Lok Sabha Question No. 3051 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-21
Subject: Drinking Water Crisis
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3051 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2023

## Drinking Water Crisis

## †3051. SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  about  serious  drinking  water  crisis  caused  by  continuously receding water table in various States across the country;

(b) if so, the details of the schemes being implemented especially in aspirational districts to tackle the above situation;

(c) the details of the funds spent on various drinking water schemes in the districts of Maharashtra during the last five years, district-wise including Osmanabad (Dharashiv);

(d) whether the Government proposes to implement any special scheme regarding drinking water in various districts of Maharashtra; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a), (d) & (e) Government of India is committed to make provision for safe & potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on a regular & long-term basis to all rural households in the country. Towards this end, the Government of India launched the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), to be implemented in partnership with states including Maharashtra, in August 2019. Drinking Water is a state subject, and hence, the responsibility of planning, approval, implementation, operation, and maintenance of drinking water supply schemes, including those under the Jal Jeevan Mission, lies with State/UT  Governments.  The  Government  of  India  supports  the  States  by  providing  technical  and financial assistance.

Significant progress has been made in the country since the launch of Jal Jeevan Mission, towards enhancing access to tap water to rural households. At the start of Jal Jeevan Mission in August 2019, only 3.23 Crore (16.8%) rural households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, as reported by States/ UTs as on 18.12.2023, around 10.61 Crore additional rural households have been provided with tap water connections under JJM. Thus, as on 18.12.2023, out of 19.24 Crore rural households in the country, approximately 13.84 Crore (71.94%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) is periodically monitoring the ground water levels throughout the country on a regional scale, through a network of monitoring wells. In order to assess the longterm fluctuation in ground water level, the water level data collected by CGWB during November 2022 has been compared with the decadal mean of November (2012-2021). Analysis of water level data indicates that about 61.1% of the wells monitored have registered rise in ground water levels.  The State-wise details are given in Annexure .

- (b) CGWB has taken up projects on pilot basis to harvest the runoff water in stream to store at suitable locations  for  augmenting  recharge  to  the  ground  water  in  03 aspirational districts  of  Osmanabad, Maharashtra,  YSR  Kadapa district,  Andhra  Pradesh  and  Jangaon district,  Telangana,  in  2018  and completed in 2020. The structures included construction of check dams, percolation tanks, subsurface barrier, recharge wells and recharge shafts. Total funds allocated for the project is Rs. 54,37,85,300/and funds released to is Rs. 41,25,26,116/-. The details of the structures constructed in the aspiration districts are summarised below:

|   S. No | State / District / Block                  | Details                                                                                                        |
|---------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Maharashtra / Osmanabad Osmanabad         | / Constructed 55 Check Dams, 20 Piezometers & 46 Recharge wells.                                               |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh / YSR Kadapa / Pulivendula | Constructed 16 Check dams, 4 Percolation tanks, 01 Sub- surface barrier and 36 Recharge shaft &12 Piezometers. |
|       3 | Telangana / Warangal / Bachennapet        | Constructed 6 Check dams, 01 Sub-Subsurface barrier and 31 Recharge shaft &9Piezometers.                       |

The status of tap water supply in aspirational district is in public domain and may be seen at below link:

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- (c) The year-wise details of funds allocated, released and utilized by Maharashtra under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) during the last five years are as under:

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

|          | Central share   | Central share     | Central share           | Central share        | Central share        | Expenditure under State   |
|----------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
| Year     | Opening Balance | Budget allocation | Fund drawn by the State | Total available fund | Reported utilization | share                     |
| 2019-20  | 248.12          | 847.97            | 345.28                  | 593.4                | 308.04               | 428.14                    |
| 2020-21  | 285.35          | 1,828.92          | 457.23                  | 742.58               | 473.59               | 324.16                    |
| 2021-22  | 268.99          | 7,064.41          | 1,666.64                | 1,935.63             | 377.98               | 477.98                    |
| 2022-23  | 1,557.65        | 7,831.25          | 3,915.62                | 5,473.27             | 3,109.69             | 2,972.28                  |
| 2023-24* | 2,363.58        | 21,465.88         | 1,861.07                | 4,224.65             | 1,736.56             | 1,970.83                  |

District-wise  information  related  to  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilized  is  not  maintained  at Government of India level.

