Lok Sabha Question No. 3308 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-12
Subject: Watershed and Water Harvesting Works
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Vishnu Datt Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3308

## ANSWERED ON 12.03.2026

## WATERSHED AND WATER HARVESTING WORKS

## 3308.   SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is supporting watershed development, the Catch the Rain campaign and convergence with  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA)  and  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY)  nationally  to  restore  waterbodies  and  improve  irrigation  resilience  and  if  so,  the details thereof;

(b) whether watershed, water-harvesting and recharge works have been sanctioned or completed in the districts of Katni,  Panna  and  the  town  of  Khajuraho  in  Khajuraho  Lok  Sabha  Constituency  along  with  the  areas  and  the households benefited therefrom;

(c)  the  measurable  outcomes  achieved  including  irrigation  coverage,  employment  generation  and  reduction  in water stress;

(d) whether the scale or outcomes are inadequate and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the corrective measures taken thereon; and

(e) the details of the plan to institutionalise community water management and link such projects with sustainable rural livelihoods in these districts?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a) to (e) Water being a State subject, the aspects related to water resources including its conservation are studied, planned, funded and executed by the State Governments themselves as per their own resources and priorities. The Central Government supplements the measures and efforts being taken up by the State Governments.

The Ministry of Jal Shakti launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) in 2019 as a time-bound, mission-mode water conservation campaign in 256 water stressed districts of the country. Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain (JSA: CTR) with the tagline: Catch The Rain, Where It falls, When It Falls, was expanded pan India in 2021, with five  focused  interventions  (1)  water  conservation  and  rainwater  harvesting  (2)  enumerating,  geo-  tagging  & making inventory of all water bodies; preparation of scientific plans for water conservation based on it (3) Setting up of Jal Shakti Kendras in all districts (4) intensive afforestation and (5) awareness generation. The JSA: CTR 2025  was  launched  with  the  theme  'Jal  Sanchay  Jan  Bhagidari:  Jan  Jagrukta  Ki  Or'  emphasizing  community participation and water conservation awareness.

The campaign emphasizes convergent financing from various schemes of the Central, State and local bodies like Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural Employment  Guarantee Scheme  (MGNREGS),  Atal  Mission  for Rejuvenation  and  Urban Transformation  (AMRUT),  Per  Drop  More  Crop, Repair,  Renovation  and Restoration

Components  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchai  Yojana  (PMKSY),  Compensatory  Afforestation  Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), Finance Commission grants etc. The progress under JSA: CTR 2025 in the state of Madhya Pradesh is attached at Annexure-I.

'Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari' (JSJB) initiative was launched in Surat, Gujarat on 6 September 2024 to further strengthen  the  Jal  Shakti  Abhiyan:  Catch  the  Rain  (JSA:  CTR)  campaign.  The  JSJB  initiative  focuses  on intensifying community action and mobilization to build low-cost rainwater harvesting structures in low cost and saturation mode. The initiative leverages community funds, individual donations, Corporate Social Responsibility Funds and others for construction of low-cost structures like borewells, recharge shafts, recharge pits, using locally available material, to harvest rainwater, to boost ground water level and provide local tailor-made solution to water issues.  The  objective  is  to  ensure  that  every  drop  of  water  is  conserved  through  collective  efforts,  following  a whole-of-society and whole-of-government approach. The number of artificial groundwater recharge and storage works reported under JSJB in the state of Madhya Pradesh is attached at Annexure-II .

Panchayati  Raj  Institutions  (PRIs)  play  a  central  role  in  mobilising  communities,  facilitating  local-level planning  and  ensuring  participatory  implementation  and  monitoring  of  water  conservation  works.  Women  Self Help Groups (SHGs), youth, students and local community groups are actively involved in awareness generation, behaviour  change  communication  and  social  mobilization,  thereby  strengthening  grassroots  participation  and ownership. Review and coordination meetings are held. IEC activities, community meetings and field interactions are undertaken to enhance awareness, technical understanding and participatory implementation at the grassroots level.

