                             | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| 8                                                                                                | DAMAN & DIU                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| 9                                                                                                | GOA                                                                                              | 57                                                                                               | 4.95                                                                                             | 76                                                                                               | 41.26                                                                                            | 132                                                                                              | 88.06                                                                                            |
| 10                                                                                               | GUJARAT                                                                                          | 11565                                                                                            | 15834.35                                                                                         | 9677                                                                                             | 10038.52                                                                                         | 9278                                                                                             | 12436.21                                                                                         |
| 11                                                                                               | HARYANA                                                                                          | 796                                                                                              | 1942.22                                                                                          | 895                                                                                              | 2117.51                                                                                          | 999                                                                                              | 2128.18                                                                                          |
| 12                                                                                               | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                 | 1288                                                                                             | 584.68                                                                                           | 1443                                                                                             | 476.12                                                                                           | 1537                                                                                             | 608.03                                                                                           |
| 13                                                                                               | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                                | 3233                                                                                             | 868.36                                                                                           | 3500                                                                                             | 1872.49                                                                                          | 3288                                                                                             | 1022.3                                                                                           |
| 14                                                                                               | JHARKHAND                                                                                        | 707                                                                                              | 438.92                                                                                           | 1279                                                                                             | 492.91                                                                                           | 6216                                                                                             | 5410.28                                                                                          |
| 15                                                                                               | KARNATAKA                                                                                        | 18911                                                                                            | 20176.82                                                                                         | 17544                                                                                            | 20413.02                                                                                         | 17530                                                                                            | 21733.72                                                                                         |
| 16                                                                                               | KERALA                                                                                           | 16279                                                                                            | 12578.05                                                                                         | 17587                                                                                            | 14252.5                                                                                          | 30164                                                                                            | 23404.46                                                                                         |
| 17                                                                                               | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                      | 13                                                                                               | 2.27                                                                                             | 13                                                                                               | 2.39                                                                                             | 13                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                |
| 18                                                                                               | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                   | 10130                                                                                            | 11808.92                                                                                         | 10080                                                                                            | 11405.56                                                                                         | 3743                                                                                             | 2250.88                                                                                          |
| 19                                                                                               | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                      | 5639                                                                                             | 8688.72                                                                                          | 6468                                                                                             | 6802.57                                                                                          | 7690                                                                                             | 6521.54                                                                                          |
| 20                                                                                               | MANIPUR                                                                                          | 64                                                                                               | 159.89                                                                                           | 81                                                                                               | 138.94                                                                                           | 130                                                                                              | 338.82                                                                                           |
| 21                                                                                               | MEGHALAYA                                                                                        | 371                                                                                              | 662.59                                                                                           | 406                                                                                              | 1101.97                                                                                          | 415                                                                                              | 1011.68                                                                                          |
| 22                                                                                               | MIZORAM                                                                                          | 255                                                                                              | 516.27                                                                                           | 231                                                                                              | 261.16                                                                                           | 47                                                                                               | 86.79                                                                                            |
| 23                                                                                               | NAGALAND                                                                                         | 17                                                                                               | 98.56                                                                                            | 64                                                                                               | 402.08                                                                                           | 51                                                                                               | 65.84                                                                                            |
| 24                                                                                               | ODISHA                                                                                           | 11832                                                                                            | 11727.27                                                                                         | 13792                                                                                            | 12625.8                                                                                          | 19430                                                                                            | 20751.48                                                                                         |
| 25                                                                                               | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                       | 658                                                                                              | 803.45                                                                                           | 616                                                                                              | 840.81                                                                                           | 524                                                                                              | 808.18                                                                                           |
| 26                                                                                               | PUNJAB                                                                                           | 7178                                                                                             | 9555.75                                                                                          | 5916                                                                                             | 9977.93                                                                                          | 6084                                                                                             | 10870.04                                                                                         |
| 27                                                                                               | RAJASTHAN                                                                                        | 17259                                                                                            | 38152.12                                                                                         | 12872                                                                                            | 26763.07                                                                                         | 14677                                                                                            | 37228.59                                                                                         |
| 28                                                                                               | SIKKIM                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                |
| 29                                                                                               | TAMIL NADU                                                                                       | 14435                                                                                            | 11673.18                                                                                         | 60718                                                                                            | 292577.99                                                                                        | 66033                                                                                            | 262212.45                                                                                        |
| 30                                                                                               | TELANGANA                                                                                        | 13826                                                                                            | 26879.97                                                                                         | 11385                                                                                            | 18938.02                                                                                         | 13362                                                                                            | 14032.14                                                                                         |
| 31                                                                                               | TRIPURA                                                                                          | 218                                                                                              | 197.93                                                                                           | 525                                                                                              | 284.06                                                                                           | 1387                                                                                             | 1287.27                                                                                          |
| 32                                                                                               | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                    | 19700                                                                                            | 19070.82                                                                                         | 18802                                                                                            | 16129.58                                                                                         | 21737                                                                                            | 27962.8                                                                                          |
| 33                                                                                               | UTTARAKHAND                                                                                      | 2364                                                                                             | 1194.92                                                                                          | 2253                                                                                             | 1294.22                                                                                          | 1516                                                                                             | 936.02                                                                                           |
| 34                                                                                               | WEST BENGAL                                                                                      | 15924                                                                                            | 7650.22                                                                                          | 32694                                                                                            | 16275.57                                                                                         | 50256                                                                                            | 76815.54                                                                                         |
|                                                                                                  | TOTAL                                                                                            | 221777                                                                                           | 304357.8                                                                                         | 266433                                                                                           | 539217.29                                                                                        | 316982                                                                                           | 592992.81                                                                                        |

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