Lok Sabha Question No. 1439 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-26
Subject: Water Management in Forest
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: LAKHAN LAL SAHU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1439 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2016

## Water Management in Forest

## 1439.     SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has appointed agencies for promoting water management programmes in forest areas for conservation of wild life;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether wild animals are deserting forest and entering rural areas due to acute shortage of water;
- (d) if so, whether the Government has constructed water tanks at various places in forest areas for wild animals; and
- (e) if so, the funds sanctioned for the said purpose during the last two years and the current year, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) and (b) Water management is the mandate of the state forest department as part of the forest and wildlife management in forest areas. Recently, Ministry has formulated  a  new  scheme  'Augmentation  of  Fodder  &  Water  Scheme  in Protected Areas/Forest Areas' under central  component  of  the  fund managed by Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA). The scheme is primarily for augmentation of fodder and water sources for herbivores in Protected Area/Forests where degraded habitat is known to be the cause of significant human-wildlife conflict.
- (c) Sometimes,  especially  during  hot  seasons,  due  to  drying  up  of  natural water  sources  and  scarcity  of  water  within  the  forests,  wild  animals  are forced  to  move  out  from  their  habitats/territories  and  enter  into  nearby villages/ human habitations in search of food and water.
- (d) The  Ministry,  through  its  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  (CSS)  namely 'Project Tiger', 'Project Elephant' and 'Integrated Development of

Wildlife Habitats (IDWH)' provides funds to States and UTs for various activities including creation of artificial ponds, waterholes at various places within forests to make water available for animals. Also, under the scheme 'Augmentation of Fodder and Water Scheme in PAs/Forest areas special emphasis  is  given  on  increasing  soil  and  moisture  content  in  the  forest areas.

- (e) Details of funds released under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) of IDWH,  Project  Elephant  and  Project  Tiger  during  last  2  years  and  in current  financial  year  are  given  in Annexure .  Under  the  scheme  of 'Augmentation  of  Fodder  &  Water  Scheme  in  Protected  areas/Forest Areas' are amount of Rs. 5 Crores has been allocated for augmentation of fodder  species  and  for  appropriate  soil  and  moisture  conservation  works within PAs.

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## Annexure

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1439  REGARDING  'WATER  MANAGEMENT  IN FOREST' BY SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU FOR REPLY ON 26.07.2016

## State Wise Fund Released Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of 'Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (IDWH)'

(Amount Rs. in Lakh)

| S.No.   | State/UTs         | 2014-15 (Rs)   | 2015-16 (Rs)   | 2016-17 (Rs)   |
|---------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| 1       | A&NIslands        | 00             | 100.00         | -              |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    | 63.31          | 0              | -              |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh | 00             | 304.02         | -              |
| 4       | Assam             | 149.11         | 87.10          | -              |
| 5       | Bihar             | 85.249         | 108.011        | -              |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      | 482.087        | 213.409        | -              |
| 7       | Goa               | 00             | 00             | -              |
| 8       | Gujarat           | 634.94         | 395.798        | -              |
| 9       | Haryana           | 14.71          | 99.33          | -              |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  | 430.345        | 431.837        | -              |
| 11      | Jammu &Kashmir    | 506.761        | 354.00         | -              |
| 12      | Jharkhand         | 101.12         | 18.62          | -              |
| 13      | Karnataka         | 483.7769       | 262.13         | -              |
| 14      | Kerala            | 818.491        | 967.386        | 471.487        |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    | 371.354        | 394.565        | -              |
| 16      | Maharashtra       | 402.723        | 277.94         | -              |
| 17      | Manipur           | 129.192        | 248.919        | -              |
| 18      | Meghalaya         | 44.87          | 38.3902        | -              |
| 19      | Mizoram           | 131.54134      | 94.55          | 153.00         |
| 20      | Nagaland          | 85.155         | 235.48         | -              |
| 21      | Odisha            | 350.3229       | 246.8365       | 279.65         |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 367.296        | 314.788        | -              |
| 23      | Sikkim            | 169.15643      | 290.32635      | 145.50         |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 280.626        | 113.261        | -              |
| 25      | Telangana         | -              | --             | -              |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh     | 224.899        | 235.05         | -              |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 141.116        | 188.318        | -              |
| 28      | West Bengal       | 108.847        | 100.934        | -              |
| 29      | Puducherry        | 12.00          | 00             | -              |
|         | TOTAL             | 6588.99857     | 6120.99905     | 1049.637       |

