Lok Sabha Question No. 3960 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Study on Traditional Water Harvesting Structures
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3960 ANSWERED ON 12 .12 .2019

## STUDY ON TRADITIONAL WATER HARVESTING STR UCTURES

## 3960. SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  studied  and  identified  traditional  water  harvesting  struc country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c)  whether  the  Governm ent  proposes  to  revive  all  such  traditional  water  harvesting  structu country including the State of Andhra Pradesh; and

(d) if so, the steps taken for improving Centre - State cooperation in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a) to (d)  Government of India launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan which is a time bound campaign with a mission mode approach intended to improve water availability including ground water conditi water stressed blocks of 256 districts in India. In this regard, teams of officers from Cen along - with technical officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti were deputed to visit water stresse to work in close collaboration with district level officials to undertake suitable intervent hat included renovation of traditional and other water bo dies/tanks amongst others.

Central  Government  supports  construction  of  water  harvesting  and  conservation primarily through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).

As per Management Information System (MIS), the detailed works of renovation of tra water  bodies  completed  during  last  five  years  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  including  in  A Pradesh is given at Annexure.

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana ( PMKSY) -Har Khet ko Pani - Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies Scheme has multiple objectives like comprehensive impr and restoration of water bodies. So far, since XII Plan, 2219 number of water bodies have been inclu var ious States including Andhra Pradesh for Central assistance, out of which, works on 1254 been completed.

Water  being  a  State  subject,  initiatives  on  water  management  including  conserva artificial recharge to ground water, revival of t raditional water harvesting structures etc. in the Cou primarily States' responsibility. However, the important measures taken by the Central Government conservation, management of ground water and effective implementation of rain water harvest ing in t e country are at the following URL:

http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps\_to\_control\_water\_depletion\_Jun2019.pdf .

Annexure referred to in reply to part s (a) to (d) of Unstarred Question No. 3960 to be answered i Sabha on 12.12.2019 regarding ' Study on traditional water harvesting structures '.

Details of works of renovation of traditional water bodies completed during las t five years under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS:

| Renovation of traditional water bodies   | Renovation of traditional water bodies   | Renovation of traditional water bodies   | Renovation of traditional water bodies   | Renovation of traditional water bodies   | Renovation of traditional water bodies   | Renovation of traditional water bodies   |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| SI. No.                                  | States/UTs                               | 2018- 19                                 | 2017- 18                                 | 2016- 17                                 | 2015- 16                                 | 2014- 15                                 |
| 1                                        | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                      | 1                                        | 3                                        | 6                                        | 10                                       | 4                                        |
| 2                                        | ANDHRA PRADESH                           | 19196                                    | 10126                                    | 23091                                    | 15346                                    | 13714                                    |
| 3                                        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                        | 0                                        | 34                                       | 35                                       | 13                                       | 2                                        |
| 4                                        | ASSAM                                    | 591                                      | 588                                      | 366                                      | 286                                      | 333                                      |
| 5                                        | BIHAR                                    | 1637                                     | 1831                                     | 1353                                     | 1072                                     | 833                                      |
| 6                                        | CHHATTISGARH                             | 4527                                     | 5944                                     | 6068                                     | 2722                                     | 3770                                     |
| 7                                        | GOA                                      | 5                                        | 27                                       | 88                                       | 103                                      | 97                                       |
| 8                                        | GUJARAT                                  | 4724                                     | 5429                                     | 5435                                     | 3007                                     | 1727                                     |
| 9                                        | HARYANA                                  | 410                                      | 445                                      | 645                                      | 272                                      | 400                                      |
| 10                                       | HIMACHAL PRADESH                         | 706                                      | 527                                      | 595                                      | 553                                      | 632                                      |
| 11                                       | JAMMU & KASHMIR                          | 509                                      | 1154                                     | 1127                                     | 1345                                     | 690                                      |
| 12                                       | JHARKHAND                                | 198                                      | 955                                      | 5024                                     | 1519                                     | 1528                                     |
| 13                                       | KARNATAKA                                | 6280                                     | 7450                                     | 8333                                     | 6917                                     | 6960                                     |
| 14                                       | KERALA                                   | 6410                                     | 9382                                     | 25757                                    | 23269                                    | 22607                                    |
| 15                                       | LAKSHADWEEP                              | 0                                        | 1                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 1                                        |
| 16                                       | MADHYA PRADESH                           | 3845                                     | 2867                                     | 2013                                     | 992                                      | 1976                                     |
| 17                                       | MAHARASHTRA                              | 2518                                     | 2093                                     | 3409                                     | 2438                                     | 2035                                     |
| 18                                       | MANIPUR                                  | 25                                       | 52                                       | 103                                      | 42                                       | 73                                       |
| 19                                       | MEGHALAYA                                | 144                                      | 201                                      | 264                                      | 152                                      | 152                                      |
| 20                                       | MIZORAM                                  | 247                                      | 157                                      | 26                                       | 74                                       | 39                                       |
| 21                                       | NAGALAND                                 | 1                                        | 50                                       | 30                                       | 29                                       | 3                                        |
| 22                                       | ODISHA                                   | 1893                                     | 4726                                     | 9417                                     | 4268                                     | 3511                                     |
| 23                                       | PUDUCHERRY                               | 501                                      | 500                                      | 482                                      | 441                                      | 233                                      |
| 24                                       | PUNJAB                                   | 2243                                     | 2592                                     | 3402                                     | 2102                                     | 1802                                     |
| 25                                       | RAJASTHAN                                | 2762                                     | 3288                                     | 6137                                     | 2985                                     | 3282                                     |
| 26                                       | SIKKIM                                   | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 2                                        | 3                                        |
| 27                                       | TAMIL NADU                               | 12433                                    | 47951                                    | 31757                                    | 35413                                    | 33736                                    |
| 28                                       | TELANGANA                                | 977                                      | 1967                                     | 5695                                     | 526                                      | 387                                      |
| 29                                       | TRIPURA                                  | 133                                      | 463                                      | 976                                      | 2787                                     | 4814                                     |
| 30                                       | UTTAR PRADESH                            | 9073                                     | 10104                                    | 13639                                    | 7769                                     | 6456                                     |
| 31                                       | UTTARAKHAND                              | 1144                                     | 1225                                     | 672                                      | 516                                      | 359                                      |
| 32                                       | WEST BENGAL                              | 9958                                     | 18851                                    | 21495                                    | 20511                                    | 17811                                    |
|                                          | Total                                    | 93091                                    | 140983                                   | 177440                                   | 137481                                   | 129970                                   |

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