Lok Sabha Question No. 4423 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Watershed Projects in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Y. S. Avinash Reddy

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT  OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED  QUESTION  No. 4423 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 23.03.2021

## Watershed  projects in Andhra Pradesh

## 4423. SHRI Y.S. AVINASII REDDY:

Will the Minister  of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the watershed  projects sanctioned  and completed under the Drought  prone  Area Programme in the districts of Andhra Pradesh during the last five years, year-wise;
- (b) the number  and location  of watershed projects  sanctioned  and completed  in the State  of Andhra Pradesh;  and
- (c) the details of the targets  and achievements  of these projects towards resolving  drinking water shortage  in Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (sHRr NARENDRA  SrNGH TOMAR)

- (a)&(b): Department  of Land Resources  (DoLR) had been implementing area development programmes  on watershed basis. The erstwhile Drought  Prone  Areas Programme (DPAP) along with two other programmes  namely, Desert  Development Programme (DDP) and Integrated Wasteland  Development Programme (IWDP) were integrated into a single  modified programme  known as Integrated  Watershed  Management Programme (IWMP)  in 2009-10  for the development  of rainfed / degraded  areas. Integrated  Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) was amalgamated as the Watershed  Development Component  of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (WDC-PMKSY)  in 2015-16.  Since the Government is focusing on completion  of all on-going projects, no new projects  have been sanctioned  under WDC-PMKSY  w.e.f. 20t5-16.

During 2009-10 to 2014-15,  the DoLR has sanctioned a total of 432 watershed projects in the State  ofAndhra Pradesh.  Out ofthese 260 projects have been reported as completed and 59 preparatory  phase projects  were transferred  to State in 2018 for implementation  with State budget.  The district wise status of Watershed  Projects  are given at Annexure I.

- As per the information received from Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, the major thrust of Watershed projects interventions  is on Natural  Resource  Management, Production Systems  Improvement under agriculture, livestock development  and allied sectors,  and providing  sustainable livelihoods to the asset less families  in the watershed areas through scientific and participatory  approaches. There  are no specific targets fixed towards  resolving  drinking  water shortage  in Andhra Pradesh  under Watershed Program.  However, as per the information  received  from State Govemment of Andhra Pradesh, 1,95,467 water harvesting  structures have been created/rejuvenated  under WDC-PMKSY from 2014-15  to2020-21(Quarter 3)

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## Annexure referred  to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred  Question  No. 4423 due for reply on 23.03.2021.

The district-wise details of WDC-PMKSY  projects sanctioned  and completed  in Andhra  pradesh.

| Sl.No。   | Name of the District   | No. of projects sanctioned   | No. of projects completed   |   No. of projects Transferred to State for implementation with States budget | Ongoing projects   |
|----------|------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | Ananthapuram           | 109                          | 69                          |                                                                           23 | 17                 |
| 2.       | Kurnool                | 65                           | 51                          |                                                                            6 | 8                  |
| 3.       | Chittoor               | 62                           | 47                          |                                                                            4 |                    |
| 4.       | Ysr-Kadapa             | 42                           | 30                          |                                                                            4 | 8                  |
|  ­  Ò  | Prakasam               | 70                           | 52                          |                                                                            8 | 10                 |
| 6.       | Srikakulam             | 28                           |                             |                                                                            4 |   ︐              |
| 7.       | Vizianagaram           | 13                           |                             |                                                                            3 | 10                 |
| 8.       | Guntur                 | 7                            |                             |                                                                            3 | 4                  |
| 9.       | Sps-Nellore            | 4                            |                             |                                                                            4 | 0                  |
| 10.      | Visakhapattanam        |  ­  t                      |                             |                                                                            0 |  Ì  Ò            |
|          | East Codavari          | 14                           |                             |                                                                            0 | 14                 |
|  Â  S  | West Godavari          | 3                            |                             |                                                                            0 | 3                  |
|          | Total                  | 432                          | 260                         |                                                                           59 | 113                |

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