Lok Sabha Question No. 778 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Drinking Water Crisis in Drought Affected Areas
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: MANOJ RAJORIA, HARISH CHANDRA MEENA, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL, PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 778 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.04.2016

## Drinking Water Crisis in Drought Affected Areas

## †778.  DR. MANOJ  RAJORIA: SHRI  HARISH  MEENA: KUMARI  SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: SHRI  PRAHLAD  SINGH PATEL: SHRI  PRATHAP  SIMHA:

Will  the  Minister  of  DRINKING WATER  AND  SANITATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details of  the drought affected States in the country facing drinking water crisis;
- (b)  whether the Government has received any proposals from various States for  providing financial  assistance  under  Calamity  Sub-component  of  National  Rural  Drinking  Water Programme;
- (c)  if  so, the  details  thereof  and  the details of the financial assistance provided/ proposed to be provided to various States/ UTs;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes to  transport  drinking  water  by  Railways to  the regions    which    face    acute    drinking  water  scarcity  due  to  the  drought  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and
- (e) the  details  of  the  schemes  for providing  drinking  water  in  the  hilly  and NorthEastern  States  indicating  the  total funds provided thereunder during each of the  last three  years  and  the  current  year, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

- (a) At present, 10 States namely Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh,  Chhattisgarh,    Jharkhand,      Rajasthan,  Karnataka  and  Maharashtra  are  facing drinking  water  crisis  due  to  drought    situations.      Moreover  3  States  namely  Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana are also facing water crisis in some parts of the States.
- (b)  For  Calamity  component  of  National  Rural Drinking  Water  Programme (NRDWP), no proposal from State is considered directly by this Ministry. Under NRDWP, 2% of the total allocation is earmarked and set apart for meeting drinking water needs of the rural areas  in  the  wake  of  natural  disasters  which  inter  alia  include  droughts  also.  After  the declaration  of  drought  by  the  States  and  submission  of  memorandum  seeking financial assistance  from  the  Central  Government,  an  Inter-Ministerial  Central  Team  (IMCT)  is

constituted which visits the  States  affected  by drought in order  to  assess  the  impact of drought  in  these  States.  On  the  basis  of  its  report,  the  High  Level  Committee  (HLC) chaired by Minister of Home Affairs approves the quantum of funds to be released from Calamity  component  of NRDWP by  this  Ministry  for  restoration  of  damaged  drinking water supply works due to drought in the affected State.

- (c)  The  details  of  the  financial  assistance  provided  /  proposed  to  be  provided  to  various States/ UTs under Calamity component (drought, Landslides, Floods hailstorm, Cyclone and earthquake) of NRDWP is at Annexure-I.
- (d) No Sir.  No such proposal is under consideration of this Ministry. However , Ministry of Railways is providing drinking water to Latur town in Maharashtra through train.
- (e)  Drinking Water supply is a State subject. Under the NRDWP, the State Governments are vested with the powers to plan, execute and implement drinking water supply schemes which includes gravity flow water supply. The Detailed Project Reports of these schemes are  prepared  by  the  Rural  Water  Supply  Departments  of  the  State  and  approved  at  the State level by the State Level Scheme Sanctioning Committee. The details of the funds provided to States including hilly and North Eastern States during each of the last three years and the current year are at Annexure-II.

