Lok Sabha Question No. 206 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-20
Subject: Census of Water Bodies
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Pritam Gopinath Munde, Rahul Ramesh Shewale, Chandra Sekhar Sahu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 206

ANSWERED ON 20.07.2023

## CENSUS OF WATER BODIES

## 206. DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Union Government has conducted the census of water bodies in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise particularly in Odisha along with the time duration and the objectives thereof;

(c) the number of water bodies existing in the urban and the rural areas, separately, State-wise including Odisha;

(d) whether many water bodies particularly in the urban areas are encroached upon by the land mafias and others;

(e) if so, the steps taken by the Union Government to remove such encroachments;

(f) whether the Union Government proposes to encourage the States, particularly Odisha, to construct more water bodies where the resources are available for that; and

(g) if so, the details in this regard along with the response of the States thereon?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU

## )

(a) & (b) Yes,  the Ministry of Jal Shakti launched the first census of water bodies in convergence with the sixth minor irrigation census (reference year 2017-18), under the centrally sponsored scheme 'Irrigation Census'. The objective of the census of water bodies is to develop a national database for all water  bodies  by  collecting  information  on  all  important  aspects  of  the  subject  including  their  size, condition,  status  of  encroachments,  use,  storage  capacity  etc.  After,  completing  all  the  preparatory work, the field work of the First Census of Water Bodies was launched in 2019. The field work was delayed in many States/UTs due to COVID pandemic. After successful completion of field work and data  processing  activities  in  all  the  33  participating  States/UTs  including  Odisha,  the  Report  was published in March 2023.

(c)  &  (d) State-wise  information  on  number  of  water  bodies  in  rural  and  urban  area  along  with reported number of cases of encroachment of water bodies as available from the first census of water bodies is given in the Annexure I. Out of encroached water bodies, 95.4% are in Rural and 4.5% are in Urban area. However, among rural water bodies, only 1.6% are encroached whereas among urban water bodies 2.5% Encroached.

(e) Action  on  reported  encroachment  of  water  bodies  comes  under  the  purview  of  the  State Government concerned. However, from time to time Union Government has been sensitizing the State Governments regarding importance of water bodies for socio economic development and sustainable water  security  to  the  local  population.  Need  for  taking  necessary  steps  for  keeping  the  water  bodies encroachment free, such as inclusion of water bodies in land records and making them integral part of town  planning  process,  strict  action  against   encroachers,  etc.  is  also  being  emphasized  to  the  State Governments by Union Government, from time to time.

(f) & (g) Planning, funding, execution and maintenance of water bodies, including their restoration, rejuvenation and conservation, is within the purview of the State Government concerned. Government of  India  provides technical support and, in some cases, partial financial assistance under the existing schemes, to facilitate  the  State Governments. Some of the major initiatives taken by  Government of India for construction as well as conservation and restoration of water bodies in the country, are listed below:

1. 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. The State/UTwise  details  of  water  conservation  and  water  harvesting  works  completed  and  ongoing  under MNREGS as on 13.07.2023 since inception of the scheme is given at Annexure II.
2. Jal  Shakti  Abhiyan  was  launched  by  the  Government  in  the  year  2019  in  256  districts  of  the country which was later implemented across the country as 'Jal shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain' (JSA:CTR)  in  2021.  The  fourth  campaign  in  the  series,  JSA:CTR  2023  has  been  launched  in March 2023. The focused interventions of the campaign include (i) water conservation and rain water  harvesting  (ii)  enumerating,  geo-tagging  and  making  inventory  of  all  waterbodies; preparation  of  scientific  plans  for  water  conservation  based  on  it  (iii)  setting  up  of  Jal  Shakti Kendras  in  all  districts  (iv)  intensive  afforestation  and  (v)  awareness  generation.  As  per information  available  on  JSA:CTR  portal,  the  water  related  works  completed  in  the  State  of Odisha during the period 04.03.2023 to 13.07.2023 is given at Annexure III.
3. Government of India is providing financial assistance to the States for creation and restoration of Irrigation Potential under Surface Minor Irrigation (SMI) and Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) - Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP). The SMI & RRR of Water Bodies schemes have multiple objectives like expanding  cultivable  area  under  assured  irrigation  by  improvement  and  restoration  of  water bodies  thereby  increasing  the  tank  storage  capacity  and  revival  of  lost  irrigation  potential, improving water use efficiency, Ground Water recharge, increased availability of drinking water, improvement of catchment of tank commands etc. Under the scheme Surface Minor Irrigation, Government  of  Odisha  have  proposed  to  take  up  48  new  Minor  Irrigation  Projects  during  the financial year 2023-24.

## ANNEXURE I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.206  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  20.07.2023  REGARDING  'CENSUS  OF WATER BODIES'.

