Lok Sabha Question No. 1840 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-29
Subject: Drying up of Water Bodies
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Vijay Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES,

RIVER DEVELOPMENT &

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1840

ANSWERED ON 29 .07 .2021

## DRYING UP OF WATER B ODIES

## 1840.        SHRI VIJAYAKUMAR (ALIAS) VIJAYVASANTH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware that water bodies in various States of the country hav per the recent survey conducted under Namami Gange Programme;

(b) if so, the details th ereof, State - wise;

(c) whether the Government has issued any direction to the States for a comprehensive surv bodies as per records and also to improve their water level; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the St ates thereon, State - wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## ( SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL )

(a)  &  (b) National  Mission  for  Clean  Ganga,  under  this  Ministry,  has  assigned  the  task  for  'Census Survey of Water Bodies in Ganga Basin' to Quality Council of India (QCI) in 2020. The purpose of the study is to do mapping of all the water bodies in 31 Ganga districts (3,189 villages) of Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand & West Bengal, for improvement/ rejuvenation of water bodies which are either dried up or working at less than full efficiency.

The study would bring out the status of water bodies in the above referred regions of the cou

(c)& (d)Works related to enumeration of water bodies, their protection and improvement of their water level, comes under the purview of State Government concerned. However, formal as well as advisory in this regard is being issued by this Ministry to the various State Government occasions. Further, this Ministry also supplements the efforts of the State Governments in this r per details below.

- i . This Ministry undertakes minor irrigation census from time to time, which also captures pertaining to water bodies in the country. As per the latest census, being 5 th minor irrigation census with reference year 2013 - 14, there are 5,16,303 water bodies in the rural areas of the coun are being used for minor irrigation. Out of these, 53,396 water bodies are not in us reas ons such as non - availability of water, siltation, salinity, etc.

GANGA REJUVENATION

- ii . Central  assistance  for  restoration  of  water  bodies  is  provided  by  this  Ministry  unde 'Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies', which is a component of Pradhan Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana -Har  Khet  Ko  Pani  (PMKSY - HKKP).  Th e  scheme  aims  at restoring the lost irrigation potential by improvement and restoration of existing water

State - wise details of water bodies included under the RRR of Water Bodies scheme XII Plan onwa given below:

|       |                |            | Estimated Cost (Rs. In   | Planned (Lakh      | Upto March,2021            | Upto March,2021                   | Upto March,2021               |
|-------|----------------|------------|--------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| S.No. | State          | No. of WBs | crore)                   | potential hectare) | CA released (Rs. In crore) | Potential restored (Lakh hectare) | No. of water bodies completed |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh | 100        | 66.77                    | 0.06               | 2.70                       | 0.00                              | 0                             |
| 2     | Bihar          | 93         | 161.91                   | 0.26               | 18.08                      | 0.18                              | 6                             |
| 3     | Gujarat        | 61         | 102.91                   | 0.11               | 8.81                       | 0.00                              | 3                             |
| 4     | Madhya Pradesh | 125        | 183.24                   | 0.33               | 37.70                      | 0.33                              | 124                           |
| 5     | Manipur        | 4          | 65.44                    | 0.01               | 34.63                      | 0.00                              | 0                             |
| 6     | Meghalaya      | 9          | 11.43                    | 0.01               | 5.18                       | 0.01                              | 8                             |
| 7     | Odisha         | 863        | 449.03                   | 0.51               | 145.18                     | 0.48                              | 810                           |
| 8     | Rajasthan      | 68         | 187.82                   | 0.13               | 62.18                      | 0.10                              | 66                            |
| 9     | Tamil Nadu     | 251        | 131.24                   | 0.06               | 34.25                      | 0.03                              | 153                           |
| 10    | Telangana      | 575        | 459.18                   | 0.29               | 104.56                     | 0.15                              | 371                           |
| 11    | Uttar Pradesh  | 74         | 83.41                    | 0.10               | 16.41                      | 0.02                              | 8                             |
| 12    | Uttarakhand    | 5          | 12.49                    |                    | 0.00                       | 0.00                              | 0                             |
|       | Total          | 2228       | 1914.86                  | 1.89               | 469.69                     | 1.31                              | 1549                          |

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