Lok Sabha Question No. 722 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Groundwater in Madhya Pradesh
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Dhal Singh Bisen

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

## REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 722

ANSWERED ON 07.12.2023

## GROUNDWATER IN MADHYA PRADESH

DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of total quantity of groundwater in Madhya Pradesh and the quantity of water that can be used for drinking purpose, district-wise;

(b) the details of the places in Seoni Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh where Piezometer/ Automatic Water Level Recorders have been installed, location and district-wise;

(c) the availability and quality of ground water in Seoni Balaghat districts of Madhya Pradesh; and

(d)  the  details  and  the  number  of  villages  in  Seoni  Balaghat  districts  of  Madhya  Pradesh  where  the work of surface water source and groundwater source based schemes has been completed to provide tap water to every house under Jal Jeevan Mission and the number of villages in which tap water is being supplied through these schemes, scheme and district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) The Dynamic Ground Water Resources of the country are being periodically   assessed jointly by Central Ground Water Board and State Nodal/Ground Water Department. As per the Ground Water Resource  Assessment-2023  (latest),  the  assessment  in  respect  of  Madhya  Pradesh  State  is  as  given below: -

- i. the total Annual Ground Water Recharge - 35.47 billion cubic meter (bcm).
- ii. the  total  Annual  Extractable  Ground  Water  Resource  estimated  -  32.85  bcm  which  can  be utilized for irrigation, drinking, domestic purpose and industrial purpose.
- iii. the total Annual Groundwater Extraction -19.3 billion cubic meter (bcm), out of which, 1.72 bcm ground water is used as drinking and domestic purpose.

The district wise details are given in Annexure -I.

(b) The details of the places in Seoni and Balaghat districts of Madhya Pradesh where Piezometer/ Piezometer with Automatic/ Digital Water level Recorders have been installed by the Government are given in Annexure -II.

- (c) Based  on  the  Ground  Water  Resource  Assessment-2023  (latest),  the  details  of  total  Annual Ground    Water  Recharge,  total  amount  of  Annual  Extractable  Ground  Water  and  total  Annual Groundwater Extraction along with the amount of extraction for drinking and domestic purposes for the districts of Balaghat & Seoni are given in Annexure -I.

Central  Ground  Water  Board  (CGWB)  generates  ground  water  quality  data  of  the  country including Madhya Pradesh on a regional scale as part of its ground water quality monitoring program and various scientific studies. These studies indicate, out of the samples collected and analysed from 79 locations of Balaghat District, the occurrence of contaminants such as Nitrate at 18 locations and Iron at 12  locations,  beyond  permissible  limits  (as  per  BIS)  for  human  consumption,  has  been  found; Similarly, out of the samples collected and analysed from 86 locations of Seoni District, Nitrate at 20 locations and fluoride at 5 locations has been found.

- (d) As reported by State Govt. of Madhya Pradesh on JJM-IMIS portal, the number of villages in Seoni  and  Balaghat  districts  of  Madhya  Pradesh  where  water  is  being  supplied  through  completed surface water source and groundwater source-based schemes are given below:

|   Sr.No. | District   |   Water is being supplied through surface water source-based schemes. (No of villages) |   Water is being supplied through ground water source-based schemes. (No of villages) |
|----------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Balaghat   |                                                                                     51 |                                                                                   302 |
|        2 | Seoni      |                                                                                    181 |                                                                                   123 |

## ANNEXURE -I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 722 TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  07.12.2023  REGARDING  'GROUNDWATER  IN  MADHYA PRADESH'.

