Lok Sabha Question No. 5323 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-25
Subject: Water Stress in Tiruvannamalai
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: C.N. Annadurai

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5323

ANSWERED ON 25 .0 7.2019

## WATER STRESS IN TIRU VANNAMALAI

## 5323. SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware that inhabitants of Tiruvannamalai region have been fa water stress during summer months and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;

(b) whetherSathanur Water Reservoir is the sole water body to provide potable water to indiv water for irrigation to farmers in that region and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the total capacity and height of Sathanur Water dam;

(d)  whether  Sathanur  Wat er  reservoir  has  ever  been  dredged  after  its  construction  for  augme capacity by deepening its bed and if so, the details thereof;

(e) if not, whether any proposal is under contemplation to augment its capacity and height; a

(f) ifso, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a) &(b) Water being a State subject, measures for management of water resource are primari by  respective  State  Governments.  Government  of  India  supplements  the  efforts  of  State  Go providing technical and financial assistance through v arious schemes such as National Rural Drinking W Programme  (NRDWP).  The  status  of  drinking  water  coverage  in  the  region  of  Thiruvannama Annexure I .

Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) periodically assesses dynamic ground water resourc es of the country.  As  per  the  2017  assessment,  the  total  annual  ground  water  recharge  is  1.1  Bill (BCM)  and  the  annual  extractable  ground  water  resource  is  1  BCM  in  Thiruvannamalai  distr Nadu. The annual ground water extraction f or all uses (irrigation, industrial and domestic uses) i As per CGWB, the depth of ground water level in Thiruvannamalai district ranged between 2 a below ground level (m bgl) during the pre - monsoon period of 2019.  Further, the decli ne in ground water levels is mostly in the range of 0 - 2m as compared with decadal average (2009 - 2018).

(c) As perNational Register of Large Dam NRLD (2019) gross water storage capacity and height ( lowest foundation) of Sathanur dam is 229.37 M illion Cubic Meter (MCM) and 44.81 m respectively.

(d) to (f) De - siltation of dams to increase its storage capacity is primarily the responsibil who are generally State Governments or Central/ State PSUs. Usually de -silting of large da ms is not techno -economically  feasible.  However,  de - siltation  work  has  been  taken  up  under  World  Bank  assiste Rehabilitation  &  Improvement  Project  (DRIP)  on  a  limited  scale  by  Tamil  Nadu  for  two Kundahapalam and Papan as m.

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Annexure referred t o in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5323 to be answered in Lok sabha on 25.07.2019 regarding ' Water Stress in Tiruvannamalai '

Status of drinking water coverage in the region of Thiruvannamalai

| S No.   | Block           |   Total number of Habitations |   Number of Fully covered Habitations |   Number of Partially covered Habitations |   Number of Quality Affected Habitations |
|---------|-----------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Anakkavoor      |                           225 |                                   211 |                                        14 |                                        0 |
| 2.      | Arni            |                           195 |                                   195 |                                         0 |                                        0 |
| 3.      | Chengam         |                           273 |                                   273 |                                         0 |                                        0 |
| 4.      | Chetpet         |                           233 |                                   233 |                                         0 |                                        0 |
| 5.      | Cheyyar         |                           268 |                                   258 |                                        10 |                                        0 |
| 6.      | Jawadhuhills    |                           325 |                                   325 |                                         0 |                                        0 |
| 7.      | Kalasapakkam    |                           241 |                                   241 |                                         0 |                                        0 |
| 8.      | Kilpennathur    |                           223 |                                   223 |                                         0 |                                        0 |
| 9.      | Peranamallur    |                           231 |                                   231 |                                         0 |                                        0 |
| 10.     | Polur           |                           290 |                                   290 |                                         0 |                                        0 |
| 11.     | Pudupalayam     |                           217 |                                   217 |                                         0 |                                        0 |
| 12.     | Thandarampet    |                           321 |                                   321 |                                         0 |                                        0 |
| 13.     | Thellar         |                           309 |                                   309 |                                         0 |                                        0 |
| 14.     | Thiruvannamalai |                           292 |                                   292 |                                         0 |                                        0 |
| 15.     | Thurinjapuram   |                           306 |                                   306 |                                         0 |                                        0 |
| 16.     | Vandavasi       |                           303 |                                   295 |                                         8 |                                        0 |
| 17.     | Vembakkam       |                           286 |                                   278 |                                         8 |                                        0 |
| 18.     | West Arani      |                           215 |                                   215 |                                         0 |                                        0 |
|         | Total           |                          4753 |                                  4713 |                                        40 |                                        0 |

Fully Covered: -Getting atleast 40 litres per capita per day (lpcd)

Partially covered: -Getting less than 40 lpcd

Quality Affected: -where drinking water is chemically contaminated.

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