Lok Sabha Question No. 845 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Depletion in Ground Water Level
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Jasbir Singh Gill, Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan, Upendra Singh Rawat

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 845

ANSWERED ON 21.11 .2019

## DEPLETION IN GROUND WATER LEVEL

SHRI JASBIR SINGH GILL SHRI NAND KUMAR SINGH CHAUHAN SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT

845.

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  there  is  constant  depletion  in  ground  water  level  in  various  parts  of  the  co Punjab and Uttar Pradesh;

- (b) if so, t he details thereof, State/UT - wise along with the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the steps taken/to be taken by the Government to deal with this critical situation?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a)  to  (c)  Ground  water  levels  in  various  parts  of  the  Country  are  declining  because withdrawal due to reasons such as increased demand of fresh water for various uses, vagari increased population, industrialization & urbanization etc.

Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) carries out ground water monitoring four times a different  States.    In  order  to  assess  the  declining/rising  trend  in  water  level  on  a  lon - term  basis,  pre -monsoon  water  level  data  2019  has  be en compared  with  the  decadal  average  (2009 - 2018)  water  level. Analysis of data indicates decline in ground water level in about 61% of the wells being mo -wise details are given in Annexure which includes Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

Water being a State subject, efforts to conserve and manage ground water is primar responsibility. A number of States have done notable work in this regard.  Of these, mentio of  'Mukhyamantri  Jal  Swavlamban  Abhiyan'  in  Rajasthan,  'Jalyukt  Shibar'  in  Maharashtra,  'Sujalam Sufalam Abhiyan' in Gujarat, 'Mission Kakatiya' in Telangana, Neeru Chettu' in Andhra Pradesh among others.

Government  of  India  launched  Jal  Shakti  Abhiyan  which  is  a  time  bound  campaign mission mode approach intended to improve water availability including ground water conditions water stressed blocks of 256 districts in India. In this regard, teams of officers from Ce along - with technical officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti were deputed to visit water stressed districts and to work in close collaboration with district level officials to undertake suitable interventi

Other steps taken by the Central Government to control water depletion and promote rain wa harvesting / conservation are at the following URL:

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

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## ANNEXURE

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Unstarred Q. No. 845 to be answered i Sabha on 21.11.2019 regarding ' DEPLETION IN GROUND WATER LEVEL''

| S. No.   | Name of State         | No. of wells Analysed   |      |       |      |    | Fall   | Fall   | Wells showing no change   | Wells showing no change   |
|----------|-----------------------|-------------------------|------|-------|------|----|--------|--------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of State         | No. of wells Analysed   | Rise | Rise  |      |    |        |        |                           |                           |
| S. No.   | Name of State         | No. of wells Analysed   | Min  | Max   | No   | %  | No     | %      | No                        | %                         |
| 1        | An dhra Pradesh       | 714                     | 0.01 | 7.26  | 194  | 27 | 518    | 73     | 2                         | 0.3                       |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh     | 18                      | 0.54 | 2.45  | 2    | 11 | 16     | 89     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 3        | Assam                 | 230                     | 0.01 | 7.1   | 111  | 48 | 119    | 52     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 4        | Bihar                 | 619                     | 0.01 | 5.34  | 195  | 32 | 419    | 68     | 5                         | 0.8                       |
| 5        | C handigarh           | 12                      | 0.01 | 2.47  | 4    | 33 | 8      | 67     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh          | 602                     | 0.01 | 14.65 | 237  | 39 | 352    | 58     | 13                        | 2.2                       |
| 7        | D adra & Nagar Haveli | 18                      | 0.08 | 2.39  | 2    | 11 | 16     | 89     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 8        | D aman & Diu          | 11                      | 0.03 | 2.81  | 5    | 45 | 5      | 45     | 1                         | 9.1                       |
| 9        | Delhi                 | 73                      | 0    | 13.23 | 36   | 49 | 37     | 51     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 10       | Goa                   | 64                      | 0.01 | 8.29  | 18   | 28 | 46     | 72     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 11       | Gujarat               | 657                     | 0.01 | 12.36 | 244  | 37 | 413    | 63     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 12       | Haryana               | 279                     | 0.01 | 8     | 94   | 34 | 184    | 66     | 1                         | 0.4                       |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh      | 101                     | 0.04 | 6.63  | 81   | 80 | 20     | 20     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir       | 204                     | 0.01 | 4.29  | 86   | 42 | 118    | 58     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 15       | Jharkhand             | 271                     | 0.03 | 5.31  | 103  | 38 | 168    | 62     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 16       | Karnataka             | 1098                    | 0.01 | 14.72 | 217  | 20 | 881    | 80     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 17       | Kerala                | 1427                    | 0.0  | 7.01  | 661  | 46 | 762    | 53     | 4                         | 0.3                       |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh        | 1099                    | 0.01 | 17.72 | 532  | 48 | 567    | 52     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 19       | Maharashtra           | 1645                    | 0.0  | 18.42 | 401  | 24 | 1241   | 75     | 3                         | 0.2                       |
| 20       | Meghalaya             | 53                      | 0.01 | 6.2   | 39   | 74 | 14     | 26     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 21       | Odhisha               | 1064                    | 0.01 | 7.07  | 730  | 69 | 334    | 31     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 22       | Pondicherry           | 6                       |      |       | 0    | 0  | 6      | 100    | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 23       | Punjab                | 245                     | 0.0  | 15.11 | 74   | 30 | 170    | 69     | 1                         | 0.4                       |
| 24       | Rajasthan             | 893                     | 0.0  | 14    | 301  | 34 | 588    | 66     | 4                         | 0.4                       |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu            | 612                     | 0.0  | 11.53 | 177  | 29 | 318    | 52     | 117                       | 19.1                      |
| 26       | Telangana             | 557                     | 0.01 | 10.15 | 188  | 34 | 366    | 66     | 3                         | 0.5                       |
| 27       | Tripura               | 75                      | 0.01 | 3.99  | 31   | 41 | 44     | 59     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh         | 581                     | 0.03 | 12.64 | 157  | 27 | 423    | 73     | 1                         | 0.2                       |
| 29       | Uttarakhand           | 42                      | 0.01 | 5.45  | 15   | 36 | 27     | 64     | 0                         | 0.0                       |
| 30       | West Bengal           | 358                     | 0.03 | 8.57  | 178  | 50 | 177    | 49     | 3                         | 0.8                       |
| Total    | Total                 | 13628                   |      |       | 5113 | 38 | 8357   | 61     | 158                       | 1.2                       |

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