Lok Sabha Question No. 2028 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-11
Subject: NDSA and SDSOs
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Dr. Lata Wankhede, Shri Atul Garg, Shri Rajesh Verma, Smt. Shambhavi, Dr. D. Purandeswari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2028

ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025

## NDSA AND SDSOS

2028.

Dr. LATA WANKHEDE:

SHRI ATUL GARG:

SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

SMT. SHAMBHAVI:

DR. D. PURANDESWARI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the current status of implementation of the Dam Safety Act, 2021, including the establishment of the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) and State Dam Safety Organisations (SDSOs);

- (b) the number of large dams in the country that have been inspected for safety as per the provisions of the Act during the last two years;
- (c) whether all the States have prepared and implemented Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) and Operation & Maintenance (O&M) manuals in regard to dams and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the total number of dams identified as 'distressed' or requiring urgent repairs, State-wise; and
- (e) the funds allocated and released under the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) Phase II and III for the rehabilitation of identified dams?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY)

(a) In order to address dam safety issues holistically across the country, the Union Government enacted the Dam Safety Act in December, 2021. The said Act was notified by the Government of India on 14.12.2021 and came into effect from 30 th December, 2021. The Act aims for preventing dam failure related disasters and provide for institutional mechanism to ensure their safe functioning.

In  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  the  Dam  Safety  Act,  the  Central  Government  established  the National  Dam  Safety  Authority  (NDSA)  in  February,  2022.  The  Authority  is  entrusted  with  the responsibility of overseeing dam  safety activities across the country and ensuring the effective implementation of policies, guidelines and standards formulated by the National Committee on Dam Safety (NCDS), which was also constituted in February, 2022.

At the State level, the Act mandates the constitution of State Committees on Dam Safety (SCDS) and  the  establishment  of  State  Dam  Safety  Organizations  (SDSO).  These  bodies  are  responsible  for surveillance,  inspection,  operation  and  maintenance  of  all  specified  dams  within  their  jurisdiction.  In

compliance with the provisions of the Act, all 31 dam-owning States and Union Territories have constituted their respective SCDSs and established SDSOs.

National  Dam  Safety  Authority  has  also  notified  19  regulations  through  the  Official  Gazette,  as mandated under the provisions of the Dam Safety Act.

NDSA  has  also  published  the  National  Register  of  Specified  Dams  in  April,  2025,  providing  a comprehensive summary of dam-related data across the country.

The  Annual  Report  for  the  financial  year  2023-24,  summarising  dam  safety  activities  undertaken across the country has been prepared and laid before both Houses of the Parliament.

- (b) As per the provisions of the Dam Safety Act, every owner of a specified dam is required to conduct, through their designated dam safety unit, both pre-monsoon and post-monsoon inspections annually for each such dam. In compliance with this statutory requirement, the details of pre- and post-monsoon inspections undertaken by various dam owners during the last two years are given as below:
- (c) As  per  the information provided by the NDSA, dam owners have prepared Emergency Action Plans (EAPs)  for  349  specified  dams.  In  addition,  Operation  and  Maintenance  (O&M)  manuals  have  been developed for 304 dams. State-wise details of EAPs and O&M Manuals are given in Annexure-I .

|   Year |   No. of Pre-Monsson Inspection Dams | of No. of Post-Monsson Inspection of Dams   |
|--------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|   2024 |                                 6366 | 6456                                        |
|   2025 |                                 6524 | 6543 (As on 8 th December, 2025)            |

(d) Based on the pre-monsoon and post-monsoon inspections carried out in compliance of provisions of the  Dam Safety Act, 2021, dam owners assess and classify the condition of each dam into three distinct categories as given below:

Category-I: Deficiencies in dams which, if left unattended, may lead to failure

Category-II: Major deficiencies requiring prompt remedial measures

Category III: None or minor deficiencies which are rectifiable

Whenever any specified dam is classified under Category-I or Category-II, it becomes imperative for the dam owners to promptly undertake the necessary rehabilitation measures.

