Lok Sabha Question No. 28 (STARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: New Underground Water Resources
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF  WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*28

ANSWERED ON 25.02.2016

## NEW UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURCES

## †*28. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL

Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  there  is  any  scheme  to  assess  and  exploit  new  underground  water  resources  in  various parts of the country including drought prone areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the new sources identified/found out in the country including Bundelkhand region during the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of the various river linking projects proposed in the country; and

(d) whether the Government is working on the project of providing water in drought prone areas of the country including the over exploited areas of the said region by linking the dams of the said areas with the Ken-Betwa river-linking project and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE  HON'BLE  MINISTER  OF  WATER  RESOURCES,  RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND GANGA REJUVENATION (SUSHRI UMA BHARTI)

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

STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. †*28 TO BE ANSWERED  ON  25.02.2016 IN  LOK  SABHA  REGARDING  'NEW UNDERGROUND  WATER  RESOURCES'  ASKED  BY  SHRI  KUNWAR  PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL, HON'BLE M.P, LOK SABHA: (a)  &  (b)  During  XII  Plan  period  Central  Ground  Water  Board  is  implementing  the  Central  Sector Scheme 'Ground Water Management & Regulation' in which aquifer mapping is a component.   The aim of the Aquifer Mapping is to delineate aquifer disposition on a scale of 1:50000 in 3D and their characterization  along  with  quantification  for  preparation  of  aquifer/  area  specific  ground  water management  plans.  It  is  proposed  to  cover  an  area  of  8.89  lakh  sq.km.  in  the  priority  areas characterized by Over-Exploited, Critical and Semi-critical ground water assessment units, as well as water quality and other problematic/ vulnerable areas. The States covered in the priority area inter-alia include Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telengana as  well  as  the  water  scarce  Bundelkhand  Region  of  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Madhya  Pradesh.  State  wise details of cumulative progress of the last three years is given in Annexure -I (c)  Ministry  of  Water  Resources,  River  Development  &  Ganga  Rejuvenation  has  formulated  a National Perspective Plan for water resources development envisaging inter-basin transfer of water in the Country. Under the National Perspective Plan (NPP), 14 links under Himalayan Rivers Component and  16  links  under  Peninsular  Rivers  Component  have  been  identified  based  on  field  survey  and investigation and detailed studies. The present status of links identified on rivers in various States of the Country is given at Annexure II. (d)  Ken  -  Betwa  river  linking  project  envisages  irrigation  to  an  area  of  about  7.00  lakh  hectare annually  in drought prone Bundelkhand region covering Chhattarpur, Tikamgarh, Panna and Shivpuri districts of Madhya Pradesh and Mahoba, Banda and Jhansi districts of Uttar Pradesh. Further Ken Betwa Link Project will provide drinking water supply to about 13.5 lakh population in rural areas of the Chattarpur, Tikamgarh and Panna districts of Madhya Pradesh.

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Annexure  referred  in  reply  to Part(b) of Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.28 for 25.02.2016 regarding 'New Underground Water Resources'

## State wise cumulative progress under National Aquifer Mapping and Management Programme in the last three years

| Sl. No.   | State                                                                                                                      |   Area covered (inKm 2 ) |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1         | Bihar                                                                                                                      |                     2208 |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                               |                     1604 |
| 3         | Gujarat                                                                                                                    |                     6600 |
| 4         | Haryana *                                                                                                                  |                    24006 |
| 5         | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                             |                     2300 |
| 6         | Karnataka                                                                                                                  |                     5938 |
| 7         | Kerala                                                                                                                     |                      700 |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh **                                                                                                          |                     2179 |
| 9         | Maharashtra                                                                                                                |                     8492 |
| 10        | Odisha                                                                                                                     |                     2977 |
| 11        | Punjab                                                                                                                     |                     8499 |
| 12        | Rajasthan                                                                                                                  |                    13808 |
| 13        | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                 |                     7130 |
| 14        | Telangana                                                                                                                  |                     4547 |
| 15        | West Bengal                                                                                                                |                     2977 |
| 16        | Uttar Pradesh***                                                                                                           |                    17893 |
| 17        | NCT Delhi                                                                                                                  |                     1483 |
| 18        | Area covered under pilot aquifer mapping in parts of five States (Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Bihar) |                     3006 |
| Total     |                                                                                                                            |                   116347 |

Annexure referred in reply to Part(c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.28 for 25.02.2016 regarding 'New Underground Water Resources'

