Lok Sabha Question No. 5351 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-25
Subject: Cleaning of Ponds
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †5351

ANSWERED ON 25 .0 7.2019

## CLEANING OF PONDS

## †5351. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of amount spent on cleaning of ponds in the country including Uttar Pradesh three years, State and year - wise;

- (b) whether the cleaning work of ponds has been completed;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government has made/proposes to make any plan for proper cleaning of ponds; a

(e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

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

Central Assistance (CA) for restora tion of water bodies is provided under the scheme of Repair, Renovation  and  Restoration  (RRR)  of  Water  Bodies,  which  is  a  component  of  Pradhan  Mantri Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY).  The Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies Sc aims at restoration of irrigation potential by improvement and renovation of water bodies al multiple  objectives  such  as  enhancing  the  tank  storage  capacity,  ground  water  recharg availability of drinking water, improvement of catchmen t of tank commands etc.

Under the RRR of Water Bodies scheme, a total of 2064 water bodies with an estimate Rs. 1765 crore have been taken up for restoration in various S tates since XII Plan onwards, out of whic works of 1160 water bodies have been reported to be completed. Total storage revival tar schemes is 908 million cubic metre (MCM) and out of which, 500MCM has been revived up to 2019 as reporte d by the States so far. Total Central Assistance amounting to Rs. 369.11  crore  has  been released  to  the  various  States  up  to  March,  2019  for  completion  of  works  of  these  water proposal under the RRR of Water Bodies scheme has been submitted by th e state of Uttar Pradesh during last three years. State and year wise details of Central Assistance (CA) released during last three years are at Annexure -I .

The details of works completed and amount spent for Renovation of traditional water bodie er MGNREGS in all the State including State of Uttar Pradesh during last three years are at Annexure -II .

## Annexure -I

Annexure referred to in reply of Parts (a) to (e) of Unstarred Question No. † 5351 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 25.07.2019 regarding ' Cleaning of Ponds '.

## State - wise details of ongoing RRR of Water Bodies Scheme

| Sl. No.   | States          | No of WBs included   | Estimated Cost   | Targeted Storage revival   | Storage revived upto03/2019   | No of completed WBs upto 03/2019   | CA Released   | CA Released   | CA Released   |
|-----------|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Sl. No.   | States          | No of WBs included   | Estimated Cost   | Targeted Storage revival   | Storage revived upto03/2019   | No of completed WBs upto 03/2019   | 2016-17       | 2017-18       | 2018-19       |
| 1         | Andhra P radesh | 100                  | 66.766           | 40.98                      | 0                             | 0                                  | 0             | 0             | 2.7           |
| 2         | Bihar           | 27                   | 64.9335          | 247.45                     | 0                             | 0                                  | 0             | 0             | 6.255         |
| 3         | Gujarat         | 61                   | 102.908          | 0.1                        | 0                             | 0                                  | 0             | 0             | 8.8125        |
| 4         | Madhya Pradesh  | 125                  | 183.2421         | 438.347                    | 438.34                        | 121                                | 0             | 0             | 0             |
| 5         | Manipur         | 4                    | 65.442           | 6.281                      | 2.04                          | 0                                  | 0             | 0             | 0             |
| 6         | Meghalaya       | 9                    | 11.432           | 0.4654                     | 0.36                          | 4                                  | 0             | 2.663         | 0             |
| 7         | Orissa          | 863                  | 449.025          | 58.0845                    | 20.57                         | 715                                | 0             | 3             | 0             |
| 8         | Rajasthan       | 68                   | 187.8196         | 12.644                     | 11.52                         | 52                                 | 0             | 14.3026       | 0             |
| 9         | Tamil Nadu      | 153                  | 77.7501          | 3.8341                     | 2.78                          | 104                                | 0             | 0             | 7.0279        |
| 10        | Telengana       | 575                  | 459.1827         | 56.217                     | 24.61                         | 164                                | 0             | 59.6833       | 0             |
| 11        | Uttar Pradesh   | 74                   | 83.4069          | 42.236                     | 0                             | 0                                  | 0             | 0             | 0             |
| 12        | Uttarakhand     | 5                    | 12.49            | 2.274                      | 0                             | 0                                  | 0             | 0             | 0             |
|           | Grand Total     | 2064                 | 1764.398         | 908.913                    | 500.22                        | 1160                               | 0             | 79.6489       | 24.7954       |

All Rupees in Crores& storage in MCM

Annexure referred to in reply of Parts (a) to (e) of Unstarred Question No. † 5351 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 25.07.2019 regarding ' Cleaning of Ponds '.