## State Wise Fund Released Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of Project Elephant (PE)

(Amount Rs. in Lakh)

| S.No.   | State/UTs         | 2014-15 (Rs)   | 2015-16 (Rs)   | 2016-17 (Rs) (As on 30/6)   |
|---------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 13.523         | -              | 13.62282                    |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 97.714         | 61.206         | -                           |
| 3       | Assam             | 236.664        | -              | -                           |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh      | 43.7456        | 21.91          | 61.1624                     |
| 5       | Jharkhand         | 88.4256        | 53.453         | -                           |
| 6       | Karnataka         | 225.319        | 181.054        | 254.80                      |
| 7       | Kerala            | 236.72         | 204.54         | 343.89696                   |
| 8       | Maharashtra       | 38.202         | 8.062          | 14.335                      |
| 9       | Meghalaya         | 118.838        | 81.387         | -                           |
| 10      | Mizoram           | -              | -              | -                           |
| 11      | Nagaland          | 44.8132        | 15.44          | 20.3143                     |
| 12      | Orissa            | 153.35         | 105.63         | 158.42736                   |
| 13      | Tamil Nadu        | 251.208        | 160.533        | 25.80                       |
| 14      | Tripura           | 6.03           | 26.10932       | -                           |
| 15      | Uttar Pradesh     | 5.16           | 15.33          | 14.174                      |
| 16      | Uttarakhand       | 103.908        | 82.61          | 175.4576                    |
| 17      | West Bengal       | 103.814        | 105.174        | 79.45                       |
| 18      | Haryana           | -              | 10.00          | -                           |
| 19      | Bihar             | -              | 3.008          | -                           |
| 20      | Rajasthan         | -              | -              | 15.84                       |
| 21.     | Punjab            | -              | -              | 1.825                       |
| 22.     | Madhya Pradesh.   | -              | -              | 6.8442                      |
|         | Total (Rs)        | 1767.4344      | 1135.44632     | 1185.94964                  |

(Amount Rs. in Lakh)

| S. No.   | States            | 2014-15 (Rs)   | 2015-16 (Rs)   | 2016-17 (Rs)   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 184.141        | 0.00000        | -              |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 658.4260       | 429.53900      | -              |
| 3        | Assam             | 1509.389       | 1425.41300     | -              |
| 4        | Bihar             | 317.096        | 223.55051      | 384.65500      |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 609.827        | 398.94500      | -              |
| 6        | Jharkhand         | 199.08         | 47.98470       | -              |
| 7        | Karnataka         | 1565.7726      | 1378.19440     | 677.14100      |
| 8        | Kerala            | 517.5351       | 396.60100      | -              |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh    | 4335.1182      | 1421.00700     | 1871.08440     |
| 10       | Maharashtra       | 3425.5241      | 3923.07890     | -              |
| 11       | Mizoram           | 232.1896       | 187.98450      | -              |
| 12       | Orissa            | 707.3885       | 544.80052      | 311.65200      |
| 13       | Rajasthan         | 627.192        | 1257.80800     | -              |
| 14       | Tamil Nadu        | 864.316        | 1950.17128     | 631.21800      |
| 15       | Telangana         | -              | 214.81920      | -              |
| 16       | Uttaranchal       | 391.19         | 683.98538      | -              |
| 17       | U.P               | 760.9283       | 624.54630      | -              |
| 18       | West Bengal       | 596.8825       | 376.50781      | -              |
| 19       | Goa               | 0.00           | 0.00000        | -              |
|          | Total (Rs)        | 17,502.000     | 15,484.9365    | 3,875.7504     |