Lok Sabha Question No. 365 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-18
Subject: Mitigating Water Scarcity
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shobha Karandlaje

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 365 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2019

## Mitigating Water Scarcity

## *365. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether only 18 per cent of the total population of the country receives piped drinking water and more than 400 million households are still cut off according to the Government data and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government plans to focus on strong drought mitigation and water regeneration measures and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  objectives  of  Jal  Shakti  Abhiyan  and  the  details  of  the  water  stressed districts  and  Jal  Grams  identified  in  the  country  under  Jal  Kranti  Abhiyan, State-wise;
- (d) whether  a  number  of  officers  have  been  appointed  as  in-charge  of  water stressed districts in the country to plan ways to conserve water under Jal Shakti Abhiyan and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  reviewed  the  implementation  of  various  water harvesting and conservation measures and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

(a) to (e) A Statement of reply is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 365 due for answer on 18.07.2019

(a) As  reported  by  the  States  on  Integrated  Management  Information  System (IMIS), out of total 17.87 crore rural households in the country, about 3.27 crore (i.e. 18.33%)  rural household  are getting drinking water from  tap connection.  As announced  in  the  Union  Budget  Speech  2019-20,  it  has  been  envisaged  to  ensure piped water supply to all rural households by 2024 under the Jal Jeevan Mission.

(b) to (e) Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA), a water conservation campaign is a collaborative effort of various Ministries/Deptts. of the Government of India and State Governments, being coordinated by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti. Under JSA, a total of 1592 blocks have been selected in  256  ground  water  stressed  districts.  Out  of  1592  blocks,  312  are  critical  blocks, 1186 are over-exploited blocks and 94 blocks are with low groundwater availability. It is a time-bound, mission-mode water conservation campaign.

The Union Government has deputed 256 Additional Secretary / Joint Secretary Level officers from different services including IAS officers posted in Government of India as Central Nodal Officers (CNOs) to 256 water stressed districts who will coordinate the  implementation,  review  progress  and  provide  feedback  on  five  interventions namely (i) water conservation and rainwater harvesting, (ii) renovation of traditional and  other  water  bodies/tanks,  (iii)  reuse  and  bore  well  recharge  structures,  (iv) watershed  development,  and  (v)  intensive  afforestation.  These  interventions  would also  inter-alia  to  help  in  drought  mitigation.  State-wise  details  of  the  256  water stressed districts are at Annexure .

In  addition,  Central  Government  has  recently  taken  following  interventions  on  the subject:

- (i)   An  advisory  has  been  issued  by  the  Department  of  Drinking  Water  and Sanitation on 20th May 2019 to States on water conservation and to meet the drinking water requirements of rural areas during scarcity.
- (ii)   Further, Cabinet Secretariat, vide its letter dated 29th May 2019 addressed to selective  States,  recommended  action  plans  for  dealing  with  drought  like situation.
- (iii)  The Hon'ble PM has written letters to all Sarpanches in the country motivating them  to  take  up  water  conservation  activities  like  de-silting  and  cleaning  of water bodies, rain water harvesting etc with people participation.

## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Starred Question No. 365 due for reply on 18.07.2019

|   Sr. No | State Name          | District Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|----------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar    | South Andaman                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh      | Anantpur, Chittoor, Guntur, Krishna, Kurnool, Prakasham, Srikakulam, West Godavari, Y.S.R. Kadapa                                                                                                                            |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh   | Upper Subansiri                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|        4 | Assam               | North Cachar Hills                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|        5 | Bihar               | Begusarai, Bhojpur, Gaya, Gopalganj, Jehanabad, Katihar, Muzaffarpur, Nalanda, Nawada, Patna, Saran,Vaishali                                                                                                                 |
|        6 | Chandigarh          | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|        7 | Chattisgarh         | Balod, Raipur                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|        9 | Daman &Diu          | Diu                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|       10 | Delhi               | Central Delhi, Delhi Shahdara, East Delhi, New Delhi, North - West Delhi, North-East Delhi, South Delhi, South East Delhi, South West Delhi, West Delhi                                                                      |
|       11 | Goa                 | South Goa                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|       12 | Gujarat             | Banaskantha, Gandhinagar, Kachchh, Mahesana, Patan                                                                                                                                                                           |
|       13 | Haryana             | Ambala,Bhiwani,CharkhiDadri,Faridabad,Fat ehabad,Gurgram,Hissar,Jind,Karnal,Kethal,K urushetra, Mahendrgarh, Mewat, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Sirsa, Sonipat,Yamunanagar                                                      |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh    | Kangra,Sirmaur,Solan,Una                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|       15 | Jammu &Kashmir      | Kargil                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|       16 | Jharkhand           | Bokaro, Dhanbad                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|       17 | Karnataka           | Bagalkote, Bangalore Urban, Bangalore Rural,Belgaum,Bellary,Chamrajnagara,Chikb allapur,Chikmagalur,Chitradurga,Davangere, Gadag,Hassan,Haveri,Kolar,Koppal,Ramang aram,Tumkur,Vijaypura                                     |
|       18 | Kerala              | Kasargod, Palakkad                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|       19 | Lakshadweep         | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh      | Agar,Barwani,Dewas,Dhar,Indore,Mandsaur, Neemuch,Rajgarh,Ratlam,Shajapur,Ujjain                                                                                                                                              |
|       21 | Maharashtra         | Ahmadnagar, Amravati, Buldhana, Jalgaon, Nashik, Pune, Sangli, Solapur                                                                                                                                                       |
|       22 | Manipur             | Chandel                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|       23 | Meghalaya           | East Garo Hills                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|       24 | Mizoram             | Saiha                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|       25 | Nagaland            | Longleng                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|       26 | Odisha              | Kendrapara                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|       27 | Puducherry          | Puducherry                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|       28 | Punjab              | Amritsar, Barnala, Bathinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Firozpur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga, Patiala, Rupnagar, SAS Nagar, Sangrur, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar,Tarn Taran |
|       29 | Rajasthan           | Ajmer, Alwar, Baran, Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittaurgarh,                                                                                                                                              |

|    |               | Churu, Dausa, Dholpur, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalor, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunun, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Tonk, Udaipur                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|----|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 30 | Sikkim        | South                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu    | Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kanchipuram, Karur, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Namakkal, Perambalur, Pudukottai, Salem, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Tiruvarur, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar                                                                               |
| 32 | Telangana     | Adilabad, Bhopalpalli, Hyderabad, Jagtial, Jangaon, Kamareddy, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahaboobnagar, Mahabubabad, Medak, MedchalMalkajgiri, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, RajannaSircilla, Rangareddy, Sangareddy, Siddipet, Suryapet, Wanaparthy, Warangal Urban, Warangal, YadadriBhongiri                                                                                             |
| 33 | Tripura       | Khowai                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Baghpat, Bijnor, Budaun, Bulandshahr, Chitrakoot, Etah, Fatehpur, Firozabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Jaunpur, Jyotiba Phoole Nagar, Kannauj, Kanpur Nagar, Kasganj, Kaushambi, Mahamaya Nagar, Mahoba, Mainpuri, Mathura, Meerut, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Pratapgarh, Rampur, Saharanpur, Sambhal, SantRavidas Nagar, Shamli, Varanasi |
| 35 | Uttarakhand   | Nainital                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 36 | West Bengal   | Hooghly                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |

(source:https://dopt.gov.in/sites/default/files/Annexure\_I\_consolidated\_list\_of\_central\_prabhari \_ Officers.pdf)