## DYNAMIC GROUND WATER RESOURCES OF MADHYA PRADESH, 2023 (in HAM)

| S.NO   | Name of District    | Total Annual Ground Water Recharge   | Annual Extractable Ground Water   | Total Annual Ground Water Extraction   | Current Annual Ground Water Extraction for domestic purpose   |
|--------|---------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | 2                   | 3                                    | Resource                          |                                        | 6                                                             |
| 1      | AGARMALWA           | 43548.8                              | 4 40403.21                        | 5 36336.96                             | 1666.65                                                       |
| 2      | ALIRAJPUR           | 21490.07                             | 19930.2                           | 8633.15                                | 1910.82                                                       |
| 3      | ANUPPUR             | 28826.36                             | 26993.74                          | 6349.33                                | 1562.47                                                       |
| 4      | ASHOKNAGAR          | 39493.05                             | 36824.34                          | 23207.03                               | 1824.21                                                       |
| 5      | BALAGHAT            | 77153.99                             | 71949.04                          | 16909.36                               | 3851.18                                                       |
| 6      | BARWANI             | 55841.78                             | 52036.18                          | 37143.14                               | 3727.85                                                       |
| 7      | BETUL               | 104898.72                            | 97750.31                          | 48528.3                                | 3726.52                                                       |
| 8      | BHIND               | 98040.22                             | 89953.59                          | 29373.62                               | 3562.49                                                       |
| 9      | BHOPAL              | 40750.43                             | 37948.75                          | 29712.91                               | 5110.13                                                       |
| 10     | BURHANPUR           | 36681.41                             | 33962.85                          | 23704.63                               | 1728.73                                                       |
| 11     | CHHATARPUR          | 86761.39                             | 80899.76                          | 52923.58                               | 3105.27                                                       |
| 12     | CHHINDWARA          | 104808.74                            | 97605.19                          | 61722.98                               | 5400.1                                                        |
| 13     | DAMOH               | 39378.78                             | 36576.17                          | 21388.93                               | 2331.94                                                       |
| 14     | DATIA               | 43075.86                             | 40122.32                          | 14464.77                               | 1766.56                                                       |
| 15     | DEWAS               | 86549.72                             | 80944.58                          | 64753.63                               | 4300.72                                                       |
| 16     | DHAR                | 138460.44                            | 127766.67                         | 83557.97                               | 6069.37                                                       |
| 17     | DINDORI             | 35008.2                              | 33257.8                           | 4164.57                                | 1848.41                                                       |
| 18     | GUNA                | 81681.71                             | 77314.59                          | 50219.89                               | 2532.84                                                       |
| 19     | GWALIOR             | 82244.87                             | 75773.72                          | 23807.29                               | 5484.37                                                       |
| 20     | HARDA               | 46956.92                             | 43947.6                           | 15665.19                               | 1243.99                                                       |
| 21     | HOSHANGABAD         | 179273.66                            | 163696.36                         | 42335.23                               | 2251.42                                                       |
| 22     | INDORE              | 58749.02                             | 53436.36                          | 63792.93                               | 7870.51                                                       |
| 23     | JABALPUR            | 66729.2                              | 61296.83                          | 31449.17                               | 5834.34                                                       |
| 24     | JHABUA              | 26083.34                             | 24280.48                          | 10876.28                               | 2810.21                                                       |
| 25     | KATNI               | 40925.41                             | 38029.19                          | 17917.68                               | 2786.79                                                       |
| 26     | KHANDWA             | 113892.37                            | 105196.25                         | 43636.4                                | 3025.19                                                       |
| 27     | KHARGONE            | 97502.54                             | 92147.84                          | 42322.26                               | 4518.09                                                       |
| 28     | MANDLA              | 49234.12                             | 46772.43                          | 9546.28                                | 2537.96                                                       |
| 29     | MANDSAUR            | 69895.39                             | 63181.48                          | 66067.55                               | 3105.12                                                       |
| 30     | MORENA              | 69811.31                             | 64615.54                          | 25930.52                               | 5881.03                                                       |
| 31     | NARSINGHPUR         | 123928.4                             | 112762.33                         | 75495.2                                | 2347.59                                                       |
| 32     | NEEMUCH             | 40165.14                             | 36148.63                          | 35871.88                               | 1769.05                                                       |
| 33     | NIWARI              | 19643.67                             | 18120.11                          | 12656.29                               | 1130.38                                                       |
| 34     | PANNA               | 54661.53                             | 50601.49                          | 18459.75                               | 2477.82                                                       |
| 35     | RAISEN              | 93397.9                              | 86813.92                          | 46593.92                               | 3417.8                                                        |
| 36     | RAJGARH             | 91863.24                             | 86524.22                          | 77683.72                               | 4120.76                                                       |
| 37     | RATLAM              | 85016.42                             | 76902.67                          | 103925.81                              | 4450.12                                                       |
| 38 39  | REWA                | 54582.07 110798.9                    | 49820.96                          | 27226.55                               | 5668.63 3807.91                                               |
|        | SAGAR               |                                      | 102371.34                         | 60695.66                               |                                                               |
| 40     | SATNA               | 74470.57                             | 69018.27                          | 45269.69                               | 4766.96                                                       |
| 41     | SEHORE              | 73967.94                             | 67494.59                          | 41699.87                               | 2527.11                                                       |
| 42     | SEONI               | 72428.5                              | 68393.52                          | 28298.24                               | 3328.53                                                       |
| 43     | SHAHDOL SHAJAPUR    | 55970.79 55704.05                    | 53172.26 51468.21                 | 7105.33 55019.46                       | 2307.45 2182.07                                               |
| 44     | SHEOPUR             |                                      | 50674.57                          | 19493.95                               |                                                               |
| 45     |                     | 55831.52                             |                                   |                                        | 1817.82                                                       |
| 46     | SHIVPURI            | 85427.78                             | 78319.96                          | 53000.39                               | 4668.71                                                       |
| 47     | SIDHI               | 31369.7 37323.32                     | 29212.27 35457.15                 | 10549.05                               | 2908.38                                                       |
| 48     | SINGRAULI TIKAMGARH | 39943.53                             | 36428.83                          | 13856.77 29808.19                      | 2657.3                                                        |
| 49     | UJJAIN              | 99698.18                             | 91373.06                          | 99439.27                               | 3074.02 3895.58                                               |
| 50     |                     | 36573.58                             | 34239.35                          |                                        | 1571.36                                                       |
| 51     | UMARIA              | 90893.85                             | 85443.85                          | 6406.36                                | 3969.72                                                       |
| 52     | VIDISHA Total(Ham)  | 3547408.4                            | 3285374.93                        | 55029.63 1930026.51                    | 172240.36                                                     |
|        | Total(Bcm)          | 35.47                                | 32.85                             | 19.3                                   | 1.72                                                          |

