Lok Sabha Question No. 107 (STARRED), answered on 2023-07-27
Subject: Cleaning of Reservoirs
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sanjay Seth

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *107

ANSWERED ON 27.07.2023

## CLEANING OF RESERVOIRS

## †*107 SHRI SANJAY SETH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  steps  have  been  taken  by  the  Union  Government  to  facilitate  cleaning  of  large  water bodies/reservoirs in Jharkhand which have got polluted due to various reasons;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to formulate any scheme for the purpose of cleaning these water bodies/reservoirs and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to provide clean drinking water to the people of Jharkhand during the last three years and the details of the funds released in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU )

- (a) to (d) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  *107  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  27.07.2023  REGARDING  'CLEANING  OF RESERVOIRS'.

(a) to (c) Water being a State subject, it is for the State Government concerned, including Jharkhand, to  take  up  cleaning  of  large  water  bodies/reservoirs  in  their  respective  jurisdiction,  which  have  got polluted  due  to  various  reasons.   However,  Government  of  Jharkhand  has  informed  that  there  is  no reservoir presently reported as polluted under its Water Resources Department.

Further, some of the measures taken by Government of India to supplement the efforts of the State Governments for rejuvenation of reservoirs and water bodies are given below.

1. Government of India is providing financial  assistance to the identified schemes under Repair, Renovation  and  Restoration  of  Water  Bodies  (RRR  of  WBs)  component  of  Pradhan  Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)-Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP).
2. Focused interventions under Jal Shakti Abhiyan campaigns taken up by the Government of India and  the  State  Governments  include  renovation  of  traditional  and  other  water  bodies/tanks, enumeration, geo-tagging and making inventory of all water bodies, removal of encroachments of tanks/ lakes, and de-silting of tanks. Interventions taken up in Jal Shakti Abhiyan are inter alia funded under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), which  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.
3. Rejuvenation of water bodies is also a component under water supply sector of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) Scheme under Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs. Further, AMRUT 2.0 launched in October, 2021, 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.

(d) Since August 2019, Government of India, in partnership with State Governments, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)-Har Ghar Jal to enable every rural household in the country including those in Jharkhand, to have assured potable water through tap connection.

At  the  time  of  announcement  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission,  3.45  Lakh  (5.63%)  rural  households  were reported to have tap water connections in Jharkhand. So far, as reported by the State as on 26.07.2023, around  20.50  Lakh  rural  households  have  been  provided  with  tap  water  connections.  Thus,  as  on 26.07.2023, out of 61.28 Lakh rural households in the State, around 23.95 Lakh (39.08%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

Under Jal Jeevan Mission the details of Central fund allocated released and ulitised by the State of Jharkhand is as under:

Amount (Rs. in crore)

|          | Central share   | Central share   | Central share   | Central share   | Central share        | Expenditure under State share   |
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
| Year     | Opening Balance | Fund allocated  | Fund drawn      | Available fund  | Reported utilization |                                 |
| 2019-20  | 75.79           | 267.69          | 291.19          | 382.97          | 114.58               | 119.71                          |
| 2020-21  | 268.39          | 572.24          | 143.06          | 411.45          | 286.62               | 177.73                          |
| 2021-22  | 124.83          | 2,479.88        | 512.22          | 637.05          | 437.21               | 510.99                          |
| 2022-23  | 199.83          | 2,825.52        | 2,119.14        | 2,318.97        | 1,789.85             | 1,593.00                        |
| 2023-24* | 529.13          | 4,722.76        | ND              | 529.13          | 411.26               | 684.89                          |

*as on 26.07.2023                                          ND: Not drawn

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