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## Annexure referred in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3051 due for reply on 21.12.2023

State-wise Decadal Water Level Fluctuation with Mean [November (2012 to 2021] and November 2022

| S. No.   | Name of State       | No. of wells Analysed   |        |           |       |          |      | Rise    | Rise   | Rise           | Rise   | Rise     | Rise   | Rise     |        |                | Fall       | Fall          | Wells showing   | Wells showing   | Wells showing   |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------------|--------|-----------|-------|----------|------|---------|--------|----------------|--------|----------|--------|----------|--------|----------------|------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| S. No.   | Name of State       | No. of wells Analysed   | 0-2m   | 0-2m      | 2-4m  | 2-4m     | >4m  | >4m     | 0-2m   | 0-2m           | 2-4m   | 2-4m     | >4m    | >4m      | Rise   | Rise           |            |               | no change       | no change       | no change       |
| S. No.   | Name of State       | No. of wells Analysed   | No     | %         | No    | %        | No   | %       | No     | %              | No     | %        | No     | %        | No     | %              |            | %             | No              | %               | %               |
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar | 99                      | 70     | 70.7      | 2     | 2.0      | 0    | 0.0     | 26     | 26.3           | 0      | 0.0      | 0      | 0.0      | 72     | 72.7           | No 26 26.3 |               | 1               | 1.0             | 1.0             |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh      | 662                     | 335    | 50.6      | 91    | 13.7     | 65   | 9.8     | 157    | 23.7           | 11     | 1.7      | 3      | 0.5      | 491    | 74.2           | 171        | 25.8          | 0               | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 9                       | 1      | 11.1      | 0     | 0.0      | 0    | 0.0     | 7      | 77.8           | 1      | 11.1     | 0      | 0.0      | 1      | 11.1           | 8          | 88.9          | 0               | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 4        | Assam               | 163                     | 84     | 51.5      | 2     | 1.2      | 1    | 0.6     | 72     | 44.2           | 2      | 1.2      | 2      | 1.2      | 87     | 53.4           | 76         | 46.6          | 0               | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 5        | Bihar               | 638                     | 291    | 45.6      | 19    | 3.0      | 4    | 0.6     | 279    | 43.7           | 36     | 5.6      | 9      | 1.4      | 314    | 49.2           | 324        | 50.8          | 0               | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 6        | Chandigarh          | 14                      | 4      | 28.6      | 1     | 7.1      | 0    | 0.0     | 5      | 35.7           | 2      | 14.3     | 2      | 14.3     | 5      | 35.7           | 9          | 64.3          | 0               | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh        | 757                     | 386    | 51.0      | 86    | 11.4     | 20   | 2.6     | 214    | 28.3           | 36     | 4.8      | 14     | 1.8      | 492    | 65.0           | 264        | 34.9          | 1               | 0.1             | 0.1             |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 15                      | 9      | 60.0      | 0     | 0.0      | 0    | 0.0     | 5      | 33.3           | 1      | 6.7      | 0      | 0.0      | 9      | 60.0           | 6          | 40.0          | 0               | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 9        | Daman &Diu          | 7                       | 4      | 57.1      | 0     | 0.0      | 0    | 0.0     | 3      | 42.9           | 0      | 0.0      | 0      | 0.0      | 4      | 57.1           | 3          | 42.9          | 0               | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 10       | Delhi               | 84                      | 31     | 36.9      | 11    | 13.1     | 18   | 21.4    | 12     | 14.3           | 6      | 7.1      | 6      | 7.1      | 60     | 71.4           | 24         | 28.6          | 0               | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 11       | Goa                 | 63                      | 10     | 15.9 40.5 | 0 113 | 0.0 15.9 | 0 76 | 0.0     | 47 169 | 74.6 23.8      | 5 35   | 7.9 4.9  | 1 29   | 1.6 4.1  | 10 476 | 15.9 67.1      | 53 233     | 84.1 32.9     | 0               | 0 0.0           | 0.0             |
| 12       | Gujarat             | 709                     | 287    |           |       |          |      | 10.7    |        |                |        |          |        |          |        |                |            |               |                 |                 |                 |
| 13       | Haryana             | 258                     | 102    | 39.5      | 24    | 9.3      | 18   | 7.0     | 65     | 25.2           | 22     | 8.5      | 27     | 10.5     | 144    | 55.8           | 114        | 44.2          | 0               | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh    | 84                      | 23     | 27.4      | 4     | 4.8      | 0    | 0.0     | 52     | 61.9           | 3      | 3.6      | 2      | 2.4      | 27     | 32.1           | 57         | 67.9          | 0               |                 |                 |
