Lok Sabha Question No. 4014 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Water Stressed Blocks
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Gautam Gambhir

## 4014. SHRI GAUTAM GAMBHIR

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the number of blocks in the country where the ground water availability either in terms of quality or adequacy;

(b) whether the Government has any plans to prevent o ver - exploitation of ground water and recharge th aquifers; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4014

ANSWERED ON 12 .12 .2019

## WATER STRESSED BLOCK S

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) The Dynamic Ground Water Resources of the country are being periodically assessed jo Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) and State Governments. As per the 2017 assessment, out total 6881 assessment units (Block/ Taluks/ Mandals/ watersheds/ Fi rka ) in the country, 1186 units hav been categorized  as  'Over -exploited'  where  the  Annual  Ground  Water  Extraction  is  more  than  Annual Extractable  Ground  Water  Resource.  State - wise  details  of  areas  affected  by  Arsenic  and  o contaminants viz. Salinity, Fluoride, Nitrate,  Lead, Cadmium and Chromium in ground water, as per available with CGWB are given at Annexure.

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

Water being a State subject, efforts to conserve and manage ground water is prima responsibility. A number of States have done notabl e work in this regard.  Of these, mention can be m 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 othe rs.

Further, the important measures taken by the Central Government for conser management of ground water and effective implementation of rain water harvesting in the cou the following URL:

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

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c)  of Unstarred Q.No. 4014 to be  answere Sabha on 12.12.2019 regarding 'Water Stressed Blocks'.

## States Wise Number of Partly Affected Districts with different Contaminants in Ground Water India

| S. No.   | State/ UT         | Salinity (EC above 3000 micro mhos/ cm) (EC : Electrical Conductivity)   | Fluoride (above 1.5 mg/l)                    | Nitrate (above 45 mg/l)                   | Arsenic (above 0.01 mg/l)                 | Iron (above 1mg/l )                       | Lead (above 0.01 mg/l)                   | Cadmium (above 0.003 mg/l)              | Chromium (above 0.05 mg/l)              |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 12                                                                       | 12                                           | 13                                        | 3                                         | 7                                         |                                          |                                         |                                         |
| 2        | Telangana         | 8                                                                        | 10                                           | 10                                        | 1                                         | 8                                         | 2                                        | 1                                       | 1                                       |
| 3        | Assam             |                                                                          | 9                                            |                                           | 19                                        | 18                                        |                                          |                                         |                                         |
| 4        | Arunachal         |                                                                          |                                              |                                           |                                           | 4                                         |                                          |                                         |                                         |
| 5        | Pradesh Bihar     |                                                                          | 13                                           | 10                                        | 22                                        | 19                                        |                                          |                                         |                                         |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      | 1                                                                        | 19                                           | 12                                        | 1                                         | 17                                        | 1                                        | 1                                       | 1                                       |
| 7        | Delhi             | 7                                                                        | 7                                            | 8                                         | 2                                         |                                           | 3                                        | 1                                       | 4                                       |
| 8        | Goa               |                                                                          |                                              |                                           |                                           | 2                                         |                                          |                                         |                                         |
| 9        | Gujarat           | 21                                                                       | 22                                           | 24                                        | 12                                        | 10                                        |                                          |                                         |                                         |
| 10       | Haryana           | 18                                                                       | 21                                           | 21                                        | 15                                        | 17                                        | 17                                       | 7                                       | 1                                       |
| 11       | Himachal          |                                                                          |                                              | 6                                         | 1                                         |                                           |                                          |                                         |                                         |
| 12       | Pradesh Jammu &   |                                                                          | 2                                            | 6                                         | 3                                         | 9                                         | 3                                        | 1                                       |                                         |
| 13       | Kashmir Jharkhand |                                                                          | 12                                           | 11                                        | 2                                         | 6                                         | 1                                        |                                         |                                         |
| 14       | Karnataka         | 29                                                                       | 30                                           | 29                                        | 2                                         | 22                                        |                                          |                                         |                                         |
| 15       | Kerala            | 4                                                                        | 5                                            | 11                                        |                                           | 14                                        | 2                                        |                                         | 1                                       |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh    | 18                                                                       | 43                                           | 51                                        | 8                                         | 41                                        | 16                                       |                                         |                                         |
| 17       | Maharashtra       | 25                                                                       | 17                                           | 30                                        |                                           | 20                                        | 19                                       |                                         |                                         |
| 18       | Manipur           |                                                                          | 1                                            |                                           | 2                                         | 4                                         |                                          |                                         |                                         |
| 19       | Meghalaya         |                                                                          | 1                                            |                                           |                                           | 6                                         |                                          |                                         |                                         |
| 20       | Nagaland          |                                                                          | 1                                            |                                           |                                           | 1                                         |                                          |                                         |                                         |
| 21       | Odisha            | 17                                                                       | 26                                           | 28                                        | 1                                         | 30                                        |                                          |                                         | 1                                       |
| 22       | Punjab            | 10                                                                       | 19                                           | 21                                        | 10                                        | 9                                         | 6                                        | 8                                       | 10                                      |
| 23       | Rajasthan         | 30                                                                       | 33                                           | 33                                        | 1                                         | 33                                        | 3                                        |                                         |                                         |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 28                                                                       | 25                                           | 29                                        | 9                                         | 2                                         | 3                                        | 1                                       | 5                                       |
| 25       | Tripura           |                                                                          |                                              |                                           |                                           | 4                                         |                                          |                                         |                                         |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     | 13                                                                       | 34                                           | 59                                        | 28                                        | 15                                        | 10                                       | 2                                       | 3                                       |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       |                                                                          |                                              | 4                                         |                                           | 5                                         |                                          |                                         |                                         |
| 28       | West Bengal       | 6                                                                        | 8                                            | 5                                         | 9                                         | 16                                        | 6                                        | 2                                       | 2                                       |
| 29       | Andaman & Nicobar | 1                                                                        |                                              |                                           |                                           | 2                                         |                                          |                                         |                                         |
| 30       | Daman & Diu       | 1                                                                        |                                              | 1                                         | 1                                         |                                           |                                          |                                         |                                         |
| 31       | Puducherry        |                                                                          |                                              | 1                                         |                                           |                                           |                                          |                                         |                                         |
|          | Total             | Parts of 249 districts in states & UTs                                   | 18 Parts of 370 districts in 23 states & UTs | Parts of 423 districts in 23 states & UTs | Parts of 152 districts in 21 states & UTs | Parts of 341 districts in 27 states & UTs | Pb in parts of 92 districts in 14 states | Cd in parts of 24 districts in 9 states | Cr in parts of 29districts in 10 states |

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