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 722 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 07.12.2023 REGARDING 'GROUNDWATER IN MADHYA PRADESH'.

## District-Wise Details of Piezometer/ Piezometer with Automatic/ Digital Water Level Recorder installed by the Government

| Sl. No.   | Balaghat District   | Balaghat District                              | Seoni District   | Seoni District                                 |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|           | Piezometer          | Piezometer with Automatic Water Level Recorder | Piezometer       | Piezometer with Automatic Water Level Recorder |
| 1         | Katangi-S           | Katangi-S                                      | Barghat          | Barghat                                        |
| 2         | Katangi             | Damoh                                          | Nagadahar        | Seoni                                          |
| 3         | Baihar              | Baihar                                         | Khadsi           | Bakhari                                        |
| 4         | Waraseoni           | Waraseoni                                      | Raichor Mal      | Bandol                                         |
| 5         | Damoh               | Sijhora (Khajra)                               | Sukkam           | Chapara                                        |
| 6         | ---                 | Sijhora (Khajra)                               | Jawara           | Gopalganj                                      |
| 7         | ---                 | Balaghat                                       | Dungariya        | Ari                                            |
| 8         | ----                | Saleteka                                       | Baragour         | Geneshganj                                     |
| 9         | ----                | Rajegaon                                       | Gehra Nallah     | Kahani (30)                                    |
| 10        | ----                | Kirnapur                                       | Karithoon        | Kedarpur                                       |
| 11        | ----                | Lanji                                          | Saidalpur Mal    | Kahani (60)                                    |
| 12        | ----                | Jamuniya                                       | Saliwada         | Kahani (90)                                    |
| 13        | ----                | Lalbarra                                       | Andiya           | Kahani (120)                                   |
| 14        | -----               | Dhuty                                          | Anjaniya         | Suktara                                        |
| 15        | ----                | Budbuda                                        | Nai Tola         | Khawasa                                        |
| 16        | -----               | Rampayli                                       | Padiwada         | Mugawani                                       |
| 17        | -----               | ----                                           | Khamariya Ryt    | Bhimgarh                                       |
| 18        | ----                | ----                                           | Khirkhiri        | Dhanora                                        |
| 19        | ---                 | ----                                           | Patan Ryt        | Ugli                                           |
| 20        | ----                | ----                                           | Bordai           | ---                                            |
| 21        | ----                | ---                                            | Chakki Tola      | ---                                            |
| 22        | ---                 | ----                                           | Amoda            | ---                                            |
| 23        | --                  | -----                                          | Boriya           | ---                                            |
| 24        | ----                | ----                                           | Batwani          | ---                                            |
| 25        | ---                 | ---                                            | Karanpur         | ---                                            |

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