| Annexure-I                                                                                                                                                   | Annexure-I                                                                                                                                                   | Annexure-I                                                                                                                                                   | Annexure-I                                                                                                                                                   | Annexure-I                                                                                                                                                   | Annexure-I                                                                                                                                                   |
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| Annexure referred to in part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 778 for answer on 28.4.2016 State-wise release under NRDWP-Calamity Component (Rs. in Crores) | Annexure referred to in part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 778 for answer on 28.4.2016 State-wise release under NRDWP-Calamity Component (Rs. in Crores) | Annexure referred to in part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 778 for answer on 28.4.2016 State-wise release under NRDWP-Calamity Component (Rs. in Crores) | Annexure referred to in part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 778 for answer on 28.4.2016 State-wise release under NRDWP-Calamity Component (Rs. in Crores) | Annexure referred to in part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 778 for answer on 28.4.2016 State-wise release under NRDWP-Calamity Component (Rs. in Crores) | Annexure referred to in part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 778 for answer on 28.4.2016 State-wise release under NRDWP-Calamity Component (Rs. in Crores) |
| S. No.                                                                                                                                                       | State                                                                                                                                                        | 2013-14                                                                                                                                                      | 2014-15                                                                                                                                                      | 2015-16                                                                                                                                                      | 2016-17                                                                                                                                                      |
| 1                                                                                                                                                            | Andaman and Nicobar                                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 2                                                                                                                                                            | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                               | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 8.13                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 3                                                                                                                                                            | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                            | 17.00                                                                                                                                                        | 23.00                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 4                                                                                                                                                            | Assam                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 6.53                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 5                                                                                                                                                            | Bihar                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 6                                                                                                                                                            | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 7                                                                                                                                                            | Chattisgarh                                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 8                                                                                                                                                            | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 9                                                                                                                                                            | Daman &Diu                                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 10                                                                                                                                                           | Goa                                                                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 11                                                                                                                                                           | Gujarat                                                                                                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 9.45                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 12                                                                                                                                                           | Haryana                                                                                                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 5.05                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 13                                                                                                                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                             | 12.00                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 5.62                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 14                                                                                                                                                           | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 20.00                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 15                                                                                                                                                           | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 16                                                                                                                                                           | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 17.82                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 17                                                                                                                                                           | Kerala                                                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 18                                                                                                                                                           | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 19                                                                                                                                                           | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                               | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 20                                                                                                                                                           | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 21                                                                                                                                                           | Manipur                                                                                                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 22                                                                                                                                                           | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 15.00                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 23                                                                                                                                                           | Mizoram                                                                                                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 24                                                                                                                                                           | Nagaland                                                                                                                                                     | 4.65                                                                                                                                                         | 5.00                                                                                                                                                         | 4.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 25                                                                                                                                                           | Odisha                                                                                                                                                       | 16.90                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 26                                                                                                                                                           | Puducherry                                                                                                                                                   | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 27                                                                                                                                                           | Punjab                                                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 28                                                                                                                                                           | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 29                                                                                                                                                           | Sikkim                                                                                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 30                                                                                                                                                           | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                   | 31.00                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 32.00                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 31                                                                                                                                                           | Telangana                                                                                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 32                                                                                                                                                           | Tripura                                                                                                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 33                                                                                                                                                           | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 44.00                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 34                                                                                                                                                           | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                  | 14.08                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| 35                                                                                                                                                           | West Bengal                                                                                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |
| Total                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                              | 95.63                                                                                                                                                        | 138                                                                                                                                                          | 57.60                                                                                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                                                                                         |

