Lok Sabha Question No. 2923 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Cleaning of Water Bodies
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Jaskaur Meena

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2923

ANSWERED ON 05.12

## .2019

## CLEANING OF WATER BO DIES

## †2923. SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any plan for cleaning of canals, lakes and small ponds an details thereof;

(b) whether the Government is likely to take any steps as to prevent cattles dying each year due to silt in canals and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government proposes to implement any special schemes related to drinking wa in the areas including Dausa region where there is acute shortage of drinking water and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government has data of districts where there is water scarcity and if so, district is included therein; and

(e) the steps being taken by the Government to tackle the problem of water scarcity?

## AN SWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

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

Central Assistance (CA) for restoration of water bodies is provided by the Ministr scheme of Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies, which is a component of MantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana (PMKSY). The scheme aims at restoring the lost irrigation potent improvement and restoration of existing water bodies. Under the scheme, 2219 water bodies taken up for restoration in various States since XII Plan onwards, o ut of which 1160 water bodies have been reported to be completed upto March, 2019. Total Central Assistance amounting to Rs.36 has been released to the States upto March, 2019 for these water bodies.

Works under the category 'Renovation of Traditional Water Bodies' are also taken up through MGNREGA  and  works  of  93086  water  bodies  are  reported  to  be  completed  with  an  expenditur Rs.2368.19 crore during 2018 - 19.

(b) States have not reported any incidence in this regard to this Ministry.

(c) Government  of  India  has  launched  Jal  JeevanMishan  (JJM)  which  aims  at  providing  Func Household Tap Connections to every rural household by 2024 at the service level of 55 litre day (lpcd).

As  per  information  rec eived  from  Government  of  Rajasthan,  1888  villages  of Dausa Parliamentary  constituency are  at  present  covered  with  various  water  supply  schemes  i.e.  Pipe supply scheme, Pump & Tank scheme, Hand Pump scheme etc. However, to tackle the water crisis the severely affected areas, total 282 works amounting to Rs.59.16 crore were sanctioned during the last on year, out of which 86 works have been completed.

(d)  &  (e)Dynamic  ground  water  resources  of  the  country  are  being  periodically  assessed  j by Central Ground Water Board and State Governments. As per the latest assessment (2017), out o 6881 numbers of assessment units, 1186 units have been categorized as 'Over -exploited' where Annual Ground Water Extraction is more than Annual Extra ctable Ground Water Recharge. In addition, there a 313 'Critical' units and 972 'Semi -Critical' units. Six blocks of Dausa district have been categorised as 'Over -exploited'.

Initiatives on water management including conservation and artificial recharge to ground water comes under the purview of concerned State Government. However, Central Government is also several measures towards sustainable management of ground water resources in the country.

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 - wit h 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 demand side interventions.

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