Lok Sabha Question No. 228 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-15
Subject: Conservation of Lakes
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: ANSHUL VERMA, B. S. YEDDYURAPPA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 228

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2015

## Conservation of Lakes

- *228.  SHRI ANSHUL VERMA: SHRI B.S. YEDIYURAPPA:

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

- (a) the details of the schemes/programmes being implemented by the Government for conservation of lakes and restoration of degraded lakes/water bodies in the country;
- (b) the  terms  and  conditions  laid  down  for  approval  of  the  projects  under  the scheme along with the details of projects being undertaken in this regard, State-wise;
- (c) the physical and  financial targets under the scheme  along  with the achievements made so far during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (d) whether  conservation/development  of  the  bio-diversity/eco-system  in  and around the lakes/water bodies is also envisaged under the said scheme, if so, the details thereof and the works undertaken  in this regard; and
- (e) whether the number of lakes/water bodies are on the decline in the country, if so, the details thereof along with the steps proposed to be taken by the Government for restoration /development of all the lakes in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House

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Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 228 to be answered on Tuesday, the 15 th December, 2015 on 'Conservation of Lakes' raised by Shri Anshul Verma and Shri B.S. Yediyurappa.

( a) to (d) For conservation and management of identified lakes and wetlands in the country,  this  Ministry  had  been  earlier  implementing  two  separate  programmes, namely National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP) and National Wetland Conservation Programme (NWCP). To have better synergy and avoid overlap, both the programmes have been merged in February, 2013 into an integrated scheme of National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems (NPCA). The scheme aims at  holistic  conservation  and  restoration  of  lakes  and  wetlands  for  achieving  the desired  water  quality  enhancement,  besides  improvement  in  biodiversity  and ecosystem through an integrated and multidisciplinary approach as well as common framework. NPCA is presently operational on cost sharing basis between the Central and  the  State  Governments.  The  various    activities  covered  under  the  scheme include interception, diversion and treatment of waste water, shore line protection, lake  front  development,  de-silting,  bioremediation,  catchment  area  treatment,  lake beautification,  survey  &  demarcation,    bio-fencing,  fisheries  development,  weed control, biodiversity conservation, education and awareness creation and community participation, etc.

Proposals under NPCA are considered for financial assistance subject to their conformity with the scheme guidelines and availability of Plan funds. Based on the proposals received from different States, this Ministry has so far sanctioned projects for conservation of 63 lakes in 14 States at a total cost of  1096.09 crores under the NLCP/NPCA.  So  far,  an  amount  of      623.05  crore  has  been  released  for  the sanctioned  projects  and  work  on  32  lakes  has  been  completed.  The  State  wise details  of  amount  sanctioned  and  released  to  the  State  Governments  so  far  for undertaking  various  projects  for  conservation  of  lakes  are  given  in  Annexure-I. Under the NWCP/NPCA, an amount of  145.65 crore has so far been released to the concerned State Governments for undertaking various conservation activities in 80  identified  wetlands.  The  State-wise  details  of  amount  released  to  the  State Governments so far under NWCP/NPCA are given in Annexure-II. During the last three  years  and  the  current  year,  works  on  7  lakes  have  been  completed  and Management  Action  Plans  for  conservation  of  43  identified  wetlands  have  been sanctioned under the NPCA.  The State wise details of funds released to the State Governments  during  the  last  three  years  and  current  year  under    the  NPCA programme are given in Annexure-III.

The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation is  also  implementing the scheme of Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of water bodies. The scheme aims at improving catchment areas of tanks commands, increase in storage capacity, ground water recharge, improvement in agriculture and increased  availability  of  drinking  water.  An  amount  of      260.18  crore  has  been released  to  the  State  Governments  under  the  scheme  during  the  last  three  years and current year. The scheme is now part of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichai Yojana. (e) A  few  lakes  in  the  country  have  reportedly  been  impacted  due  to  rapid urbanization, various developmental activities and other anthropogenic pressures. In addition to the measures mentioned above, Government has notified the Wetlands (Conservation and Management)  Rules, 2010 for effective conservation and management  of  wetlands  in  the  country.      Also,  in  order  to  conserve  lakes  and wetlands in an integrated manner, all the States have been advised for giving high priority for constitution of State wetland/ lake authorities, identification and notification  of  priority  wetlands,  development  of  integrated  management  plans, securing resources for  implementation  of  management  plans,  monitoring  and evaluation, and strengthening research-management interface, etc.

