Lok Sabha Question No. 4189 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Declining Ground Water Level
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Deepak (Dev) Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4189

ANSWERED ON 1 9.0 3.2020

## DECLINING GROUND WAT ER LEVEL

4189. SHRI ADHIKARI DEEPAK (DEV)

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the ground water level in various parts of the country has declined alarmingly and thereof;

(b) whether the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) has conducted any surve y to ascertain the factors responsible for the decline in the ground water level; and

(c) if so, the details and the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a) Central Ground Water Board is periodically monitoring the ground water levels throughout t on a regional scale, through a network of monitoring wells. In order to assess the decline in water level long - term  basis,  Pre - monsoon  water  level  dat a  collected  by  CGWB  during  Pre - monsoon  2019  has  been compared with the decadal average (2009 - 2018). Analysis of water level data indicates that about 61% wells monitored have registered decline in ground water levels, mostly in the range of 0 -2 m.Details are given at Annexure.

(b) & (c) Ground water levels in various parts of the Country are declining because of continuous necessitated by increased demand of fresh water for various uses, vagaries of rainfall, incre industrialization & urbanization etc.

The  Dynamic Ground  Water  Resources  of  the  country  are  being  periodically  assessed  jo Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) and State Government s. As per the 2017 assessment, t otal Annual Ground Water Recharge is 432 Billion Cubic Meter (BCM) and t he Annual Ground Water Extraction for all uses is 249 BCM ,out of which around221 BCM & 27 BCM is for irrigation use & industrial/ domestic uses respectively .

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ANNEXURE to be answered in Lok Sabha on 19.03.2020 regarding 'Declining

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Unstarred Question No. 4189 Ground Water Level'.