| 15       | Jammu &Kashmir      | 271                     | 102    | 37.6      | 6     | 2.2      | 3    | 1.1     | 150    | 55.4           | 10     | 3.7      | 0      | 0.0      | 111    | 41.0           | 160        | 59.0          | 0               | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 16       | Jharkhand           | 173                     | 73     | 42.2      | 8     | 4.6      | 5    | 2.9     | 70     | 40.5           | 15     | 8.7      | 1      | 0.6      | 86     | 49.7           | 86         | 49.7          | 1               | 0.6             | 0.6             |
| 17       | Karnataka           | 1328                    | 545    | 41.0      | 188   | 14.2     | 157  | 11.8    | 395    | 29.7           | 27     | 2.0      | 15     | 1.1      | 890    | 67.0           | 437        | 32.9          | 1               | 0.1             | 0.1             |
| 18       | Kerala              | 1410                    | 602    | 42.7      | 35    | 2.5      | 7    | 0.5     | 718    | 50.9           | 35     | 2.5      | 12     | 0.9      | 644    | 45.7           | 765        | 54.3          | 1               | 0.1             | 0.1             |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh      | 1259                    | 650    | 51.6      | 262   | 20.8     | 92   | 7.3     | 199    | 15.8           | 40     | 3.2      | 16     | 1.3      | 1004   | 79.7           | 255        | 20.3          | 0               | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 20       | Maharashtra         | 1474                    | 661    | 44.8      | 231   | 15.7     | 105  | 7.1     | 394    | 26.7           | 62     | 4.2      | 19     | 1.3      | 997    | 67.6           | 475        | 32.2          | 2               | 0.1             | 0.1             |
| 21       | Meghalaya           | 24                      | 12     | 50.0      | 1     | 4.2      | 0    | 0.0     | 11     | 45.8           | 0      | 0.0      | 0      | 0.0      | 13     | 54.2           | 11         | 45.8          | 0               | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 22       | Nagaland            | 4                       | 0      | 0.0       | 2     | 50.0     | 0    | 0.0     | 1      | 25.0           | 1      | 25.0     | 0      | 0.0      | 2      | 50.0           | 2          | 50.0          | 0               | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 23       | Odisha              | 1211                    | 686    | 56.6      | 29    | 2.4      | 3    | 0.2     | 465    | 38.4           | 26     | 2.1      | 2      | 0.2      | 718    | 59.3           | 493        | 40.7          | 0               | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 24       | Pondicherry         | 4                       | 3      | 75.0      | 0     | 0.0      | 0    | 0.0     | 1      | 25.0           | 0      | 0.0      | 0      | 0.0      | 3      | 75.0           | 1          | 25.0          | 0               | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 25       | Punjab              | 230                     | 54     | 23.5      | 2     | 0.9      | 2    | 0.9     | 89     | 38.7           | 47     | 20.4     | 36     | 15.7     | 58     |                | 25.2 172   | 74.8 0        |                 | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 26       | Rajasthan Tamil     | 889                     | 270    | 30.4      | 114   | 12.8     | 88   | 9.9     | 249    | 28.0           | 82     | 9.2      | 86     | 9.7      | 472    | 53.1           | 417        | 46.9          | 0               | 0 0.0           | 0.0             |
| 27       | Nadu                | 620                     | 220    | 35.5      | 160   |          | 136  | 21.9    | 86     | 13.9           | 11     | 1.8      | 7      | 1.1      | 516    | 83.2           | 104        | 16.8          |                 |                 |                 |
|          |                     | 512                     |        |           |       | 25.8     |      |         | 44     | 8.6            |        |          |        |          |        |                | 54         |               | 0.0             | 0.0             | 0.0             |
| 28 29    | Telangana           |                         | 217    | 42.4      | 106   | 20.7     | 135  | 26.4    |        |                | 4      | 0.8      | 6      | 1.2      | 458    | 89.5           | 10.5       | 0             |                 |                 |                 |
|          | Tripura             | 20                      | 7      | 35.0      | 1     | 5.0      | 0    | 0.0     | 10     | 50.0           | 2      | 10.0     | 0      | 0.0      | 8      | 40.0           | 12         | 60.0          | 0               |                 | 0.0             |
| 30 31    | Uttar Pradesh       | 631 45                  | 341 21 | 54.0 46.7 | 45 6  | 7.1      | 10 2 | 1.6 4.4 | 189 10 | 30.0 22.2 46.2 | 28 3   | 4.4 6.7  | 18 3   | 2.9 6.7  | 396 29 | 62.8 64.4 28.3 | 235 16     | 37.2 35.6 546 | 0               | 0 0 0.0         | 0.0 0.0         |
|          | Uttarakhand         | 762                     | 180    | 23.6      | 23    | 13.3     | 13   | 1.7     | 352    |                | 105    | 89       |        |          | 216    |                |            |               |                 |                 |                 |
| 32       | West Bengal         |                         |        |           |       | 3.0      |      |         |        |                |        |          |        |          |        |                | 71.7       |               |                 |                 |                 |
|          | TOTAL               | 14429                   | 6281   | 43.5      | 1572  | 10.9     | 960  | 6.7     | 4546   | 31.5           | 658    | 13.8 4.6 | 405    | 11.7 2.8 | 8813   | 61.1           | 5609 38.9  | 7             | 0.0             | 0.0             | 0.0             |