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## Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 228 to be answered on Tuesday, the 15 th December, 2015 on 'Conservation of Lakes' raised by Shri Anshul Verma and Shri B.S. Yediyurappa.

## Details of Lake Conservation Projects approved under NLCP/NPCA

(Amt. in   crores)

|   S. No. | State           | Lake                                                  |   Approved cost |   Funds released (till 30.11.15) |
|----------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|        1 | Telangana       | Banjara lake, Hyderabad                               |            4.3  |                            2.7   |
|        2 | Jammu & Kashmir | Dal lake, Srinagar                                    |          298.76 |                          263.85  |
|        3 | Karnataka       | 3 lakes in Bengaluru                                  |           69.18 |                           39.16  |
|        3 | Karnataka       | Bellandur lake, Bengaluru                             |           69.18 |                           39.16  |
|        3 | Karnataka       | Kotekere lake, Belgaum                                |           69.18 |                           39.16  |
|        3 | Karnataka       | Bhishma lake, Gadag                                   |           69.18 |                           39.16  |
|        3 | Karnataka       | Lal Bagh, Bengaluru                                   |           69.18 |                           39.16  |
|        3 | Karnataka       | Sharanbhasveshwara Gulbarga                           |           69.18 |                           39.16  |
|        3 | Karnataka       | lake,                                                 |           69.18 |                           39.16  |
|        3 | Karnataka       | Kundawada lake, Davangere                             |           69.18 |                           39.16  |
|        3 | Karnataka       | Kote Tavarekere lake,                                 |           69.18 |                           39.16  |
|        3 | Karnataka       | Tripuranthkeshwar lake, Bidar                         |           69.18 |                           39.16  |
|        3 | Karnataka       | Gowramma and Hombalamma lakes, Magadi town, Bengaluru |           69.18 |                           39.16  |
|        3 | Karnataka       | Rural Amanikere Lake, Tumkur                          |           69.18 |                           39.16  |
|        4 | Kerala          | Veli Akkulum lake, Thiruvananthpuram                  |           24.56 |                            4.3   |
|        5 | Madhya Pradesh  | Rani Talab, Rewa                                      |           87.41 |                           16.34  |
|        5 | Madhya Pradesh  | Sagar lake, Sagar                                     |           87.41 |                           16.34  |
|        5 | Madhya Pradesh  | Shivpuri lake, Shivpuri                               |           87.41 |                           16.34  |
|        5 | Madhya Pradesh  | Sindhsagar Lake, Ashok Nagar                          |           87.41 |                           16.34  |
|        6 | Maharashtra     | Powai lake, Mumbai                                    |           28.57 |                           18.675 |
|        6 | Maharashtra     | 9 lakes in Thane                                      |           28.57 |                           18.675 |
|        6 | Maharashtra     | Mahalaxmi lake, Vadagaon                              |           28.57 |                           18.675 |
|        6 | Maharashtra     | Rankala lake, Kolhapur                                |           28.57 |                           18.675 |
|        6 | Maharashtra     | Varhala Devi lake, Bhiwandi                           |           28.57 |                           18.675 |
|        6 | Maharashtra     | Siddheshwar Lake, Solapur                             |           28.57 |                           18.675 |
|        7 | Nagaland        | Twin lakes in Mokokchung                              |           25.83 |                            9.92  |
|        8 | Odisha          | Bindu sagar lake, Bhubaneshwar                        |            3.5  |                            2.21  |
|        9 | Rajasthan       | Mansagar lake, Jaipur                                 |          225.3  |                          110.17  |

|     |               | Anasagar lake, Ajmer           |         |         |
|-----|---------------|--------------------------------|---------|---------|
|     |               | Pushkar sarovar, Ajmer         |         |         |
|     |               | Fatehsagar lake, Udaipur       |         |         |
|     |               | Pichola lake system, Udaipur   |         |         |
|     |               | Nakki Lake, Mount Abu          |         |         |
| 10. | Tamil Nadu    | Ooty lake                      | 12.17   | 3.732   |
|     |               | Kodaikanal lake, Dindigul      |         |         |
| 11. | Tripura       | 3 lakes of Agartala            | 2.02    | 0.50    |
| 12. | Uttarakhand   | 4 lakes in Nainital            | 64.82   | 42.105  |
|     |               | Nainital lake, Nainital        |         |         |
| 13. | Uttar Pradesh | Mansi Ganga lake, Govardhan    | 201.16  | 88.42   |
|     |               | Ramgarh Tal, Gorakhpur         |         |         |
|     |               | Laxmi Tal, Jhansi              |         |         |
| 14. | West Bengal   | Rabindra Sarovar               | 48.51   | 20.97   |
|     |               | Mirik lake, Darjeeling         |         |         |
|     |               | Adi Ganga in South 24 Parganas |         |         |
|     |               | Sahib Bundh lake, Purulia      |         |         |
|     |               | Grand Total                    | 1096.09 | 623.052 |