## State - wise Decadal  Water Level Fluctuation With Mean [Premonsoon (2009 to 2018] and Premonsoon 2019

| S. No .   | Name of State       | No. of wells Analysed   | Range inm   | Range inm   | Range inm   | Range inm   | Rise   | Rise      | Rise   | Rise    | Rise     | Rise    |             |           | Fall     |           |            |           | Rise   | Rise   | Fall      | Fall       | Wells showing no change   | Wells showing no change   | Wells showing no change   |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------|-----------|--------|---------|----------|---------|-------------|-----------|----------|-----------|------------|-----------|--------|--------|-----------|------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|           |                     |                         | Rise        | Rise        | Fall        | Fall        | 0-2m   | 0-2m      | 2-4m   | 2-4m    | >4m      | >4m     | 0-2m        | 0-2m      | 2-4m     | 2-4m      | >4m        | >4m       |        |        |           |            |                           |                           |                           |
|           |                     |                         | Min         | Max         | Min         | Max         | No     | %         | No     | %       | No       | %       | %           |           | No       | %         | No         | %         | No     | %      | No        | %          | No                        | %                         | %                         |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 714                     | 0.01        | 7.26        | 6           | 9.32        | 166    | 23.2      | 18     | 2.5     | 10       | 1.4     | No 348      | 48.7      | 122      | 17.1      |            | 48 6.7    | 194    | 27     | 518       | 73 2       |                           | 0.3                       | 0.3                       |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 18                      | 0.54        | 2.45        | 0.1         | 5.94        | 1      | 5.6       | 1      | 5.6     | 0        | 0.0     | 8 44.4      |           | 7        | 38.9      | 1          | 5.6       | 2      | 11     | 16 89     |            | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 3         | Assam               | 230                     | 0.01        | 7.1         | 0.01        | 4.53        | 89     | 38.7      | 17     | 7.4     | 2.2      | 112     | 48.7        |           | 5        | 2         |            | 0.9       | 111    | 48     | 119       |            | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 4         | Bihar               | 619                     | 0.01        | 5.34        | 0.01        | 11.65       | 172    | 27.8      | 20     | 3.2     | 5 3      | 0.5     | 349         | 56.4      | 46       | 2.2 7.4   | 24         | 3.9       | 195    | 32     |           | 52 68      | 5                         | 0.8                       | 0.8                       |
| 5         | Chandigarh          | 12                      | 0.01        | 2.47        | 0.24        | 5.49        | 2      | 16.7      | 2      | 16.7 0  | 0.0      | 4       | 33.3        |           | 3        |           | 1          | 8.3       | 4      | 33     | 419 8     | 67         | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh        | 602                     | 0.01        | 14.65       | 0.01        | 15.34       | 143    | 23.8      | 58     | 9.6     | 36       | 6.0     | 253         | 42.0      | 71       | 25.0 11.8 | 28         | 4.7       | 237    | 39     | 352       | 58         | 13                        | 2.2                       | 2.2                       |
| 7         | Dadra& Nagar Haveli | 18                      | 0.08        | 2.39        | 0.06        | 8.75        | 1      | 5.6       | 1      | 5.6     | 0 0.0    | 9       |             | 50.0      | 4        | 22.2      | 3          | 16.7      | 2      | 11     | 16        | 89         | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 8         | Daman& Diu          | 11                      | 0.04        | 2.66 0.02   |             | 0.52        | 5      | 45.5      | 2      | 18.2    | 0        | 0.0     | 2           | 18.2      | 2        | 18.2      | 0          | 0.0       | 7      | 64     | 4         | 36         | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 9         | Delhi               | 73                      | 0           | 13.23       | 0.05        | 8.88        | 28     | 38.4      | 5      | 6.8     | 3        | 4.1     | 12          | 16.4      | 16       | 21.9      | 9          | 12.3      | 36     | 49     | 37        | 51         | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 10        | Goa                 | 64                      | 0.01        | 8.29        | 0           | 4.29        | 17     | 26.6      | 0      | 0.0     | 1        | 1.6     | 43          | 67.2      | 2        | 3.1       | 1          | 1.6       | 18     | 28     | 46        | 72         | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 11        | Gujarat             | 697                     | 0.01        | 12.36       | 0.02        | 18.96       | 169    | 24.2      | 59     | 8.5     | 32       | 4.6     | 284         | 40.7      | 77       | 11.0      | 76         |           | 260    | 37     | 437       | 63         | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 12        | Haryana             | 279                     | 0.01        | 8           | 0.02        | 19.12       | 79     | 28.3      | 9      | 3.2 6   |          | 2.2     | 106         | 38.0      | 37       | 13.3      | 41         | 10.9 14.7 | 94     | 34     | 184       | 66         | 1                         | 0.4                       | 0.4                       |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh    | 101                     | 0.04        | 6.63        | 0.11        | 3.86        | 69     | 68.3      | 10     | 9.9     | 2 2.0    | 15      | 14.9        |           | 5        | 5.0       | 0 0.0      |           | 81     | 80     | 20        | 20         | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 14        | Jammu& Kashmir      | 204                     | 0.01        | 4.29        | 0           | 4.32        | 78     | 38.2      | 7      | 3.4     | 1        | 0.5     | 104 51.0    |           | 12       | 5.9       | 2          | 