As per the information provided by the NDSA, the pre-monsoon inspection reports of 2025 indicate that  two  specified  dams  have  been  classified  under  Category-I.  These  are  the  Medigadda  Barrage  in Telangana and the Lower Khajuri Dam in Uttar Pradesh. In addition, 216 dams have been categorized under Category-II. State-wise distribution of these Category-II dams is detailed in Annexure-II .

(e) As  per  the  Union  Cabinet  approval,  the  total  cost  of  externally  funded  Dam  Rehabilitation  and Improvement  Project  (DRIP),  Phase  II  and  III  is  Rs  10,211  Crore.  This  scheme  is  having  provision  for

rehabilitation  of  736  identified  dams  across  the  19  States  and  2  Central  Agencies.  The  scheme  is  to  be implemented over a period of 10  years  (2021-2031). The Phase II  outlay is Rs 5107 Crore  and  whereas outlay for Phase III is Rs 5104 Crore.

The Scheme follows a funding pattern of 70:30 (External: Counterpart) for General Category States, 80:20 for Special Category States and 50:50 for Central Agencies. The 'External' component refers to the loan  assistance  provided  by  the  World  Bank  and  the  Asian  Infrastructure  Investment  Bank  (AIIB).  Loan disbursements  are  released  on  a  quarterly  basis,  aligned  with  the  actual  expenditure  incurred  by  the implementing agencies.

The details of implementing agency wise fund allocation and expenditure as on 15 th November, 2025 is given at Annexure-III.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2028 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 11.12.2025 REGARDING 'NDSA AND SDSOS'.

| S. No.   | State/UTs                |   No. of Specified Dams for which EAP Prepared No. of Specified Dams for which O&M Manual Prepared |   No. of Specified Dams for which EAP Prepared No. of Specified Dams for which O&M Manual Prepared |
|----------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                                                                                                  0 |                                                                                                  0 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           |                                                                                                  1 |                                                                                                  3 |
| 3        | Assam                    |                                                                                                  3 |                                                                                                  0 |
| 4        | Bihar                    |                                                                                                 21 |                                                                                                 23 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh             |                                                                                                  2 |                                                                                                  1 |
| 6        | Goa                      |                                                                                                  0 |                                                                                                  0 |
| 7        | Gujarat                  |                                                                                                 28 |                                                                                                  3 |
| 8        | Haryana                  |                                                                                                  0 |                                                                                                  1 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh         |                                                                                                 18 |                                                                                                  9 |
| 10       | Jammu Kashmir            |                                                                                                  3 |                                                                                                  1 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                |                                                                                                  4 |                                                                                                  4 |
| 12       | Karnataka                |                                                                                                 19 |                                                                                                 24 |
| 13       | Kerala                   |                                                                                                 48 |                                                                                                 44 |
| 14       | Ladakh                   |                                                                                                  0 |                                                                                                  0 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh           |                                                                                                 15 |                                                                                                 25 |
| 16       | Maharashtra              |                                                                                                 52 |                                                                                                 16 |
| 17       | Manipur                  |                                                                                                  0 |                                                                                                  0 |
| 18       | Meghalaya                |                                                                                                  0 |                                                                                                  1 |
| 19       | Mizoram                  |                                                                                                  1 |                                                                                                  1 |
| 20       | Odisha                   |                                                                                                 24 |                                                                                                 28 |
| 21       | Punjab                   |                                                                                                  1 |                                                                                                  7 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                |                                                                                                  5 |                                                                                                 14 |
| 23       | Sikkim                   |                                                                                                  1 |                                                                                                  1 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu               |                                                                                                 80 |                                                                                                 81 |
| 25       | Telangana                |                                                                                                  0 |                                                                                                  2 |
| 26       | Tripura                  |                                                                                                  1 |                                                                                                  0 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh            |                                                                                                  2 |                                                                                                  0 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand              |                                                                                                 11 |                                                                                                 10 |
| 29       | West Bengal              |                                                                                                  4 |                                                                                                  2 |
| 30       | Nagaland                 |                                                                                                  1 |                                                                                                  1 |
| 31       | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                                                                                  4 |                                                                                                  2 |
|          | Total                    |                                                                                                349 |                                                                                                304 |

ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2028 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 11.12.2025 REGARDING 'NDSA AND SDSOS'.

|    | S.No.State       |   Number of Dams under Category II based on Pre-Monsson Inspection Reports of 2025 |
|----|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1  | Andaman &Nicobar |                                                                                  1 |
| 2  | Andhra Pradesh   |                                                                                  7 |
| 3  | Bihar            |                                                                                  1 |
| 4  | Chhattisgarh     |                                                                                 24 |
| 5  | Gujarat          |                                                                                  6 |
| 6  | Haryana          |                                                                                  2 |
| 7  | Jharkhand        |                                                                                 10 |
| 8  | Karnataka        |                                                                                  3 |
| 9  | Kerala           |                                                                                  9 |
| 10 | Maharashtra      |                                                                                 50 |
| 11 | Meghalaya        |                                                                                  6 |
| 12 | Manipur          |                                                                                  3 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh   |                                                                                 24 |
| 14 | Nagaland         |                                                                                  1 |
| 15 | Odisha           |                                                                                  4 |
| 16 | Punjab           |                                                                                  4 |
| 17 | Rajasthan        |                                                                                  1 |
| 18 | Sikkim           |                                                                                  1 |
| 19 | Telangana        |                                                                                 18 |
| 20 | Tamil Nadu       |                                                                                 19 |
| 21 | Uttarakhand      |                                                                                  5 |
| 22 | Uttar Pradesh    |                                                                                 12 |
| 23 | West Bengal      |                                                                                  5 |
|    | TOTAL            |                                                                                216 |

ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2028 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 11.12.2025 REGARDING 'NDSA AND SDSOS'.

| S.No.   | State/Agency                                                |   Allocation implementing agencies DRIP Phase II on 15.11.2025 |   amongst under as Expenditure incurred till 15.11.2025 (in Rs Cr) |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB)                         |                                                             70 |                                                               0    |
| 2       | ChhattisgarhWRD                                             |                                                            170 |                                                              51.91 |
| 3       | Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC)                            |                                                             44 |                                                               1.17 |
| 4       | GoaWRD                                                      |                                                             58 |                                                               0    |
| 5       | GujaratWRD                                                  |                                                            350 |                                                             229.39 |
| 6       | JharkhandWRD                                                |                                                              0 |                                                               0    |
| 7       | KarnatakaWRD                                                |                                                            699 |                                                             268.71 |
| 8       | Kerala SEBL                                                 |                                                             90 |                                                              57.84 |
| 8       | KeralaWRD                                                   |                                                            130 |                                                              45.15 |
| 9       | MaharashtraWRD                                              |                                                            379 |                                                              65.87 |
| 10      | ManipurWRD                                                  |                                                             98 |                                                              59.71 |
| 11      | Meghalaya Power Generation Corporation Limited (MePGCL)     |                                                            150 |                                                              71.9  |
| 12      | Madhya PradeshWRD                                           |                                                            186 |                                                              30.18 |
| 13      | OdishaWRD                                                   |                                                            100 |                                                              36.55 |
| 14      | PunjabWRD                                                   |                                                             71 |                                                               0.36 |
| 15      | RajasthanWRD                                                |                                                            503 |                                                             163.86 |
| 16      | Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TNGECL) |                                                            260 |                                                             148.32 |
| 16      | Tamil NaduWRD                                               |                                                            510 |                                                             277.35 |
| 17      | TelanganaWRD                                                |                                                            100 |                                                               0    |
| 18      | Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (UJVNL)                    |                                                            300 |                                                             206.55 |
| 19      | UP I&WRD                                                    |                                                            354 |                                                              21.05 |
| 20      | West Bengal I&WD                                            |                                                            200 |                                                              54.33 |
| 21      | CWC                                                         |                                                            285 |                                                             141.02 |
|         | Total                                                       |                                                           5107 |                                                            1931.22 |

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