Lok Sabha Question No. 1608 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: Building of Check Dams
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy, Manne Srinivas Reddy, Geetha Viswanath Vanga, Y. S. Avinash Reddy, Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1608

ANSWERED ON 10.02.2022

## BUILDING OF CHECK DAMS

| 1608. SHRIKOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH   | SHRIMANNE SRINIVAS REDDY SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY   |
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Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the  Government proposes to build more check dams in the States where there is abundant rainfall to help sustainable flow and to store the water;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  the  details  of  action  plan  drawn  up/implemented  in  the  States  with  funds  sanctioned/spent  in  this regard since 2014 to till date?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)

(a) to  (c)  Water is  a state subject  and the Central Government supplements the efforts of the states on water conservation including construction of check dams through technical and financial support.

Construction of check dams is one of the water conservation measures which are taken up depending on the  topographical,  geological,  geo-morphological  and  hydrological  parameters  of  an  area.  While undertaking water conservation measures, Government encourages construction of check dams as well.

Government has taken up following steps for encouraging building of check dams across the country:

- (i)  Construction  and  maintenance  of  check  dams  is  one  of  the  permissible  activities  under  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
- (ii) This activity is also encouraged under various programmes/ schemes of the Government viz.   Watershed  Development,  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana   (Repair,  Renovation  and Restoration of Water Bodies component) and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY).
- (iii)  Under  'Jal  Shakti  Abhiyan:  Catch  the  Rain'  campaign,  one  of  the  focused  interventions  is  water conservation  &  rainwater  harvesting  which  includes  maintenance  of  old/  building  of  new  check dams/ponds.
- (iv) The Master Plan for Artificial Recharge to Groundwater- 2020 prepared by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) envisages construction of about 1.42 crore rainwater harvesting and artificial recharge structures including check dams in the country.

The expenditure on completed and ongoing work of check dams under MGNREGS  from financial  year  2014-15 to current financial year (2021-22) is Rs. 22,647.16 crore.  Rs. 11,179.10 crore have  been  released  under  WDC-PMKSY  from  2014-15  to  2021-22.   The  State-wise  details  of  central assistance  from  2014-15  to  2021-22  under Repair,  Renovation  and  Restoration  of  Water  Bodies  and Check Dam Projects under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana are attached as Annexure-I and AnnexureII respectively.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1608 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 10.02.2022 REGARDING 'BUILDING OF CHECK DAMS'.

| State-wise details of Central Assistance (CA) released under Repair Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies (RRR of WBs)   | State-wise details of Central Assistance (CA) released under Repair Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies (RRR of WBs)   | State-wise details of Central Assistance (CA) released under Repair Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies (RRR of WBs)   | State-wise details of Central Assistance (CA) released under Repair Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies (RRR of WBs)   | State-wise details of Central Assistance (CA) released under Repair Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies (RRR of WBs)   | State-wise details of Central Assistance (CA) released under Repair Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies (RRR of WBs)   | State-wise details of Central Assistance (CA) released under Repair Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies (RRR of WBs)   | State-wise details of Central Assistance (CA) released under Repair Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies (RRR of WBs)   | State-wise details of Central Assistance (CA) released under Repair Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies (RRR of WBs)   |
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| Sl. No.                                                                                                                       | State                                                                                                                         | 2014-15                                                                                                                       | 2015-16                                                                                                                       | 2016-17                                                                                                                       | 2017-18                                                                                                                       | 2018-19                                                                                                                       | 2019-20                                                                                                                       | 2020-21                                                                                                                       |
| Sl. No.                                                                                                                       | State                                                                                                                         | CA(in crore)                                                                                                                  | CA(in crore)                                                                                                                  | CA(in crore)                                                                                                                  | CA(in crore)                                                                                                                  | CA(in crore)                                                                                                                  | CA(in crore)                                                                                                                  | CA (in crore)                                                                                                                 |
| 1                                                                                                                             | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 2.70                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          |
| 2                                                                                                                             | Bihar                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 6.26                                                                                                                          | 11.82                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                          |
| 3                                                                                                                             | Gujarat                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 8.81                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          |
| 4                                                                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                | 37.70                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          |
| 5                                                                                                                             | Manipur                                                                                                                       | 10.37                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 24.26                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                          |
| 6                                                                                                                             | Meghalaya                                                                                                                     | 2.52                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 2.66                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          |
| 7                                                                                                                             | Odisha                                                                                                                        | 52.90                                                                                                                         | 54.75                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 3.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 34.54                                                                                                                         |
| 8                                                                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 35.93                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 14.30                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 11.96                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                          |
| 9                                                                                                                             | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 9.22                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 7.03                                                                                                                          | 16.75                                                                                                                         | 1.25                                                                                                                          |
| 10                                                                                                                            | Telangana                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 44.88                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 59.68                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          |
| 11                                                                                                                            | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                 | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 16.41                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                          |
|                                                                                                                               | Total                                                                                                                         | 103.49                                                                                                                        | 161.18                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                          | 79.65                                                                                                                         | 24.80                                                                                                                         | 64.79                                                                                                                         | 35.79                                                                                                                         |

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1608 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 10.02.2022 REGARDING 'BUILDING OF CHECK DAMS'.

Check Dam Projects under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State     | Year    |   Cost (in crore) |
|-----------|-----------------------|---------|-------------------|
| 1         | Chhattisgarh          | 2014-15 |             12    |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh          | 2015-16 |              3.6  |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh          | 2018-19 |             15    |
| 1         | Gujarat               | 2014-15 |             15    |
| 2         | Gujarat               | 2017-18 |             14.35 |
| 1         | Karnataka             | 2019-20 |             40    |
| 2         | Karnataka             | 2021-22 |             61.05 |
| 3         | Karnataka             | 2020-21 |             55    |
| 4         | Karnataka             | 2017-18 |             61.31 |
| 1         | Kerala                | 2014-15 |             18.96 |
| 2         | Kerala                | 2014-15 |              0.28 |
| 1         | Uttar Pradesh         | 2015-16 |              0.97 |
| 1         | West Bengal           | 2014-15 |             15.22 |
| 2         | West Bengal           | 2020-21 |              1.5  |
| 3         | West Bengal           | 2021-22 |              2.26 |
| 4         | West Bengal           | 2021-22 |              2.33 |
| 5         | West Bengal           | 2021-22 |              2.34 |
| 6         | West Bengal           | 2021-22 |              6.87 |
| 7         | West Bengal           | 2021-22 |              2.32 |
| 8         | West Bengal           | 2021-22 |              3.72 |
|           | Total No. of Projects |         |            334.06 |

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