Lok Sabha Question No. 1152 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-09
Subject: Monitoring of Ground Water Level
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Jaskaur Meena

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1152

ANSWERED ON 09.02.2023

## MONITORING OF GROUND WATER LEVEL

## †1152. SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has ensured the monitoring of the ground water levels across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the funds sanctioned for the said project;
- (d) the details of the target set by the Government under the said project;

(e) whether the Government has identified such places under the said project including in Rajasthan; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU )

(a) & (b) Yes sir, Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) monitors groundwater levels throughout the country  on  a  regional  scale,  four  times  in  a  year  during  the  months  of  March-April-May,  August, November and January. At present, CGWB has a network of 26772 Monitoring Stations. Details are given at Annexure-I. Further, States also monitor the groundwater levels through their own network of monitoring wells.

(c) & (d) Monitoring of ground water levels (across the country) at national level is part of the mandate of CGWB. CGWB has targeted to construct 7,000 Piezometers (monitoring wells) along-with Digital Water  Level  Recorders  (DWLRs),  for  monitoring  of  real  time  ground  water  level,  by  2026  under Ground Water Management & Regulation scheme (GWM&R) in project mode with an outlay of Rs 654.00 Crore. Details are given at Annexure-II.

Further,  this  Ministry  is  implementing  National  Hydrology  Project  under  which  16,326  Digital Water  Level  Recorder  (DWLR)  and  5,458  Piezometers  have  been  targeted  for  commissioning  in various States. Details are given at Annexure III.

In addition, under Atal Bhujal Yojana 5412 Piezometers and 6286 DWLRs have been targeted to be installed in water stressed areas of seven States. Details are given at Annexure IV.

(e) & (f) Yes sir. Details in this regard can be seen in Annexures II, III and IV.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1152 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 09.02.2023 REGARDING 'MONITORING OF GROUND WATER LEVEL'.

Ground Water Monitoring Stations of CGWB

| Sl No   | Name of the State/UTs   | No of Monitoring stations   |
|---------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh          | 1544                        |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh       | 34                          |
| 3       | Assam                   | 461                         |
| 4       | Bihar                   | 838                         |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh            | 1375                        |
| 6       | Delhi                   | 129                         |
| 7       | Goa                     | 137                         |
| 8       | Gujarat                 | 1321                        |
| 9       | Haryana                 | 1412                        |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh        | 179                         |
| 11      | Jammu &Kashmir          | 338                         |
| 12      | Jharkhand               | 535                         |
| 13      | Karnataka               | 2084                        |
| 14      | Kerala                  | 1642                        |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh          | 1612                        |
| 16      | Maharashtra             | 1977                        |
| 17      | Manipur                 | 0                           |
| 18      | Meghalaya               | 84                          |
| 19      | Nagaland                | 31                          |
| 20      | Odisha                  | 1743                        |
| 21      | Punjab                  | 1187                        |
| 22      | Rajasthan               | 1367                        |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu              | 1815                        |
| 24      | Telangana               | 1514                        |
| 25      | Tripura                 | 118                         |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh           | 1226                        |
| 27      | Uttarakhand             | 240                         |
| 28      | West Bengal             | 1631                        |
| UT s    |                         |                             |
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar        | 113                         |
| 2       | Chandigarh              | 28                          |
| 3       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     | 17                          |
| 4       | Daman &Diu              | 24                          |
| 5       | Pondicherry             | 16                          |
| TOTAL   | TOTAL                   | 26772                       |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  &  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1152 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 09.02.2023 REGARDING 'MONITORING OF GROUND WATER LEVEL'.

