Lok Sabha Question No. 1186 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-09
Subject: Water Stressed Areas
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya, Prathap Simha, Umesh G. Jadhav, Sanganna Amarappa Karadi, Jaisiddeshwar Shivacharya Mahaswamiji

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1186 ANSWERED ON 09.02.2023

## Water Stressed Areas

1186.   SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

SHRI SHA.BRA.DR.JAI SIDDESHWAR

SHIVACHARYA MAHASWAMIJI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the water stressed areas in Karnataka and Maharashtra, district-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  initiatives  to  boost  the  recharging  process  of  the ground water and harvesting techniques of the rain water;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has any proposal to build the rainwater harvesting structures such as percolation tanks and recharge wells in the rural areas; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- a)  The  Dynamic  Ground  Water  Resources  of  the  country  are  periodically  assessed  jointly  by Central  Ground  Water  Board  (CGWB)  and  State  Governments  including  Karnataka  and Maharashtra.  The  State  Wise  details  of  districts  having  Over-Exploited,  Semi  Critical  and Critical Assessment Units in Karnataka and Maharashtra is given in Annexure I .

b  &  c)  CGWB  under  Ground  Water  Management  and  Regulation  (GWM&R)  scheme  has implemented  several  successful  artificial  recharge  projects  in  the  country  for  demonstrative purpose. The details are as below:

## i.) Artificial Recharge work in Aspirational Districts (2018-2020):

Under  this  activity,  suitable  site-specific  structures  like  Check  Dams,  Piezometers, Recharge shaft, and Recharge wells were constructed to harvest runoff water to store at suitable locations for augmenting recharge to the groundwater through WAPCOS.

|   S.No | State / District / Block                  | Details                                                                                                     | Fund Allocated   |
|--------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|      1 | Maharashtra / Osmanabad / Osmanabad       | Constructed 55 Check Dams, 20 Piezometers & 46 Recharge wells.                                              | Rs. 54.38 Cr.    |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh / YSR Kadapa / Pulivendula | Constructed 16 Check dams, 4 Percolation tanks Sub-surface barriers and 36 Recharge shaft & 12 Piezometers. | Rs. 54.38 Cr.    |
|      3 | Telangana / Warangal / Bachennapet        | Constructed 6 Check dams, 1 Sub-Subsurface barrier and 31 Recharge shaft &9Piezometers.                     | Rs. 54.38 Cr.    |

## ii.) Construction of Bridge Cum Bandhara in Maharashtra (2018-2020):

The  government  had  allocated  Rs.  30.29  Cr  for  the  construction  of  Bridge  cum Bandhara  (BCB)  by  using  state  of  art  technology,  which  serves  a  dual  purpose  of transportation  as  well  as  storage  of  water  on  the  upstream  side  for  drinking  and irrigational  needs  besides  groundwater  recharge  as  a  pilot  study  at  the  following location:

1. Sarwadi village, Karanja Teshil, Wardha District
2. Deoli village, Deoli Tehsil, Wardha District
3. Jamni village, Selu Tehsil, Wardha District
4. Tiwasa village, Tiwasa Tehsil, Amravati District
5. Ajra Phata village, Samudrapur Tehsil, Wardha District

Automatic  Radial  Gates  have  been  installed  at  Sarwadi,  Tiwasa,  Deoli  &  Jamni  & Rubber dam at Ajra Phata to regulate the flow of water in the streams.

## iii.) Convergence with MGNERGS in Water Stressed areas:

- CGWB is providing technical guidance in the site selection & design of artificial recharge structures and capacity building of MGNREGS officials in selected 09 Blocks of 08 States as a pilot study.
- The  work  has  been  initiated  under  the  MGNREGS  fund,  so  far  completed  in Andhra  Pradesh,  Telangana  &  Tamil  Nadu  (one  block  each)  and  the  work  is under progress in the rest of the blocks of the states.

## iv.) Groundwater augmentation through artificial recharge:

- During 2021-22, CGWB has taken up the project on 'Groundwater augmentation through  artificial  recharge  in  identified  water  stressed  areas  of  Rajasthan, comprising  Jodhpur,  Jaisalmer  &  Sikar  districts  of  Rajasthan.  The  structures include check dams, anicuts and recharge shaft with ponds.

d & e) Master Plan for Artificial Recharge to Groundwater- 2020 has been prepared by CGWB in consultation with States/UTs which is a macro level plan indicating various structures for the different terrain conditions of the country including estimated cost. The Master Plan envisages construction of about 1.42 crore Rain water harvesting and artificial recharge structures in the country to harness 185 Billion Cubic Metre (BCM) of monsoon rainfall. DPR has to be prepared by the concerned line department of the State Government at an implementable level like any other water supply project or city development project. Implementation has to be done through existing schemes of the State Government only and no separate scheme/fund has been envisaged for implementation. The Master Plan for Artificial Recharge to Groundwater- 2020 circulated to all the States/UTs for implementation and also hosted at the website of  CGWB (http://cgwb.gov.in/Master%20Plan%20to%20GW%20Recharge%202020.pdf)

