Lok Sabha Question No. 63 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Water Scarcity in Major Cities
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar, Kani K. Navas

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *63

ANSWERED ON 21 . 11.201 9

## WATER SCARCITY IN MA JOR CITIES

## *63. SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR SHRI K. NAVASKANI

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that 21 major cities will face water scarcity due to depletion in 2020 and if so, the names of such cities, State - wise;
- (b ) whether the Government is going to take measures to resolve this issue through inter - linking of river waters or desalination of sea water; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## THE MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI

(SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) to (c)A Statement is laid on the Table of the House .

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## ANSWER

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART S (a)  TO  (c)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO. *63 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 21.11.2019 REGARDING ' WATER  SCARCITY  IN  MA JOR  CITIES '  ASKED  BY SHRI BALUBHAU  AL IAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR & SHRI K. NAVASKANI, M.P.s

(a) NITI Aayog, in its report titled 'Composite Water Management Index' published in June 2018, has mentioned that 21 major cities are expected to run out of groundwater by 2020. This is based on the estimates of annual groundwater replenishment and its extraction. However, it does not account the groundwater availability in the deeper aquifers .Names of such cities as intimated by NITI Aayog are given at Annexure -I . (b) & (c ) Practices for efficient and sustainable management of water resources such as conj use of surface water and ground water resources, participatory ground water practices, water use efficiency amongst others need to be promoted on a larg e scale by involving all the stake -holders to deal with future water demand challenges. W ater being a Sta te subject, efforts to initiate suitable demand side and supply side interventions including conservation and management o resources is primaril y States' responsibility. However, s teps taken by the Central Government in this regard are at the following URL: http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps\_to\_control\_water\_depletion\_Jun2019.pdf . Government of India is actively considering the 'Interlinking of R ivers ' (ILR) programme as one of the interventions for sustainable management of water resources in the country . Under the National  Perspective  Plan  (NPP), for  water  transfer  from  water  surplus  basins  to  water - deficit basins , the  National  Water  Development  Agency  (NWDA)  has  identified  30  links  (16  unde Peninsular Component and 14 under Himalayan Component) for preparation of Feasibility Reports (FRs). The details of above river linking projects viz., rivers, States concerned, pres given at Annexure - II . The  implementation  of NPP is  likely  to  raise  the  ultimate  irrigation  potential  t surface and ground water resources from 140 million Ha to 175 million Ha, generation of 34 KW of power, apart from the incidental benefits of water supply ,flood control, drought mitigat ion, navigation, fisheries, salinity and pollution control etc. ,use of seawater in coastal  States  could  be  a  sustainable  solution  for  availability  of  drinking  water;  h

As per information received from Department of Science and Technology avail able technologies are relatively expensive.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) of Starred Question No. *63 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 21.11.2019 regarding 'Water Scarcity in Major Cities'

Cities likely to face water scarcity as per NITI Aayog report

| S.No   | State          | City                                           |
|--------|----------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1.     | Delhi          | Delhi                                          |
| 2.     | Gujrat         | Gandhinagar                                    |
|        | Haryana        | Gurgaon, Yamunanagar                           |
| 3.     | Karnataka      | Bangalore                                      |
| 4.     | Madhya Pradesh | Indore, Ratlam                                 |
| 5.     | Punjab         | Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala |
| 6.     | Rajasthan      | Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur                |
| 7.     | Tamilnadu      | Chennai, Vellore                               |
| 8.     | Andhra Pradesh | Hyderabad                                      |
| 9.     | Uttar Pradesh  | Agra, Ghaziabad                                |

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (b) & (c) of Starred Q uestionNo. *63 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 21.11.2019 regarding 'Water Scarcity in Major Cities'