State-wise breakup of Piezometers along-with DWLRs targeted to be constructed under GWM&R scheme in project mode.

| Sl No   | State             |   No of Piezometers along-with DWLRs planned |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                                          223 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |                                            4 |
| 3       | Assam             |                                           15 |
| 4       | Bihar             |                                           75 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |                                          212 |
| 6       | Delhi             |                                          109 |
| 7       | Gujarat           |                                          117 |
| 8       | Haryana           |                                          276 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                          205 |
| 10      | Kerala            |                                           55 |
| 11      | Madhya Pradesh    |                                         1400 |
| 12      | Maharashtra       |                                          894 |
| 13      | Manipur           |                                            5 |
| 14      | Meghalaya         |                                            5 |
| 15      | Nagaland          |                                            4 |
| 16      | Odisha            |                                           34 |
| 17      | PUNJAB            |                                          305 |
| 18      | Rajasthan         |                                         1508 |
| 19      | Tamil Nadu        |                                          303 |
| 20      | Telangana         |                                          187 |
| 21      | Tripura           |                                            4 |
| 22      | UT OF J&K         |                                          189 |
| 23      | UT of Ladakh      |                                           61 |
| 24      | Uttar Pradesh     |                                          467 |
| 25      | Uttarakhand       |                                          109 |
| 26      | West Bengal       |                                          149 |
| 27      | Jharkhand         |                                           85 |
|         | Total             |                                         7000 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  &  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1152  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK SABHA  ON  09.02.2023 REGARDING 'MONITORING OF GROUND WATER LEVEL'.

State-wise  breakup  of  Piezometers  along-with  DWLR  under  National  Hydrology Project.

| Sl. No.   | STATE                                              |   No. of Piezometer |   No. of monitoring stations to be covered byDWLR |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                                     |                 431 |                                               431 |
|           | Bihar                                              |                   8 |                                                 0 |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh                                       |                  97 |                                               190 |
| 3         | Delhi                                              |                 115 |                                               115 |
| 4         | Goa                                                |                   0 |                                                60 |
| 5         | Gujarat                                            |                 311 |                                              1851 |
| 6         | Haryana                                            |                 274 |                                               345 |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh                                   |                  56 |                                               131 |
| 8         | Jharkhand                                          |                 117 |                                               117 |
| 9         | Karnataka                                          |                   0 |                                               800 |
| 10        | Kerala                                             |                 504 |                                               150 |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh                                     |                   0 |                                               410 |
| 12        | Maharashtra                                        |                  16 |                                               336 |
| 13        | Manipur                                            |                   7 |                                                10 |
| 14        | Meghalaya                                          |                  18 |                                                18 |
| 15        | Mizoram                                            |                  20 |                                                20 |
| 16        | Nagaland                                           |                   3 |                                                 3 |
| 17        | Odisha                                             |                 500 |                                              1086 |
| 18        | Puducherry                                         |                   5 |                                                 8 |
| 19        | Punjab                                             |                 470 |                                              1021 |
| 20        | Rajasthan                                          |                 713 |                                               150 |
| 21        | Tamil Nadu                                         |                 205 |                                               846 |
| 22        | Telangana                                          |                 758 |                                               935 |
| 23        | Tripura                                            |                   8 |                                                 8 |
| 24        | Utter Pradesh                                      |                 460 |                                              1266 |
| 25        | Uttarakhand                                        |                  66 |                                                66 |
| 26        | West Bengal                                        |                 236 |                                               693 |
| 27        | CGWB(Central agency shall be installing in states) |                  60 |                                              5260 |
|           | Total                                              |                5458 |                                             16326 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  &  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1152  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK SABHA  ON  09.02.2023 REGARDING 'MONITORING OF GROUND WATER LEVEL'.

State-wise details of Piezometers & DWLR under Atal Bhujal Yojana.

| Sl. No.   | State          |   Piezometer |   DWLR |
|-----------|----------------|--------------|--------|
| 1.        | Gujarat        |          836 |    836 |
| 2.        | Haryana        |         1000 |   1000 |
| 3.        | Karnataka      |          761 |   1000 |
| 4.        | Madhya Pradesh |          663 |    663 |
| 5.        | Maharashtra    |         1000 |   1133 |
| 6.        | Rajasthan      |          760 |   1104 |
| 7.        | Uttar Pradesh  |          392 |    550 |
|           | Total          |         5412 |   6286 |

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