## Present status of Inter Basin Water Transfer Links

| Sl. No               | Name                                                                 | Rivers                       | States concerned                                                                                    | States benefited                              | Status                                                                      |
|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Peninsular Component | Peninsular Component                                                 | Peninsular Component         | Peninsular Component                                                                                | Peninsular Component                          | Peninsular Component                                                        |
| 1                    | Mahanadi (Manibhadra) - Godavari (Dowlaiswaram) link                 | Mahanadi & Godavari          | Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, & Chattisgarh,                                      | Andhra Pradesh &Odisha                        | Feasibility Report Completed                                                |
| 2                    | Godavari (Inchampalli) - Krishna (Pulichintala) link                 | Godavari & Krishna           | -do-                                                                                                | -do-                                          | Feasibility Report Completed                                                |
| 3                    | Godavari (Inchampalli) - Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) link               | Godavari & Krishna           | Odisha, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & Chattisgarh,                       | -do-                                          | Feasibility Report Completed                                                |
| 4                    | Godavari (Polavaram) - Krishna (Vijayawada) link                     | Godavari & Krishna           | Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, & Chattisgarh,                                      | Andhra Pradesh                                | Feasibility Report Completed                                                |
| 5                    | Krishna (Almatti) - Pennar link                                      | Krishna & Pennar             | -do-                                                                                                | Andhra Pradesh &Karnataka                     | Feasibility Report Completed                                                |
| 6                    | Krishna (Srisailam) - Pennar link                                    | Krishna & Pennar             | -do-                                                                                                | --                                            | Feasibility Report Completed                                                |
| 7                    | Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) - Pennar (Somasila ) link                   | Krishna & Pennar             | Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh &Karnataka,                                                             | -do-                                          | Feasibility Report Completed                                                |
| 8                    | Pennar (Somasila) - Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link                      | Pennar & Cauvery             | Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala &Puducherry                                           | Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu& Puducherry        | Feasibility Report Completed                                                |
| 9                    | Cauvery (Kattalai) - Vaigai -Gundar link                             | Cauvery, Vaigai & Gundar     | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala &Puducherry                                                           | Tamil Nadu                                    | Feasibility Report Completed                                                |
| 10                   | Ken-Betwa link a) Ken-Betwa Link Phase- I b) Ken-Betwa link Phase-II | Ken &Betwa                   | Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh - do-                                                                | Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh | DPR Phase-I completed in April 2010& DPR Phase-II Completed in January 2014 |
| 11                   | Parbati -Kalisindh- Chambal link                                     | Parbati, Kalisindh & Chambal | Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh (UP requested to be consulted during consensus building ) | Madhya Pradesh &Rajasthan                     | Feasibility Report Completed                                                |
| 12                   | Par-Tapi-Narmada link                                                | Par, Tapi& Narmada           | Maharashtra &Gujarat                                                                                | Gujarat                                       | DPR Completed in August 2015.                                               |
| 13                   | Damanganga - Pinjal link (As per DPR )                               | Damanganga &Pinjal           | Maharashtra &Gujarat                                                                                | Maharashtra (only water supply to Mumbai)     | DPR Completed in March 2014.                                                |
| 14                   | Bedti - Varda link                                                   | Bedti &Varda                 | Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh &Karnataka                                                              | Karnataka                                     | Pre-Feasibility Report Completed                                            |

| 15                  | Netravati - Hemavati link                              |                     | Netravati & Hemavati Karnataka, & Kerala   | Tamil Nadu                                                   | Karnataka                       | Pre-Feasibility Report Completed                        |
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 16                  | Pamba - Achankovil Vaippar link                        | -                   | Pamba, Achankovil & Vaippar                | Kerala &Tamil Nadu,                                          | Tamil Nadu                      | Feasibility Report Completed                            |
| Himalayan Component | Himalayan Component                                    | Himalayan Component | Himalayan Component                        | Himalayan Component                                          | Himalayan Component             | Himalayan Component                                     |
| 1.                  | Manas-Sankosh-Tista- Ganga (M-S-T-G) link              |                     | Manas- Sankosh-Tista- Ganga                | Assam, West Bengal, Bihar& Bhutan                            | Assam, West Bengal &Bihar       | FR in progress                                          |
| 2.                  | Kosi-Ghaghra link                                      |                     | Kosi& Ghaghra                              | Bihar , Uttar Pradesh& Nepal                                 | Bihar & Uttar Pradesh           | FR in Indian portion in progress                        |
| 3.                  | Gandak-Ganga link                                      |                     | Gandak& Ganga                              | -do-                                                         | Uttar Pradesh                   | Draft FR completed(for Indian portion)                  |
| 4.                  | Ghaghra-Yamuna link                                    |                     | Ghaghra& Yamuna                            | -do-                                                         | Uttar Pradesh                   | FR completed (for Indian portion)                       |
| 5.                  | Sarda-Yamuna link                                      |                     | Sarda& Yamuna                              | Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand &Nepal | Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand     | FR completed (for Indian portion)                       |
| 6.                  | Yamuna-Rajasthan link                                  |                     | Yamuna& Sukri                              | Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana &Rajasthan                   | Haryana & Rajasthan             | Draft FR completed                                      |
| 7.                  | Rajasthan-Sabarmati link                               |                     | Sabarmati                                  | -do-                                                         | Rajasthan & Gujarat             | Draft FR completed                                      |
| 8.                  | Chunar-Sone Barrage link                               |                     | Ganga &Sone                                | Bihar &Uttar Pradesh                                         | Bihar & Uttar Pradesh           | Draft FR completed                                      |
| 9.                  | Sone Dam - Southern Tributaries of Ganga link          |                     | Sone &Badua                                | Bihar &Jharkhand                                             | Bihar & Jharkhand               | FR in progress                                          |
| 10.                 | Ganga(Farakka)-Damodar- Subernarekha link              |                     | Ganga, Damodar& Subernarekha               | West Bengal, Odisha& Jharkhand                               | West Bengal, Odisha & Jharkhand | Draft FR completed                                      |
| 11.                 | Subernarekha-Mahanadi link                             |                     | Subernarekha &Mahanadi                     | West Bengal &Odisha                                          | West Bengal & Odisha            | Draft FR Completed                                      |
| 12.                 | Kosi-Mechi link                                        |                     | Kosi &Mechi                                | Bihar , West Bengal& Nepal                                   | Bihar                           | PFR completed. FR to be taken up Entirely lies in Nepal |
| 13.                 | Farakka-Sunderbans link                                |                     | Ganga& Ichhamati                           | West Bengal                                                  | West Bengal                     | Draft FR completed                                      |
| 14.                 | Jogighopa-Tista-Farakka link (Alternative to M-S-T- G) |                     | Manas, Tista& Ganga                        | -do-                                                         | Assam, West Bengal &Bihar       | Alternative to M- S-T-G Link. Not to be taken up.       |

FR    --   Feasibility Report

PFR  -   Pre feasibility Report

DPR  - Detailed Project Report

S&I   -- Survey and Investigation

MCM -- Million Cubic Meters

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