| Annexure-II                                                                                 | Annexure-II                                                                                 | Annexure-II                                                                                 | Annexure-II                                                                                 | Annexure-II                                                                                 | Annexure-II                                                                                 |
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| Annexure referred to in part (d) of LS USQ No. 778 for answer on 28.04.2016 (Rs. In Crores) | Annexure referred to in part (d) of LS USQ No. 778 for answer on 28.04.2016 (Rs. In Crores) | Annexure referred to in part (d) of LS USQ No. 778 for answer on 28.04.2016 (Rs. In Crores) | Annexure referred to in part (d) of LS USQ No. 778 for answer on 28.04.2016 (Rs. In Crores) | Annexure referred to in part (d) of LS USQ No. 778 for answer on 28.04.2016 (Rs. In Crores) | Annexure referred to in part (d) of LS USQ No. 778 for answer on 28.04.2016 (Rs. In Crores) |
|                                                                                             |                                                                                             | 2013-14                                                                                     | 2014-15                                                                                     | 2015-16                                                                                     | 2016-17                                                                                     |
| S.No.                                                                                       | State                                                                                       | Release                                                                                     | Release                                                                                     | Release                                                                                     | Release                                                                                     |
| 1                                                                                           | Andaman and Nicobar                                                                         | 0.09                                                                                        | 0.81                                                                                        | 0.16                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                        |
| 2                                                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                                                              | 631.52                                                                                      | 377.78                                                                                      | 170.05                                                                                      | 31.69                                                                                       |
| 3                                                                                           | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                           | 237.32                                                                                      | 109.83                                                                                      | 65.4                                                                                        | 12.17                                                                                       |
| 4                                                                                           | Assam                                                                                       | 514.98                                                                                      | 545.87                                                                                      | 284.11                                                                                      | 41.08                                                                                       |
| 5                                                                                           | Bihar                                                                                       | 338.95                                                                                      | 340.48                                                                                      | 202.73                                                                                      | 45.93                                                                                       |
| 6                                                                                           | Chandigarh                                                                                  | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                        |
| 7                                                                                           | Chhattisgarh                                                                                | 135.2                                                                                       | 150.74                                                                                      | 60.83                                                                                       | 15.72                                                                                       |
| 8                                                                                           | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                                         | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                        |
| 9                                                                                           | Daman &Diu                                                                                  | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                        |
| 10                                                                                          | Goa                                                                                         | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 1.66                                                                                        | 0.58                                                                                        |
| 11                                                                                          | Gujarat                                                                                     | 515.07                                                                                      | 405.58                                                                                      | 238.91                                                                                      | 40.91                                                                                       |
| 12                                                                                          | Haryana                                                                                     | 229.52                                                                                      | 277.98                                                                                      | 122.65                                                                                      | 13.50                                                                                       |
| 13                                                                                          | Himachal Pradesh                                                                            | 130.81                                                                                      | 120.89                                                                                      | 64.38                                                                                       | 15.72                                                                                       |
| 14                                                                                          | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                           | 414.82                                                                                      | 474.41                                                                                      | 192.12                                                                                      | 53.26                                                                                       |
| 15                                                                                          | Jharkhand                                                                                   | 243.29                                                                                      | 175.18                                                                                      | 132.09                                                                                      | 20.99                                                                                       |
| 16                                                                                          | Karnataka                                                                                   | 897.29                                                                                      | 563.91                                                                                      | 278.08                                                                                      | 52.68                                                                                       |
| 17                                                                                          | Kerala                                                                                      | 212.04                                                                                      | 124.1                                                                                       | 48.05                                                                                       | 13.58                                                                                       |
| 18                                                                                          | Lakshadweep                                                                                 | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                        |
| 19                                                                                          | Madhya Pradesh                                                                              | 474.95                                                                                      | 440.18                                                                                      | 193.73                                                                                      | 46.92                                                                                       |
| 20                                                                                          | Maharashtra                                                                                 | 690.27                                                                                      | 748.23                                                                                      | 330.88                                                                                      | 80.26                                                                                       |
| 21                                                                                          | Manipur                                                                                     | 55.3                                                                                        | 88.54                                                                                       | 27.92                                                                                       | 5.06                                                                                        |
| 22                                                                                          | Meghalaya                                                                                   | 103.4                                                                                       | 69.5                                                                                        | 31.24                                                                                       | 6.57                                                                                        |
| 23                                                                                          | Mizoram                                                                                     | 44.89                                                                                       | 34.5                                                                                        | 17.32                                                                                       | 3.52                                                                                        |
| 24                                                                                          | Nagaland                                                                                    | 61.07                                                                                       | 101.44                                                                                      | 38.53                                                                                       | 4.34                                                                                        |
| 25                                                                                          | Odisha                                                                                      | 317.07                                                                                      | 230.67                                                                                      | 103.19                                                                                      | 24.86                                                                                       |
| 26                                                                                          | Puducherry                                                                                  | 0.06                                                                                        | 0                                                                                           | 0                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                        |
| 27                                                                                          | Punjab                                                                                      | 147.95                                                                                      | 97.38                                                                                       | 42.79                                                                                       | 9.47                                                                                        |
| 28                                                                                          | Rajasthan                                                                                   | 1332.49                                                                                     | 1304.64                                                                                     | 526.75                                                                                      | 85.69                                                                                       |
| 29                                                                                          | Sikkim                                                                                      | 26.56                                                                                       | 31.7                                                                                        | 12.05                                                                                       | 1.46                                                                                        |
| 30                                                                                          | Tamil Nadu                                                                                  | 387.11                                                                                      | 382.46                                                                                      | 182.35                                                                                      | 30.13                                                                                       |
| 31                                                                                          | Telangana                                                                                   | --                                                                                          | 212.24                                                                                      | 97.71                                                                                       | 21.48                                                                                       |
| 32                                                                                          | Tripura                                                                                     | 89.93                                                                                       | 68.31                                                                                       | 31.68                                                                                       | 4.97                                                                                        |
| 33                                                                                          | Uttar Pradesh                                                                               | 794.93                                                                                      | 1036.3                                                                                      | 490.31                                                                                      | 84.04                                                                                       |
| 34                                                                                          | Uttarakhand                                                                                 | 87.61                                                                                       | 111.48                                                                                      | 60.06                                                                                       | 16.96                                                                                       |
| 35                                                                                          | West Bengal                                                                                 | 485.83                                                                                      | 431.09                                                                                      | 216.85                                                                                      | 36.14                                                                                       |
|                                                                                             | Total                                                                                       | 9600.32                                                                                     | 9056.22                                                                                     | 4264.6                                                                                      | 819.67                                                                                      |