State-wise number of water bodies and number of encroachments reported in the first Census of Water bodies

| S.no.   | States/UTs               | No. of Water bodies   | No. of Water bodies   | No. of Water bodies   | No. of encroached Water bodies   | No. of encroached Water bodies   | No. of encroached Water bodies   |
|---------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| S.no.   | States/UTs               | Rural                 | Urban                 | Total                 | Rural                            | Urban                            | Total                            |
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 3497                  | 31                    | 3528                  | 59                               | 0                                | 59                               |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh           | 190263                | 514                   | 190777                | 3871                             | 49                               | 3920                             |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 893                   | 100                   | 993                   | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 4       | Assam                    | 170112                | 2380                  | 172492                | 6                                | 7                                | 13                               |
| 5       | Bihar                    | 43831                 | 1962                  | 45793                 | 779                              | 92                               | 871                              |
| 6       | Chandigarh               | 23                    | 165                   | 188                   | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh             | 33519                 | 481                   | 34000                 | 111                              | 0                                | 111                              |
| 8       | Delhi                    | 849                   | 44                    | 893                   | 199                              | 17                               | 216                              |
| 9       | Goa                      | 1406                  | 57                    | 1463                  | 8                                | 0                                | 8                                |
| 10      | Gujarat                  | 53156                 | 913                   | 54069                 | 3                                | 19                               | 22                               |
| 11      | Haryana                  | 14898                 | 0                     | 14898                 | 50                               | 0                                | 50                               |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh         | 87364                 | 653                   | 88017                 | 42                               | 0                                | 42                               |
| 13      | Jammu &Kashmir           | 9687                  | 78                    | 9765                  | 102                              | 1                                | 103                              |
| 14      | Jharkhand                | 106176                | 1422                  | 107598                | 559                              | 1                                | 560                              |
| 15      | Karnataka                | 26224                 | 789                   | 27013                 | 948                              | 0                                | 948                              |
| 16      | Kerala                   | 49725                 | 6009                  | 55734                 | 103                              | 8                                | 111                              |
| 17      | Madhya Pradesh           | 81012                 | 1631                  | 82643                 | 1750                             | 29                               | 1779                             |
| 18      | Maharashtra              | 96343                 | 719                   | 97062                 | 251                              | 0                                | 251                              |
| 19      | Manipur                  | 1369                  | 289                   | 1658                  | 0                                | 6                                | 6                                |
| 20      | Meghalaya                | 12798                 | 534                   | 13332                 | 6                                | 0                                | 6                                |
| 21      | Mizoram                  | 1436                  | 749                   | 2185                  | 4                                | 3                                | 7                                |
| 22      | Nagaland                 | 1287                  | 145                   | 1432                  | 1                                | 0                                | 1                                |
| 23      | Odisha                   | 178054                | 3783                  | 181837                | 1028                             | 20                               | 1048                             |
| 24      | Puducherry               | 1050                  | 121                   | 1171                  | 26                               | 8                                | 34                               |
| 25      | Punjab                   | 15831                 | 181                   | 16012                 | 1577                             | 1                                | 1578                             |
| 26      | Rajasthan                | 16750                 | 189                   | 16939                 | 45                               | 2                                | 47                               |
| 27      | Sikkim                   | 122                   | 12                    | 134                   | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 28      | Tamil Nadu               | 99414                 | 7543                  | 106957                | 7360                             | 1006                             | 8366                             |
| 29      | Telangana                | 63063                 | 992                   | 64055                 | 2920                             | 112                              | 3032                             |
| 30      | Tripura                  | 32140                 | 4099                  | 36239                 | 1                                | 0                                | 1                                |
| 31      | Uttarakhand              | 2970                  | 126                   | 3096                  | 4                                | 1                                | 5                                |
| 32      | Uttar Pradesh            | 240139                | 4948                  | 245087                | 14923                            | 378                              | 15301                            |
| 33      | West Bengal              | 719654                | 27826                 | 747480                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| TOTAL   |                          | 2355055               | 69485                 | 2424540               | 36736                            | 1760                             | 38496                            |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (f) & (g) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.206  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  20.07.2023  REGARDING  'CENSUS  OF WATER BODIES'.