1.0       | 86     | 42     | 118       | 58         | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 15        | Jharkhand           | 271                     | 0.03        |             | 0.02        | 9.97        | 81     | 29.9      | 19     |         | 3        | 1.1     | 48.3        |           | 27       | 10.0      | 10         | 3.7       | 103    | 38     | 168       | 62         | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 16        | Karnataka           | 1098                    | 0.01        | 5.31 14.72  | 0.0         | 17.22       | 157    | 14.3      | 34     | 7.0 3.1 | 26       | 2.4     | 131 595     | 54.2      | 207      |           | 18.9       | 79        | 217    | 20     | 881       | 80         | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 17        | Kerala              | 1427                    | 0.0         | 7.01        | 0.0         | 10.09       | 623    | 43.7      | 31     | 2.2     | 7        | 0.5     | 701         | 49.1      | 48       | 3.4       | 13         | 7.2 0.9   | 661    | 46     | 762       | 53 4       |                           | 0.3                       | 0.3                       |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh      | 1319                    | 0.01        | 17.72       | 0.01        | 18.91       | 451    | 34.2      | 121    | 9.2     | 75 5.7   |         | 475         | 36.0      | 114      | 8.6       | 83         | 6.3       | 647    | 49 672 |           | 51         | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 19        | Maharashtra         | 1645                    | 0.0         | 18.42       | 0.0         | 18.01       | 314    | 19.1      | 3.7    | 26      |          | 1.6     | 698         | 42.4      | 342      | 20.8      | 201        | 12.2      | 401    | 24     | 1241      | 75         | 3                         | 0.2                       | 0.2                       |
| 20        | Meghalaya           | 53                      | 0.01        | 6.2         | 0.09        | 1.21        | 37     | 69.8      | 61 1   | 1.9 1   | 1.9      |         | 14          | 26.4      | 0        | 0.0       | 0          |           | 0.0    | 74     | 14        | 26         | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 21        | Odhisha             | 1064                    | 0.01        | 7.07        | 0.01        | 4.78        | 593    | 55.7      | 110    | 10.3 27 |          | 2.5     | 311         | 29.2      | 19       | 4.0       | 4          | 39        | 730    | 69     | 334       | 31         | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 22        | Pondicherry         | 6                       |             |             | 0.13        | 2.58        | 0      | 0.0       | 0      | 0.0     | 0        | 0.0     | 5           | 83.3      | 1        | 16.7      | 0          | 0.4 0.0   | 0      |        |           | 100        | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 23        | Punjab              | 245                     | 0.0         | 15.11       | 0.02        | 9.94        | 67     | 27.3      | 5      | 2.0     | 2        | 0.8     | 101         | 41.2      | 30       | 12.2      | 39         | 15.9      | 74     | 0 30   | 6 170     | 69         | 1                         | 0.4                       | 0.4                       |
| 24        | Rajasthan           | 893                     | 0.0         | 14          | 0.01        | 18.43       | 202    | 22.6      | 51     | 5.7     | 48       |         |             | 36.3      | 119      | 13.3      | 145        | 16.2      | 301    | 34     | 588       | 66         | 4                         | 0.4                       | 0.4                       |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu          | 612                     | 0.0         | 11.53       | 0.02        | 12.54       | 126    | 20.6      | 27     | 4.4 17  | 5.4      | 324     | 214         | 35.0      | 129      | 99        |            | 16.2      | 170    | 28     | 442       | 72         | 0                         | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
|           |                     |                         |             |             | 0.01        | 13.97       | 149    | 26.8      | 23     | 4.1     | 16       | 2.8     |             |           |          | 21.1 15.1 |            | 17.2      | 188    |        | 34        |            |                           | 0.5                       | 0.5                       |
| 26        | Telangana           | 557                     | 0.01        | 10.15       |             |             | 28     |           |        |         | 2.9      |         | 186         | 33.4      | 84       | 96        |            | 0.0       |        |        | 366       |            | 3                         |                           |                           |
| 27        | Tripura             | 75                      | 0.01        | 3.99        | 0.01        | 3.21        |        | 37.3      | 3      | 4.0     | 0        | 0.0     | 41          | 54.7      | 3        | 4.0       | 0          | 31        |        | 41     | 44        |            | 66 59                     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh       | 592                     | 0           | 12.94       | 0           | 13.07 12.83 | 144 12 | 24.3      | 14     | 2.4 4   |          | 0.7     | 354 59.8    |           | 58       | 9.8 17    | 2.9        | 15        | 162    |        | 27 429 36 | 72 1 0     | 0.0                       |                           | 0.2                       |
| 29        | Uttarakhand         | 42                      | 0.01        | 12.09       | 0           | 16.09       | 4281   | 28.6 30.2 | 2 782  | 4.8 5.5 | 1 22 374 | 2.4 2.6 | 17 194 6010 | 40.5 5    | 8.3 11.6 | 11.9 31   | 5 11.9 4.7 | 27        | 38.3   |        | 279 8717  |            | 40                        | 0.5                       | 0.5                       |
| 30        | West Bengal Total   | 653 14194               | 0.01        | 5.45        | 0.02        |             | 278    | 42.6      | 71     | 10.9    |          | 3.4     |             | 29.7 42.3 | 54 1649  | 1058      | 371        | 7.5       | 5437   | 57     |           | 64 43 61.4 | 3                         | 0.3                       | 0.3                       |

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