Annexure-I State Wise details of districts having Over-Exploited, Semi Critical and Critical Assessment Units in Karnataka and Maharashtra

| Categorization of Assessment Units (Taluks) in Karnataka and Maharashtra (2022)   | Categorization of Assessment Units (Taluks) in Karnataka and Maharashtra (2022)   | Categorization of Assessment Units (Taluks) in Karnataka and Maharashtra (2022)   | Categorization of Assessment Units (Taluks) in Karnataka and Maharashtra (2022)   | Categorization of Assessment Units (Taluks) in Karnataka and Maharashtra (2022)   | Categorization of Assessment Units (Taluks) in Karnataka and Maharashtra (2022)   | Categorization of Assessment Units (Taluks) in Karnataka and Maharashtra (2022)   |
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| S.No                                                                              | State                                                                             | Name of District                                                                  | Total No. of Assessed Units                                                       | No. of Semi Critical Assessment Units                                             | No. of Critical Assessment Units                                                  | No. of Over Exploited Assessment Units                                            |
| 1                                                                                 | KARNATAKA                                                                         | Bagalkot                                                                          | 9                                                                                 | 3                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                 |                                                                                   | Belagavi                                                                          | 15                                                                                | 5                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                 |                                                                                   | Bengaluru                                                                         | 4                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   | 4                                                                                 |
| 4                                                                                 |                                                                                   | (Rural) Bengaluru                                                                 | 6                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   | 6                                                                                 |
| 5                                                                                 |                                                                                   | (Urban) Bidar                                                                     | 8                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| 6                                                                                 |                                                                                   | Chamarajanagara                                                                   | 5                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 |
| 7                                                                                 |                                                                                   | Chikkaballapura                                                                   | 6                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   | 6                                                                                 |
| 8                                                                                 |                                                                                   | Chikkamagaluru                                                                    | 9                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   | 2                                                                                 |
| 9                                                                                 |                                                                                   | Chitradurga                                                                       | 6                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   | 5                                                                                 |
| 10                                                                                |                                                                                   | Davanagere                                                                        | 6                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 |
| 11                                                                                |                                                                                   | Gadag                                                                             | 7                                                                                 | 3                                                                                 |                                                                                   | 2                                                                                 |
| 12                                                                                |                                                                                   | Hassan                                                                            | 8                                                                                 |                                                                                   | 1                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |
| 13                                                                                |                                                                                   | Haveri                                                                            | 8                                                                                 | 3                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |                                                                                   |
| 14                                                                                |                                                                                   | Kalburgi                                                                          | 11                                                                                | 1                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| 15                                                                                |                                                                                   | Kolara                                                                            | 6                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   | 6                                                                                 |
| 16                                                                                |                                                                                   | Koppal                                                                            | 7                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |                                                                                   |
| 17                                                                                |                                                                                   | Mandya                                                                            | 7                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| 18                                                                                |                                                                                   | Mysuru                                                                            | 8                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| 19                                                                                |                                                                                   | Raichur                                                                           |                                                                                   | 1                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| 20                                                                                |                                                                                   | Ramanagara                                                                        | 7                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 |
| 21                                                                                |                                                                                   | Tumakuru                                                                          | 5 10                                                                              | 1                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 | 5                                                                                 |
| 22                                                                                |                                                                                   | Vijayanagara                                                                      | 6                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |                                                                                   | 3                                                                                 |
| 23                                                                                |                                                                                   | Vijayapura                                                                        | 13                                                                                | 4                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |                                                                                   |
| 24                                                                                |                                                                                   | Yadgir                                                                            | 6                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
|                                                                                   |                                                                                   | Total                                                                             | 183                                                                               | 35                                                                                | 11                                                                                | 49                                                                                |
| 1                                                                                 | MAHARASHTRA                                                                       | Ahmednagar                                                                        | 14                                                                                | 5                                                                                 | 4                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                 |                                                                                   | Akola                                                                             | 7                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| 3                                                                                 |                                                                                   | Amravati                                                                          | 14                                                                                | 4                                                                                 |                                                                                   | 4                                                                                 |
| 4                                                                                 |                                                                                   | Aurangabad                                                                        | 9                                                                                 | 7                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| 5                                                                                 |                                                                                   | Buldhana                                                                          | 13                                                                                | 9                                                                                 |                                                                                   | 2                                                                                 |
| 6                                                                                 |                                                                                   | Jalgaon                                                                           | 15                                                                                | 9                                                                                 |                                                                                   | 2                                                                                 |
| 7                                                                                 |                                                                                   | Latur                                                                             | 10                                                                                | 1                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| 8                                                                                 |                                                                                   | Nagpur                                                                            | 13                                                                                | 2                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| 9                                                                                 |                                                                                   | Nashik                                                                            | 15                                                                                | 3                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |
| 10                                                                                |                                                                                   | Osmanabad                                                                         | 8                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| 11                                                                                |                                                                                   | Pune                                                                              | 13                                                                                | 7                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |                                                                                   |
| 12                                                                                |                                                                                   | Sangli                                                                            | 10                                                                                | 1                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| 13                                                                                |                                                                                   | Satara                                                                            | 11                                                                                | 3                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| 14                                                                                |                                                                                   | Solapur                                                                           | 11                                                                                | 7                                                                                 |                                                                                   | 1                                                                                 |
| 15                                                                                |                                                                                   | Wardha                                                                            | 8                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| 16                                                                                |                                                                                   | Total                                                                             | 171                                                                               | 62                                                                                | 7                                                                                 | 11                                                                                |