Lok Sabha Question No. 3649 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Assistance under DRIP
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Satyadev Pachauri, Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, Dinesh Chandra Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3649

ANSWERED ON 24.03.2022

## ASSISTANCE UNDER DRIP

†3649.  SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI LALAN SINGH

SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS SHRI DINESH CHANDRA YADAV

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  assistance  being  provided  by  the  Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Bihar  under  Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP);
- (b)  the  details  of  the  rainwater  harvesting  schemes  being  implemented  by  the  Government  in  various  States including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar; and
- (c) the details of funds provided by the Government to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar under Flood Management Scheme during the last three years, year-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)

- (a) In the approved Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) Phase-II & III, State of Uttar Pradesh has proposed rehabilitation of 39 dams at an estimated cost of Rs. 787 crore. However, the State is presently in the process of joining the project by fulfilling the readiness criteria as stipulated by the World Bank and the Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India. Thus, no funds have been released so far to Uttar Pradesh under DRIP Phase -II & III. Further, Bihar is not a part of the scheme of DRIP Phase -II & III.
- (b) Though water is a State subject, Central Government has taken a number of important measures for conservation, management of ground water including effective implementation of rain water harvesting in the country. Some of the key initiatives in this regard are listed below.
1. The details regarding ground water conservation and recharge are available at URL: http://jalshakti-dowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps\_to\_control\_water\_depletion\_Feb2021.pdf
2.  In 2019, Jal Shakti Abhiyan was launched by the Government. This was followed in 2021, by 'Jal Shakti  Abhiyan:  Catch  The  Rain'  (JSA:CTR)  campaign.  Focused  interventions  under  these  annual campaigns taken up by the Government of India and the State Governments, inter-alia, include water conservation  and  rainwater  harvesting  structures.  State-wise  details  of  the  water  conservation  and rainwater harvesting works completed under this scheme till December, 2021 are placed at Annexure.
3.  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MNREGS)  has  provisions  for public  works  relating  to  natural  resource  management,  water  conservation  and  water  harvesting

structures  to  augment  and  improve  ground  water  like  underground  dykes,  earthen  dams,  stop  dams, check dams and roof top rain water harvesting structures in public buildings.

4.  Under  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT)  scheme,  which  was launched on 25th June 2015 in 500 selected cities across States/UTs, 8 Rainwater Harvesting projects have been taken up by the States/UTs with estimated cost of ₹9.64 crore. While 3 each out of the above mentioned 8 projects belong to Lakshadweep & Kerala respectively, one is from Himachal Pradesh and the balance one from NCT of Delhi. However, no rainwater harvesting project has been taken up by the Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Bihar  under  AMRUT. Further,  AMRUT  2.0  launched  in  October, 2021, with a total outlay  of  Rs.  2,77,000  crore targets  to  promote  circular  economy  of  water  through development  of  city  water  balance  plan  for  each  city  focusing  on  recycle/reuse  of  treated  sewage, rejuvenation of water bodies and water conservation.

(c)   Year-wise details of central assistance released by Government of India under Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP), to the States of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, during the last three years, are given below:

## Amount (Rs. in crore)

|   Sl. No . | State         |   2018- 19 |   2019- 20 | 2020- 21   |   Total Funds released |
|------------|---------------|------------|------------|------------|------------------------|
|          1 | Bihar         |     132.28 |      65.29 | 42.49      |                 240.06 |
|          2 | Uttar Pradesh |      87.87 |      39.15 | -          |                 127.02 |

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