## Annexure-II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 228  to  be  answered  on  Tuesday,  the  15 th December,  2015  on  'Conservation  of Lakes' raised by Shri Anshul Verma and Shri B.S. Yediyurappa.

## Details of wetland projects approved under NWCP/NPCA

(Amt. In   crore)

|   S. No. | State/Union Territory   | Wetland                     |   Amount released (till 30.11.2015) |
|----------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh          | Kolleru                     |                                2.5  |
|        2 | Assam                   | Deepar Beel                 |                                3.62 |
|        3 | Bihar                   | Kabar                       |                                0.47 |
|        3 | Bihar                   | Barilla                     |                                0.47 |
|        3 | Bihar                   | Kusheshwar Asthan           |                                0.47 |
|        4 | Gujarat                 | Nalsarovar                  |                                7.37 |
|        4 | Gujarat                 | Thol Bird Sanctuary         |                                7.37 |
|        4 | Gujarat                 | Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary    |                                7.37 |
|        4 | Gujarat                 | Pariej                      |                                7.37 |
|        4 | Gujarat                 | Wadhwana                    |                                7.37 |
|        4 | Gujarat                 | Nanikakrad                  |                                7.37 |
|        5 | Haryana                 | Sultanpur                   |                                3.23 |
|        6 | Himachal Pradesh        | Renuka                      |                                5.5  |
|        6 | Himachal Pradesh        | Pong Dam                    |                                5.5  |
|        6 | Himachal Pradesh        | Chandratal                  |                                5.5  |
|        6 | Himachal Pradesh        | Rewalsar                    |                                5.5  |
|        6 | Himachal Pradesh        | Khajjiar                    |                                5.5  |
|        7 | Jammu & Kashmir         | Wullar                      |                                8.26 |
|        7 | Jammu & Kashmir         | Tso Morari                  |                                8.26 |
|        7 | Jammu & Kashmir         | Tisgul Tso & Chisul Marshes |                                8.26 |
|        7 | Jammu & Kashmir         | Hokersar                    |                                8.26 |
|        7 | Jammu & Kashmir         | Mansar-Surinsar             |                                8.26 |
|        7 | Jammu & Kashmir         | Pangong Tsar                |                                8.26 |
|        8 | Karnataka               | Magadhi                     |                                2.18 |
|        8 | Karnataka               | Gudavi Bird Sanctuary       |                                2.18 |
|        8 | Karnataka               | Bonal                       |                                2.18 |
|        8 | Karnataka               | Hidkal & Ghataprabha        |                                2.18 |
|        8 | Karnataka               | Ranganthittu                |                                2.18 |
|        9 | Kerala                  | Ashtamudi                   |                                2.8  |
|        9 | Kerala                  | Sasthamkotta                |                                2.8  |
|        9 | Kerala                  | Kottuli                     |                                2.8  |
|        9 | Kerala                  | Vembnad Kol ( Kuttanad)     |                                2.8  |
|       10 | Madhya Pradesh          | Barna                       |                                2.04 |
|       10 | Madhya Pradesh          | Yashwant Sagar              |                                2.04 |
|       10 | Madhya Pradesh          | Ghatigaon                   |                                2.04 |