State/UT-wise details of water conservation and water harvesting works completed and ongoing under Mahatma Gandhi  NREGS as on 13.07.2023 since inception of the scheme.

| S.no.   | States/UTs                               |   Completed |   Ongoing |
|---------|------------------------------------------|-------------|-----------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                           |      333247 |     27470 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh                        |        1236 |       386 |
| 3       | Assam                                    |       29481 |     18173 |
| 4       | Bihar                                    |      125996 |     56215 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh                             |      195933 |     35095 |
| 6       | Goa                                      |         157 |        83 |
| 7       | Gujarat                                  |      157744 |     25120 |
| 8       | Haryana                                  |       15324 |      2138 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh                         |       99884 |      9522 |
| 10      | Jammu And Kashmir                        |       43591 |     26923 |
| 11      | Jharkhand                                |      399528 |     14774 |
| 12      | Karnataka                                |      398729 |    118897 |
| 13      | Kerala                                   |      441775 |     65902 |
| 14      | Ladakh                                   |         718 |       257 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh                           |      736820 |    126572 |
| 16      | Maharashtra                              |      211233 |     14323 |
| 17      | Manipur                                  |       10634 |      3273 |
| 18      | Meghalaya                                |       20460 |     10111 |
| 19      | Mizoram                                  |        8682 |       337 |
| 20      | Nagaland                                 |        5059 |       826 |
| 21      | Odisha                                   |      138620 |     83393 |
| 22      | Punjab                                   |        4161 |      2282 |
| 23      | Rajasthan                                |      183831 |     92357 |
| 24      | Sikkim                                   |        4268 |       768 |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu                               |      434021 |     70622 |
| 26      | Telangana                                |      522817 |     83634 |
| 27      | Tripura                                  |      141838 |      3051 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh                            |      493083 |    113963 |
| 29      | Uttarakhand                              |       80478 |     13117 |
| 30      | West Bengal                              |      379338 |     66048 |
| 31      | Andaman And Nicobar                      |         397 |       101 |
| 32      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |           1 |         3 |
| 33      | Lakshadweep                              |          50 |        34 |
| 34      | Puducherry                               |         354 |        56 |
| TOTAL   | TOTAL                                    |     5619488 |   1085826 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (f) & (g) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.206  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  20.07.2023  REGARDING  'CENSUS  OF WATER BODIES'.

JSA:CTR 2023 Intervention wise Progress Report (Odisha)

| S.no.         | District Name   |   Water Conservation and Rain Water Harvesting |   Renovation of Traditional Water Bodies |   Reuse and Recharge Structures |   Watershed Development |
|---------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1             | Anugul          |                                            765 |                                       38 |                              21 |                     303 |
| 2             | Balangir        |                                            397 |                                      136 |                               8 |                     857 |
| 3             | Baleshwar       |                                            447 |                                       36 |                              47 |                     328 |
| 4             | Bargarh         |                                           1237 |                                      354 |                             538 |                     666 |
| 5             | Bhadrak         |                                            289 |                                       29 |                             108 |                     294 |
| 6             | Boudh           |                                             84 |                                       46 |                              12 |                      29 |
| 7             | Cuttack         |                                            451 |                                       73 |                             266 |                     794 |
| 8             | Deogarh         |                                            104 |                                       19 |                               2 |                      93 |
| 9             | Dhenkanal       |                                            230 |                                       39 |                              45 |                     126 |
| 10            | Gajapati        |                                            178 |                                       15 |                             164 |                     367 |
| 11            | Ganjam          |                                           1095 |                                      799 |                             152 |                    1505 |
| 12            | Jagatsinghapur  |                                             90 |                                       29 |                              86 |                     169 |
| 13            | Jajapur         |                                            215 |                                       44 |                             134 |                     240 |
| 14            | Jharsuguda      |                                             68 |                                       19 |                              19 |                     263 |
| 15            | Kalahandi       |                                            296 |                                      163 |                             235 |                    1709 |
| 16            | Kandhamal       |                                            481 |                                       10 |                             348 |                     646 |
| 17            | Kendrapara      |                                              9 |                                       15 |                               6 |                      44 |
| 18            | Kendujhar       |                                           1017 |                                      118 |                              66 |                     746 |
| 19            | Khordha         |                                            126 |                                       88 |                              63 |                     345 |
| 20            | Koraput         |                                           1735 |                                       67 |                              61 |                     722 |
| 21            | Malkangiri      |                                            394 |                                        8 |                              42 |                     339 |
| 22            | Mayurbhanj      |                                           1381 |                                       77 |                             128 |                     752 |
| 23            | Nabarangpur     |                                            195 |                                       70 |                              13 |                     319 |
| 24            | Nayagarh        |                                             69 |                                       24 |                              52 |                      97 |
| 25            | Nuapada         |                                            403 |                                       96 |                              56 |                     826 |
| 26            | Puri            |                                            156 |                                       85 |                              18 |                     345 |
| 27            | Rayagada        |                                            168 |                                       33 |                              28 |                     859 |
| 28            | Sambalpur       |                                            347 |                                       19 |                             393 |                     338 |
| 29            | Sonepur         |                                             53 |                                       26 |                               0 |                      51 |
| 30 Sundargarh |                 |                                            697 |                                      107 |                              40 |                    1160 |
| TOTAL         | TOTAL           |                                          13177 |                                     2682 |                            3151 |                   15332 |

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