As reported by CGWB, the groundwater status of Chhatarpur, Katni and Panna districts of Madhya Pradesh for the Year 2025 is given below:

| Sl. No.   | Name of District   | Total Annual Ground Annual   | Total Annual Ground Annual   | Total Annual     | Stage of Ground Water   |
|-----------|--------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of District   | Water (Ham)                  | Recharge Extractable (Ham)   | Extraction (Ham) | Extraction              |
| 1         | CHHATARPUR         | 88788.42                     | 84341.63                     | 54357.51         | 64.45                   |
| 2         | KATNI              | 42668.92                     | 40535.48                     | 19011.64         | 46.9                    |
| 3         | PANNA              | 53338.11                     | 50374.84                     | 19204.19         | 38.12                   |

As reported by the State Government of Madhya Pradesh,

- i. Total  completed  water  related  works  under  the  various  schemes  in  district  of  Katni  is  7445, Panna is 5356 and Chhatarpur is 8185.
- ii. As a result of the works undertaken under MGNREGS, a total of 228.74 lakhs person-days have been generated.
- iii. Under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana Watershed Development 2.0, irrigation potential has been created in 803.36 hectares in Katni district. In other districts Watershed Projects under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana - Watershed Development 2.0 was not implemented.
- iv. The outcomes achieved are adequate, therefore, Question does not arise.
- v. User groups of beneficiaries have been formed for community water management to utilize the benefits of Water Harvesting Structure. In order to link the constructed Tanks and check dams/ stop  dams  with  sustainable  livelihoods,  activities  such  as  fisheries  and  integrated  agricultural management have been undertaken.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3308 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 12.03.2026 REGARDING 'WATERSHED AND WATER HARVESTING WORKS'.

| Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain - Madhya Pradesh National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain - Madhya Pradesh National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain - Madhya Pradesh National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain - Madhya Pradesh National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain - Madhya Pradesh National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain - Madhya Pradesh National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   | Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain - Madhya Pradesh National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Intervention-Wise Status Report (2025) as per JSA: CTR portal as on 10.03.2026                      | Intervention-Wise Status Report (2025) as per JSA: CTR portal as on 10.03.2026                      | Intervention-Wise Status Report (2025) as per JSA: CTR portal as on 10.03.2026                      | Intervention-Wise Status Report (2025) as per JSA: CTR portal as on 10.03.2026                      | Intervention-Wise Status Report (2025) as per JSA: CTR portal as on 10.03.2026                      | Intervention-Wise Status Report (2025) as per JSA: CTR portal as on 10.03.2026                      | Intervention-Wise Status Report (2025) as per JSA: CTR portal as on 10.03.2026                      |
| *Figures Showing No. of Works Completed                                                             | *Figures Showing No. of Works Completed                                                             | *Figures Showing No. of Works Completed                                                             | *Figures Showing No. of Works Completed                                                             | *Figures Showing No. of Works Completed                                                             | *Figures Showing No. of Works Completed                                                             | *Figures Showing No. of Works Completed                                                             |
| S.No.                                                                                               | District Name                                                                                       | *Renovation Traditional Bodies                                                                      | of Water *Reuse Recharge Structures                                                                 | and *Watershed Development                                                                          | *Intensive Afforestation                                                                            |                                                                                                     |
| 1                                                                                                   | Agar Malwa                                                                                          | 58                                                                                                  | 33                                                                                                  | 124                                                                                                 | 96                                                                                                  |                                                                                                     |
| 2                                                                                                   | Alirajpur                                                                                           | 16                                                                                                  | 11                                                                                                  | 140                                                                                                 | 261                                                                                                 |                                                                                                     |
| 3                                                                                                   | Anuppur                                                                                             | 24                                                                                                  | 68                                                                                                  | 575                                                                                                 | 299                                                                                                 |                                                                                                     |
| 4                                                                                                   | Ashoknagar                                                                                          | 16                                                                                                  | 147                                                                                                 | 119                                                                                                 | 73                                                                                                  |                                                                                                     |
| 5                                                                                                   | Balaghat                                                                                            | 104                                                                                                 | 466                                                                                                 | 783                                                                                                 | 410                                                                                                 |                                                                                                     |
| 6                                                                                                   | Barwani                                                                                             | 15                                                                                                  | 46                                                                                                  | 378                                                                                                 | 297                                                                                                 |                                                                                                     |
| 7                                                                                                   | Betul                                                                                               | 137                                                                                                 | 268                                                                                                 | 462                                                                                                 | 173                                                                                                 |                                                                                                     |
| 8                                                                                                   | Bhind                                                                                               | 121                                                                                                 | 82                                                                                                  | 224                                                                                                 | 41                                                                                                  |                                                                                                     |
| 9                                                                                                   | Bhopal                                                                                              | 16                                                                                                  | 109                                                                                                 | 72                                                                                                  | 97                                                                                                  |                                                                                                     |
| 10                                                                                                  | Burhanpur                                                                                           | 34                                                                                                  | 60                                                                                                  | 156                                                                                                 | 106                                                                                                 |                                                                                                     |
| 11                                                                                                  | Chhatarpur                                                                                          | 19                                                                                                  | 541                                                                                                 | 424                                                                                                 | 202                                                                                                 |                                                                                                     |
| 12                                                                                                  | Chhindwara                                                                                          | 59                                                                                                  | 352                                                                                                 | 992                                                                                                 | 891                                                                                                 |                                                                                                     |
| 13                                                                                                  | Damoh                                                                                               | 38                                                                                                  | 366                                                                                                 | 595                                                                                                 | 229                                                                                                 |                                                                                                     |
| 14                                                                                                  | Datia                                                                                               | 26                                                                                                  | 18                                                                                                  | 166                                                                                                 | 78                                                                                                  |                                                                                                     |
| 15                                                                                                  | Dewas                                                                                               | 14                                                                                                  | 202                                                                                                 | 327                                                                                                 | 87                                                                                                  |                                                                                                     |
| 16                                                                                                  | Dhar                                                                                                | 24                                                                                                  | 204                                                                                                 | 523                                                                                                 | 275                                                                                                 |                                                                                                     |
| 17                                                                                                  | Dindori                                                                                             | 52                                                                                                  | 497                                                                                                 | 1426                                                                                                | 494                                                                                                 |                                                                                                     |
| 18                                                                                                  | Guna                                                                                                | 29                                                                                                  | 47                                                                                                  | 463                                                                                                 | 194                                                                                                 |                                                                                                     |
| 19                                                                                                  | Gwalior                                                                                             | 36                                                                                                  | 149                                                                                                 | 213                                                                                                 | 198                                                                                                 |                                                                                                     |
| 20 21                                                                                               | Harda                                                                                               | 24                                                                                                  | 76                                                                                                  | 61                                                                                                  | 52                                                                                                  |                                                                                                     |
|                                                                                                     | Hoshangabad                                                                                         | 42                                                                                                  | 190                                                                                                 | 205                                                                                                 | 139                                                                                                 |                                                                                                     |
| 22                                                                                                  | Indore                                                                                              | 43                                                                                                  | 245                                                                                                 | 65                                                                                                  | 391                                                                                                 |                                                                                                     |
| 23                                                                                                  | Jabalpur                                                                                            | 24                                                                                                  | 275                                                                                                 | 383                                                                                                 | 111                                                                                                 |                                                                                                     |
| 24                                                                                                  | Jhabua                                                                                              | 14                                                                                                  | 82                                                                                                  | 141                                                                                                 | 31                                                                                                  |                                                                                                     |

