Lok Sabha Question No. 2010 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: Conservation of Lakes in Rajasthan
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Arjunlal Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2010

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.02.2021

## Conservation of Lakes in Rajasthan

## 2010.SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken steps forconservation of various lakes of Udaipur and other cities of Rajasthan which are being polluted;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)      the  funds  being  allocated  by  the  Government  tovarious  States  and  districts  for conservation of the lakes along with the funds out of the said allocation utilizedby the State Government;
- (d) whether  any  proposal  for  preventing  waterpollution  in  the  lakes  of  Udaipur  like Pichhola,  Gowardhan  Sagar,  FatehSagar,  Swaroop  Sagar,  Udaisagar  etc.  hasbeen submitted by the State Government of Rajasthan tothe Union Government; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken bythe Government thereon?

## ANSWER MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a) and (b) The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC)is currently implementing  an  integrated  scheme  of  'National  Plan  for  Conservation  of  Aquatic  Ecosystems'  (NPCA)  for  holistic  conservation  of  wetlands  (includes  lakes  of  Rajasthan  and Udaipur)on cost sharing basis between the Central and State Governments.

The  NPCA  scheme  covers  various  activities  such  as  interception,  diversion  and treatment of wastewater, shoreline protection, lake front development, in-situ cleaning i.e. desilting  &  de-weeding,  storm  water  management, bioremediation,  catchment area treatment, lake beautification, survey & demarcation, bio-fencing, fisheries development, weed control, biodiversity conservation, education and awareness creation, community participation etc.

As  per  the  information  received  from  the  State  Government  of  Rajasthan,  The Rajasthan Lakes (Protection and Development) Authority Act, 2015 has beennotified vide a notification  dated  27.03.2015.  The  following  lakes  have  been  identified  and  notified  under Section 4 & 5 of the said Act:

|   S. No. | Name of Lake        | Notification no./Date   | Date of Gazette Notification   |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|        1 | Mansagar(Jaipur)    | 8482/01.07.2015         | 01.07.2015                     |
|        2 | Udaisagar(Udaipur)  | 9351/19.04.2017         | 25.04.2017                     |
|        3 | Anasagar(Ajmer)     | 334/30.10.2017          | 01.11.2017                     |
|        4 | Gapsagar(Dungerpur) | 381/30.10.2017          | 01.11.2017                     |
|        5 | Fatehsagar(Udaipur) | 408/09.11.2017          | 24.11.2017                     |
|        6 | Soorsagar(Jodhpur)  | 429/10.08.2020          | 18.08.2020                     |

In terms of section 4 and 5 of the said Act, the area around the lake has been declared as  protected  area.    Consequently,  the  development  activities  around  the  notified  area  have been brought under regulatory category by the State Govt.

- (c) The  details  of  financial  assistance  provided  to  the  States/UTs  under  NPCA  for conservation and management of wetlands in the country during the last three years and the current year are annexed.

(d) and (e) The project of 'Conservation & Sustainable Management of Pichola Lake System' in Udaipur was sanctioned by MoEF&CC in February, 2009 at a total cost of Rs. 84.75 crores (central and state share). The total central share  of Rs. 54.27 crores have been released by December, 2017. The project for conservation of Fatehsagar lake in Udaipur was sanctioned by MoEF&CC at a total cost of Rs. 41.86 crores. The central share of Rs. 27.87 crores have been released.

The project proposals for conservation and sustainable management of Udaisagar lake as  well  as  Gowardhan  Sagar  lake  in  Udaipur  costing  Rs.56.72  crore  and  Rs.  10.04  crore respectively  were  received  from  Government  of  Rajasthan  during  2013-14  for  financial assistance under the scheme of NPCA. As these proposals were not found in conformity with the guidelines of the scheme, they have been returned to the Government of Rajasthan with advice  to  resubmit  proposals  in  the  light  of  admissibility  criteria  contained  in  the  scheme guidelines.

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Annexure Financial assistance (central share) provided to States/UTs during 2017-18 to 2020-21 (till January, 2021) for conservation and management of wetlands under NPCA (Amount in Rs. crores)

| S. No.   | State             | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21 (till January, 2021)   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------------|
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh | -         | -         | 1.21      | -                              |
| 2        | Bihar             | 3.60724   | 6.5965    | 0.79      | -                              |
| 3        | Gujarat           | -         | -         | 1.52      | -                              |
| 4        | Haryana           | 0.1320    | 1.4264    | 0.49      | -                              |
| 5        | H.P.              | 0.98989   | -         | 0.12      | -                              |
| 6        | Jammu& Kashmir    | 23.8201   | 0.86565   | 1.68      | -                              |
| 7        | Karnataka         | -         | -         | -         | -                              |
| 8        | Kerala            | 2.07075   | -         | -         | -                              |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh    | 0.9240    | 4.24669   | 8.41      | 7.00                           |
| 10       | Manipur           | 0.9280    | 3.852     | -         | 6.81                           |
| 11       | Mizoram           | 0.9846    | 1.2153    | 1.92      | -                              |
| 12       | Maharashtra       | 8.74397   | 4.91942   | 3.90      | 8.1016420                      |
| 13       | Nagaland          | -         | 10        | 5.62      | 0.50                           |
| 14       | Odisha            | 6.1846    | 5.8072    | 4.10      | 0.67728                        |
| 15       | Puducherry        | 0.30      | 0.5       | 0.50      | -                              |
| 16       | Punjab            | -         | -         | -         | -                              |
| 17       | Rajasthan         | 1.54      | -         | -         | -                              |
| 18       | Sikkim            | 1.8374    | 3.11818   | 2.60      | -                              |
| 19.      | Tamil Nadu        | 1.05795   | 1.200884  | 1.37      | -                              |
| 19       | Tripura           | -         | -         | 3.13      | -                              |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh     | 2.50      | 18.680276 | 2.93      | -                              |
| 21       | West Bengal       | -         | 0.9965    | 4.29      | -                              |
|          | Total             | 55.6205   | 63.425    | 44.58     | 23.088922                      |