## Present status of Inter Basin Water Transfer Links, the States involved, name of rivers and status of Feasi

## Reports/Detailed Project Report

| Sl. No               | Name                                                         | Rivers                         | Country/States concerned                                                                | Present Status                           | Status of clearances   |
|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------|
| Himalayan Component  | Himalayan Component                                          | Himalayan Component            | Himalayan Component                                                                     | Himalayan Component                      | Himalayan Component    |
| 1.                   | Kosi- Mechi link                                             | Kosi &Mechi                    | Bihar , West Bengal Nepal                                                               | PFR completed Entirely lies in Nepal     | -                      |
| 2.                   | Kosi- Ghaghra link                                           | Kosi & Ghaghra                 | Bihar , Uttar Pradesh Nepal                                                             | & PFR completed                          | -                      |
| 3.                   | Gandak- Ganga link                                           | Gandak & Ganga                 | - do-                                                                                   | Draft FR completed (Indian portion)      | -                      |
| 4.                   | Ghaghra- Yamuna link                                         | Ghaghra & Yamuna               | - do-                                                                                   | FR completed (Indian portion)            | -                      |
| 5.                   | Sarda - Yamuna link                                          | Sarda & Yamuna                 | Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand & Nepal                           | FR completed (Indian portion)            | -                      |
| 6.                   | Yamuna -Rajasthan link                                       | Yamuna & Sukri                 | Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana & Rajasthan                                             | Draft FR completed                       | -                      |
| 7.                   | Rajasthan -Sabarmati link                                    | Sabarmati                      | - do-                                                                                   | Draft FR completed                       | -                      |
| 8.                   | Chunar- Sone Barrage link                                    | Ganga & Sone                   | Bihar &Uttar Pradesh                                                                    | Draft FR completed                       | -                      |
| 9.                   | Sone Dam - Southern Tributaries of Ganga link                | Sone & Badua                   | Bihar & Jharkhand                                                                       | PFR completed                            | -                      |
| 10.                  | Manas - Sankosh- Tista - Ganga (M - S-T- G) link             | Manas - Sankosh- Tista - Ganga | Assam, West Bengal, Bihar& Bhutan                                                       | PFR completed.                           | -                      |
| 11.                  | Jogighopa - Tista - Farakka link (Alternative to M - S-T- G) | Manas, Tista & Ganga           | - do-                                                                                   | (Alternative to M - S-T- G Link) dropped | -                      |
| 12.                  | Ganga (Farakka) - Sunderbans link                            | Ganga & Ichhamati              | West Bengal                                                                             | Draft FR completed                       | -                      |
| 13.                  | Ganga(Farakka )- Damodar - Subernarekha link                 | Ganga, Damodar & Subernarekha  | West Bengal, Odisha Jharkhand                                                           | Draft FR completed                       | -                      |
| 14.                  | Subernarekha - Mahanadi link                                 | Subernarekha & Mahanadi        | West Bengal & Odisha                                                                    | Draft FR Completed                       | -                      |
| Peninsular Component | Peninsular Component                                         | Peninsular Component           | Peninsular Component                                                                    | Peninsular Component                     | Peninsular Component   |
| 15                   | Mahanadi (Manibhadra) - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link         | Mahanadi & Godavari            | Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana& Chhattisgarh | FR Completed                             | -                      |
| 16                   | Godavari (Inchampalli) - Krishna (Nagarjunasagar)            | link Godavari & Krishna        | - do-                                                                                   | FR Completed                             | -                      |
| 17                   | Godavari (Inchampalli) - Krishna (Pulichintala)              | link Godavari & Krishna        | - do-                                                                                   | FR Completed                             | -                      |
| 18                   | Godavari (Polavaram) - Krishna (Vijayawada) link             | Godavari & Krishna             | - do-                                                                                   | FR Completed                             | -                      |
| 19                   | Krishna (Almatti) - Pennar link                              | Krishna & Pennar               | Maharshtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana                                        | FR Completed                             | -                      |
| 20                   | Krishna (Srisailam) - Pennar link                            | Krishna & Pennar               | - do-                                                                                   | FR Completed                             | -                      |
| 21                   | Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) - Pennar (Somasila ) link           | Krishna & Pennar               | - do-                                                                                   | FR Completed                             | -                      |
| 22                   | Pennar (Somasila) - Palar - Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link      | Pennar & Cauvery               | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala & Puducherry                              | FR Completed                             | -                      |
| 23                   | Cauvery (Kattalai) - Vaigai - Gundar link                    | Cauvery, Vaigai & Gundar       | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala &Puducherry                                               | FR Completed                             | -                      |

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|   Sl. No | Name                               | Rivers                       | Country/States concerned                                                                           | Present Status                                                               | Status of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       24 | Ken - Betwa link                   | Ken & Betwa                  | Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh                                                                     | FR & DPR (Phase- I&II) Completed Comprehensive DPR sent to Govt. of MP & UP. | clearances Phase-I All clearances (except Stage - forest and from CEC Hon'ble Supreme Court) and Techno economic clearance 2016) completed Phase- I components. Phase-II Stage - I clearance, MoTA clearance Lower Orr Environmental & Forest clearances Bina complex |
|       25 | Parbati - Kalisindh - Chambal link | Parbati, Kalisindh & Chambal | Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh (UP requested to be consulted during consensus building) | FR Completed                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|       26 | Par- Tapi - Narmada link           | Par, Tapi & Narmada          | Maharashtra & Gujarat                                                                              | FR & DPR Completed.                                                          | Technical appraisal under progress in CWC.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|       27 | Damanganga -Pinjal link            | Damanganga & Pinjal          | Maharashtra & Gujarat                                                                              | FR & DPR Completed                                                           | Techno- economic clearance accorded. (July 2016)                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|       28 | Bedti-Varda link                   | Bedti & Varda                | Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh &Karnataka                                                             | PFR Completed                                                                | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|       29 | Netravati - Hemavati link          | Netravati & Hemavati         | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & Kerala                                                                     | PFR Completed                                                                | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|       30 | Pamba -Achankovil-Vaippar link     | Pamba, Achankovil & Vaippar  | Kerala & Tamil Nadu,                                                                               | FR Completed                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |

Note:  NWDA  has  completed  the  draft  DPR  of  alternate  study  of  Godavari  (Inchampalli/Janampet) - Cauvery  (Grand Anicut) link project consists of 3 links viz., Godavar (Inchamp lli/Janampet) -Krishna (Nagarjunasagar), Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) - Pennar (Somasila) and Pennar (Somasila) - Cauvery(Grand Anicut) link projects.