| 25   | Katni                |   38 |   246 |   575 | 165    |
|------|----------------------|------|-------|-------|--------|
| 26   | Khandwa (East Nimar) |   84 |   586 |   412 | 493    |
| 27   | Khargone             |   22 |   325 |   544 | 891    |
| 28   | Maihar               |    0 |     0 |     0 | 0      |
| 29   | Mandla               |   64 |   161 |  3108 | 713    |
| 30   | Mandsaur             |   26 |   170 |   266 | 361    |
| 31   | Mauganj              |    0 |     0 |     0 | 0      |
| 32   | Morena               |   27 |   229 |   568 | 208    |
| 33   | Narsinghpur          |   27 |   205 |   359 | 239    |
| 34   | Neemuch              |   45 |    51 |   240 | 145    |
| 35   | Niwari               |   62 |    39 |   239 | 112    |
| 36   | Pandhurna            |    0 |     4 |     0 | 0      |
| 37   | Panna                |   63 |   106 |   525 | 205    |
| 38   | Raisen               |   28 |   495 |   624 | 246    |
| 39   | Rajgarh              |  132 |   643 |  1085 | 596    |
| 40   | Ratlam               |   43 |   100 |   398 | 1056   |
| 41   | Rewa                 |  173 |   359 |   588 | 177    |
| 42   | Sagar                |   21 |   320 |   265 | 213    |
| 43   | Satna                |   44 |   323 |   273 | 46     |
| 44   | Sehore               |   47 |   182 |    96 | 134    |
| 45   | Seoni                |  107 |   147 |   944 | 555    |
| 46   | Shahdol              |   86 |   145 |   275 | 142    |
| 47   | Shajapur             |   20 |   142 |    92 | 239    |
| 48   | Sheopur              |   15 |   116 |   347 | 179    |
| 49   | Shivpuri             |   85 |   159 |   386 | 232    |
| 50   | Sidhi                |   73 |   151 |   421 | 84     |
| 51   | Singrauli            |   37 |   147 |   670 | 219    |
| 52   | Tikamgarh            |   16 |   112 |   351 | 212    |
| 53   | Ujjain               |   24 |   511 |   241 | 106    |
| 54   | Umaria               |   47 |    82 |   123 | 95     |
| 55   | Vidisha              |   20 |   307 |   155 | 163    |
|      | Total                | 2461 | 11097 | 23187 | 13451* |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3308 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 12.03.2026 REGARDING 'WATERSHED AND WATER HARVESTING WORKS'.

| Jal Sanchay Data - District Wise Count (JSJB 1.0) in Madhya Pradesh as per JSJB   | Jal Sanchay Data - District Wise Count (JSJB 1.0) in Madhya Pradesh as per JSJB   | Jal Sanchay Data - District Wise Count (JSJB 1.0) in Madhya Pradesh as per JSJB   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No                                                                              | District                                                                          | Completed Work                                                                    |
| 1                                                                                 | Agar Malwa                                                                        | 976                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                 | Alirajpur                                                                         | 1671                                                                              |
| 3                                                                                 | Anuppur                                                                           | 1756                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                 | Ashoknagar                                                                        | 1346                                                                              |
| 5                                                                                 | Balaghat                                                                          | 4887                                                                              |
| 6                                                                                 | Barwani                                                                           | 2987                                                                              |
| 7                                                                                 | Betul                                                                             | 13499                                                                             |
| 8                                                                                 | Bhind                                                                             | 1947                                                                              |
| 9                                                                                 | Bhopal                                                                            | 2412                                                                              |
| 10                                                                                | Burhanpur                                                                         | 1027                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                | Chhatarpur                                                                        | 2581                                                                              |
| 12                                                                                | Chhindwara                                                                        | 1236                                                                              |
| 13                                                                                | Damoh                                                                             | 3542                                                                              |
| 14                                                                                | Datia                                                                             | 609                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                | Dewas                                                                             | 8333                                                                              |
| 16                                                                                | Dhar                                                                              | 10791                                                                             |
| 17                                                                                | Dindori                                                                           | 561                                                                               |
| 18                                                                                | East Nimar                                                                        | 129020                                                                            |
| 19                                                                                | Guna                                                                              | 17814                                                                             |
| 20                                                                                | Gwalior                                                                           | 1658                                                                              |
| 21                                                                                | Harda                                                                             | 1057                                                                              |
| 22                                                                                | Hoshangabad                                                                       | 2262                                                                              |
| 23                                                                                | Indore                                                                            | 656                                                                               |
| 24                                                                                | Jabalpur                                                                          | 1318                                                                              |
| 25                                                                                | Jhabua                                                                            | 1793                                                                              |
| 26                                                                                | Katni                                                                             | 3919                                                                              |
| 27                                                                                | Khargone                                                                          | 5606                                                                              |
| 28                                                                                | Mandla                                                                            | 4775                                                                              |
| 29                                                                                | Mandsaur                                                                          | 916                                                                               |
| 30                                                                                | Morena                                                                            | 406                                                                               |
| 31                                                                                | Narsinghpur                                                                       | 3357                                                                              |
| 32                                                                                | Neemuch                                                                           | 835                                                                               |
| 33                                                                                | Niwari                                                                            | 250                                                                               |
| 34                                                                                | Panna                                                                             | 1221                                                                              |
| 35                                                                                | Raisen                                                                            | 3525                                                                              |

