Lok Sabha Question No. 3022 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-11
Subject: Availability of Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3022

ANSWERED ON 11 .0 7.2019

## AVAILABILITY OF WATE R

## 3022.   SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether annual per capita availability of water is decreasing drastically and if so, t and

(b) whether 90 per cent of waste water discharged in rivers fail to meet environmenta l norms and 65 per cent rainwater runoff goes into the sea and if so, the steps taken to check wastage of water?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a)  The  average  annual  water availability  of  any  region  or  country  is  largely  dependent  upon -meteorological and geological factors and is generally constant. However, water availability dependent  on  population  of  the  country  and  for  India,  per  capita  water  availabi lity  in  the  country  is reducing due to increase in population. The average annual per capita water availability in and 2011 was assessed as 1816 cubic meters and 1545 cubic meters respectively which may furth to 1486 cubic meters, 1 367 cubic meters, 1282 cubic meters and 1228 cubic meters in the years 2031, 2041 and 2051 respectively.

(b)  As  estimated  by  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  in  2015,    62,000  Million  Litr per  Day (MLD) wastewater (sewage) is generated from urban centres of India. The estimation has also that  about  38,723  MLD  untreated  wastewater  is  being  discharged  on  land  or  into  rivers  o coastal water.

The  Central  Government  has  bee n  supplementing  the  efforts  of  the  State  Governments abatement of pollution in identified stretches of various rivers and utilization and harvesti

Under  Namami  Gange  programme  (for  Ganga  and  its  tributaries),  projects  have  been taken to treat the waste water before it discharges into river Ganga. As of now, a total o infrastructure  projects  have  been  sanctioned  at  cost  of  Rs.  23,130.95  crores  for  creatio capacity of 3729.92 MLD, 1114.39 MLD rehabilitated STP capacity and laying of around 4972.35 km sewerage networks.

Regarding  other  rivers,  the  Government  has  been  supplementing  the  efforts  o Governments in abatement of pollution in rivers under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) on a cost sharing basis. NRCP has so far covered polluted stretches of 34 rivers in 77 towns spread over 16 States in the country at a sanctioned cost of Rs. 5870.54 crore, and Central share of Rs. 2378.73 crore has been  released  to  the  State  Gover nments  for  implementation  of  various  pollution  abatement  schem Sewage treatment capacity of 2522.03 MLD hasbeen created so far under the NRCP.

Central Government has formulated a National Perspective Plan (NPP) for Water Res Development which envisages transfer of water from water surplus basins to water deficit ba launch ed Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) for comp letion of 99 on - going Major/Medium irrigation projects, which will ensure better utilization of water.

Some  initiatives/measures  taken  by  Central  Government  to  promote  rain  water  harv conservation are available at the URL: http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps\_to\_control\_water\_depletion\_Jun2019.pdf

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