| State - wise detail of Expenditure incurred and works completed Complete on renovation   | State - wise detail of Expenditure incurred and works completed Complete on renovation   | State - wise detail of Expenditure incurred and works completed Complete on renovation   | State - wise detail of Expenditure incurred and works completed Complete on renovation   | State - wise detail of Expenditure incurred and works completed Complete on renovation   | State - wise detail of Expenditure incurred and works completed Complete on renovation   | State - wise detail of Expenditure incurred and works completed Complete on renovation   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl.N o.                                                                                  | State                                                                                    | 2016-17                                                                                  | 2016-17                                                                                  | 2017-18                                                                                  | 2017-18                                                                                  | 2018-19                                                                                  |
|                                                                                          |                                                                                          | Fin.                                                                                     | Phy                                                                                      | Fin.                                                                                     | Phy Fin.                                                                                 | Phy                                                                                      |
| 1                                                                                        | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                                                                      | 0.03                                                                                     | 6                                                                                        | 0.04                                                                                     | 3 0.07                                                                                   | 0                                                                                        |
| 2                                                                                        | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                           | 216.46                                                                                   | 12844                                                                                    | 405.76                                                                                   | 4328 610.98                                                                              | 9785                                                                                     |
| 3                                                                                        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                        | 1.64                                                                                     | 35                                                                                       | 5.62                                                                                     | 34 2.71                                                                                  | 0                                                                                        |
| 4                                                                                        | ASSAM                                                                                    | 20.05                                                                                    | 366                                                                                      | 13.65                                                                                    | 588 15.13                                                                                | 591                                                                                      |
| 5                                                                                        | BIHAR                                                                                    | 41.84                                                                                    | 1349                                                                                     | 52.30                                                                                    | 1814 46.80                                                                               | 1588                                                                                     |
| 6                                                                                        | CHHATTISGARH                                                                             | 349.79                                                                                   | 6059                                                                                     | 259.63                                                                                   | 5920 359.88                                                                              | 4440                                                                                     |
| 7                                                                                        | GOA                                                                                      | 0.88                                                                                     | 88                                                                                       | 0.41                                                                                     | 27 0.05                                                                                  | 5                                                                                        |
| 8                                                                                        | GUJARAT                                                                                  | 124.36                                                                                   | 5435                                                                                     | 100.40                                                                                   | 5420 158.42                                                                              | 4566                                                                                     |
| 9                                                                                        | HARYANA                                                                                  | 21.28                                                                                    | 645                                                                                      | 21.18                                                                                    | 440 19.45                                                                                | 373                                                                                      |
| 10                                                                                       | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                         | 6.08                                                                                     | 595                                                                                      | 4.76                                                                                     | 525 5.85                                                                                 | 699                                                                                      |
| 11                                                                                       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                        | 10.22                                                                                    | 1126                                                                                     | 18.73                                                                                    | 1152 8.69                                                                                | 499                                                                                      |
| 12                                                                                       | JHARKHAND                                                                                | 54.05                                                                                    | 5023                                                                                     | 4.93                                                                                     | 954 4.39                                                                                 | 196                                                                                      |
| 13                                                                                       | KARNATAKA                                                                                | 217.34                                                                                   | 8316                                                                                     | 204.13                                                                                   | 7376 201.77                                                                              | 5948                                                                                     |
| 14                                                                                       | KERALA                                                                                   | 234.04                                                                                   | 25757                                                                                    | 142.63                                                                                   | 9346 125.93                                                                              | 6142                                                                                     |
| 15                                                                                       | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                     | 0                                                                                        | 0.02                                                                                     | 1 0.02                                                                                   | 0                                                                                        |
| 16                                                                                       | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                           | 22.51                                                                                    | 2012                                                                                     | 114.06                                                                                   | 2809 118.09                                                                              | 3664                                                                                     |
| 17                                                                                       | MAHARASHTRA                                                                              | 65.22                                                                                    | 3404                                                                                     | 68.03                                                                                    | 2076 86.89                                                                               | 2410                                                                                     |
| 18                                                                                       | MANIPUR                                                                                  | 3.39                                                                                     | 103                                                                                      | 1.39                                                                                     | 52 1.60                                                                                  | 20                                                                                       |
| 19                                                                                       | MEGHALAYA                                                                                | 10.12                                                                                    | 263                                                                                      | 11.02                                                                                    | 201 6.63                                                                                 | 123                                                                                      |
| 20                                                                                       | MIZORAM                                                                                  | 0.87                                                                                     | 26                                                                                       | 2.61                                                                                     | 157 5.17                                                                                 | 244                                                                                      |
| 21                                                                                       | NAGALAND                                                                                 | 0.66                                                                                     | 30                                                                                       | 4.02                                                                                     | 50 0.99                                                                                  | 1                                                                                        |
| 22                                                                                       | ODISHA                                                                                   | 207.58                                                                                   | 9410                                                                                     | 126.33                                                                                   | 4713 117.31                                                                              | 1854                                                                                     |
| 23                                                                                       | PUDUCHERRY                                                                               | 8.08                                                                                     | 482                                                                                      | 8.41                                                                                     | 498 8.03                                                                                 | 461                                                                                      |
| 24                                                                                       | PUNJAB                                                                                   | 108.70                                                                                   | 3394                                                                                     | 99.78                                                                                    | 2572 95.56                                                                               | 2116                                                                                     |
| 25                                                                                       | RAJASTHAN                                                                                | 375.25                                                                                   | 6126                                                                                     | 269.08                                                                                   | 3260 386.72                                                                              | 2625                                                                                     |
| 26                                                                                       | TAMIL NADU                                                                               | 2622.13                                                                                  | 31757                                                                                    | 2925.77                                                                                  | 47947 116.82                                                                             | 12424                                                                                    |
| 27                                                                                       | TELANGANA                                                                                | 140.33                                                                                   | 5695                                                                                     | 189.38                                                                                   | 1967 268.80                                                                              | 977                                                                                      |
| 28                                                                                       | TRIPURA                                                                                  | 12.87                                                                                    | 975                                                                                      | 2.84                                                                                     | 462 1.98                                                                                 | 129                                                                                      |
| 29                                                                                       | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                            | 279.63                                                                                   | 13626                                                                                    | 161.32                                                                                   | 10013 89.52                                                                              | 8511                                                                                     |
| 30                                                                                       | UTTARAKHAND                                                                              | 9.36                                                                                     | 672                                                                                      | 12.94                                                                                    | 1225 11.95                                                                               | 1125                                                                                     |
| 31                                                                                       | WEST BENGAL                                                                              | 768.21                                                                                   | 21492                                                                                    | 162.91                                                                                   | 18828 76.55                                                                              | 9900                                                                                     |
|                                                                                          | Total                                                                                    | 5,932.97                                                                                 | 167111                                                                                   | 5,394.08                                                                                 | 134758 2,952.73                                                                          | 81416                                                                                    |

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