| 36          | Rajgarh     |   4342 |
|-------------|-------------|--------|
| 37          | Ratlam      |   1313 |
| 38          | Rewa        |   1388 |
| 39          | Sagar       |   3138 |
| 40          | Satna       |   2346 |
| 41          | Sehore      |   2529 |
| 42          | Seoni       |   7946 |
| 43          | Shahdol     |   2766 |
| 44          | Shajapur    |   1762 |
| 45          | Sheopur     |    413 |
| 46          | Shivpuri    |    445 |
| 47          | Sidhi       |    322 |
| 48          | Singrauli   |    970 |
| 49          | Tikamgarh   |    564 |
| 50          | Ujjain      |   3158 |
| 51          | Umaria      |   1598 |
| 52          | Vidisha     |   1040 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total | 276589 |

| Jal Sanchay Data - District Wise Count (JSJB 2.0) in Madhya portal as on 11.03.2026   | Jal Sanchay Data - District Wise Count (JSJB 2.0) in Madhya portal as on 11.03.2026   |           |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|                                                                                       | S.NoDistrict                                                                          | Completed |
| 1                                                                                     | Agar-Malwa                                                                            | 313       |
| 2                                                                                     | Alirajpur                                                                             | 289       |
| 3                                                                                     | Anuppur                                                                               | 975       |
| 4                                                                                     | Ashoknagar                                                                            | 131       |
| 5                                                                                     | Balaghat                                                                              | 1382      |
| 6                                                                                     | Barwani                                                                               | 886       |
| 7                                                                                     | Betul                                                                                 | 405       |
| 8                                                                                     | Bhind                                                                                 | 97        |
| 9                                                                                     | Bhopal                                                                                | 486       |
| 10                                                                                    | Burhanpur                                                                             | 685       |
| 11                                                                                    | Chhatarpur                                                                            | 869       |
| 12                                                                                    | Chhindwara                                                                            | 387       |
| 13                                                                                    | Damoh                                                                                 | 161       |
| 14                                                                                    | Datia                                                                                 | 90        |
| 15                                                                                    | Dewas                                                                                 | 3831      |
| 16                                                                                    | Dhar                                                                                  | 501       |
| 17                                                                                    | Dindori                                                                               | 315       |
| 18                                                                                    | Guna                                                                                  | 3041      |
| 19                                                                                    | Gwalior                                                                               | 60        |
| 20                                                                                    | Harda                                                                                 | 442       |
| 21                                                                                    | Indore                                                                                | 9349      |
| 22                                                                                    | Jabalpur                                                                              | 425       |
| 23                                                                                    | Jhabua                                                                                | 687       |

| 24            | Katni                 |   1540 |
|---------------|-----------------------|--------|
| 25            | Khandwa (East Nimar)  |  11751 |
| 26            | Khargone (West Nimar) |   3635 |
| 27            | Maihar                |    294 |
| 28            | Mandla                |    493 |
| 29            | Mandsaur              |    797 |
| 30            | MAUGANJ               |    153 |
| 31            | Morena                |   1252 |
| 32            | Narmadapuram          |    945 |
| 33            | Narsimhapur           |    690 |
| 34            | Neemuch               |    695 |
| 35            | Niwari                |     63 |
| 36            | Pandhurna             |    135 |
| 37            | Panna                 |   1170 |
| 38            | Raisen                |   1738 |
| 39            | Rajgarh               |   9619 |
| 40            | Ratlam                |   1091 |
| 41            | Rewa                  |    291 |
| 42            | Sagar                 |    768 |
| 43            | Satna                 |    181 |
| 44            | Sehore                |    698 |
| 45            | Seoni                 |   1915 |
| 46            | Shahdol               |   2179 |
| 47            | Shajapur              |    486 |
| 48            | Sheopur               |    271 |
| 49            | Shivpuri              |   1082 |
| 50            | Sidhi                 |    320 |
| 51            | Singrauli             |    903 |
| 52            | Tikamgarh             |    132 |
| 53            | Ujjain                |   3687 |
| 54            | Umaria                |     34 |
| 55            | Vidisha               |    603 |
| Grand Total : | Grand Total :         |  75418 |

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