|     |                  | Ratapani                 |        |
|-----|------------------|--------------------------|--------|
|     |                  | Sakhyasagar              |        |
|     |                  | Sirpur                   |        |
| 11. | Manipur          | Loktak                   | 11.05  |
| 12. | Mizoram          | Tamdil                   | 7.70   |
|     |                  | Palak                    |        |
| 13. | Odisha           | Chilika                  | 13.57  |
|     |                  | Kanjia wetland           |        |
|     |                  | Daha wetland             |        |
|     |                  | Anusupa                  |        |
| 14. | Punjab           | Harike                   | 11.13  |
|     |                  | Ropar                    |        |
|     |                  | Kanjli                   |        |
|     |                  | Nangal                   |        |
| 15. | Rajasthan        | Sambhar                  | 7.19   |
| 16. | Sikkim           | Khechuperi Holy Lake     | 2.82   |
|     |                  | Phendang Wetland Complex |        |
|     |                  | Gurudokmar Wetland       |        |
|     |                  | Tsomgo wetland           |        |
| 17. | Tamil Nadu       | Point Calimere           | 10.30  |
|     |                  | Kaliveli                 |        |
|     |                  | Pallaikarni              |        |
| 18. | Tripura          | Rudrasagar               | 1.25   |
| 19. | Uttar Pradesh    | Nawabganj                | 15.33  |
|     |                  | Sandi                    |        |
|     |                  | Lakh Bahoshi             |        |
|     |                  | Samaspur                 |        |
|     |                  | Semarai Lake             |        |
|     |                  | Nagaria lake             |        |
|     |                  | Keetham Lake             |        |
|     |                  | Shekha wetland           |        |
|     |                  | Saman Bird Sanctuary     |        |
|     |                  | Sarsai Nawar             |        |
|     |                  | Patna Bird Sanctuary     |        |
|     |                  | Chandotal                |        |
|     |                  | Taal Bhaghel             |        |
| 20. | Uttarakhand      | Ban Ganga Jhilmil Tal    | 0.45   |
|     |                  | Asan                     |        |
| 21. | West Bengal      | East Kolkata Wetland     | 16.90  |
|     |                  | Sunderbans               |        |
|     |                  | Ahiron Beel              |        |
|     |                  | Rasik Beel               |        |
|     |                  | Santragachi              |        |
|     |                  | Patlakhawa- Rasomati     |        |
| 22. | Puducherry ( UT) | Ousteri lake             | 0.24   |
|     | R&D + Others     | -                        | 9.75   |
|     | Total            |                          | 145.65 |

## Annexure-III

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 228 to be answered on Tuesday, the 15 th December, 2015 on 'Conservation of Lakes' raised by Shri Anshul Verma and Shri B.S. Yediyurappa.

Details of funds released under National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems (NPCA) during last three years and current financial year

| S.No.   | State           | Funds released ( in crore)   | Funds released ( in crore)   | Funds released ( in crore)   | Funds released ( in crore)   |
|---------|-----------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| S.No.   | State           | 2012-13 (NLCP & NWCP)        | 2013-14 (NPCA)               | 2014-15 (NPCA)               | 2015-16 (till 30.11.2015)    |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh  | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 2       | Maharashtra     | 0.00                         | 0.40                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 3       | Bihar           | 0.16                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 4       | Gujarat         | 0.90                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 1.59                         |
| 5       | Haryana         | 0.67                         | 0.22                         | 0.63                         | 0.28                         |
| 6       | Jammu & Kashmir | 0.71                         | 30.32                        | 0.00                         | 15.00                        |
| 7       | Karnataka       | 0.24                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 8       | Kerala          | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 9       | Madhya Pradesh  | 0.60                         | 0.00                         | 2.50                         | 0.00                         |
| 10      | Manipur         | 0.34                         | 1.32                         | 0.60                         | 0.47                         |
| 11      | Mizoram         | 1.40                         | 0.52                         | 0.79                         | 1.08                         |
| 12      | Odisha          | 1.02                         | 0.79                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 13      | Puducherry      | 0.00                         | 0.24                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 14      | Punjab          | 0.12                         | 0.38                         | 0.00                         | 1.52                         |
| 15      | Rajasthan       | 15.65                        | 0.17                         | 25.66                        | 3.00                         |
| 16      | Sikkim          | 0.31                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         | 0.00                         |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu      | 1.59                         | 0.59                         | 0.31                         | 0.00                         |
| 18      | Uttar Pradesh   | 32.21                        | 16.39                        | 5.07                         | 1.24                         |
| 19      | West Bengal     | 8.23                         | 0.93                         | 0.00                         | 0.92                         |
| 20      | Nagaland        | 0.00                         | 3.00                         | 1.11                         | 0.00                         |
|         | Total           | 64.15                        | 55.27                        | 36.67                        | 25.10                        |