THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SHRIMATI BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY)
(a)&(b) The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), under
the Ministry of Water Resources monitors ground
water quality throughout the country on regular
basis. The studies carried out by the CGWB
indicate that the ground water in major parts of
the country is by and large potable. There are,
however, areas which have poor quality of ground
water mainly due to the contamination from
industrial and domestic effluents, excessive use of
fertilizers, mining wastes, saline water ingress
and due to the nature of the ground water bearing
rock formations. The names of States and locations
where ground water has been found contaminated and
reasons thereof are given in enclosed Statement.
(c)&(d) As per observations made by the CGWB,
significant decline in the levels of ground water
have been observed in certain pockets in the States
of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, NCT
of Delhi, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka,
Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa,
Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar
Pradesh and West Bengal.
Studies undertaken to monitor effects of the
artificial recharge schemes have shown positive impact
in terms of rise in ground water level and
sustainability of ground water structures in the areas
where such schemes have been implemented.
(e)&(f) The Government is encouraging rain water
harvesting activities through mass awareness and training
programmes by involving various Government and Non-
Government organisations. During 2003-04, the CGWB has a
programme to organise 51 training programmes and 51 mass
awareness programmes on rain water harvesting in the
country.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PARTS (a)&(b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 179 DATED 21.07.2003 REGARDING QUALITY OF SUB-SURFACE WATER
STATE-WISE DETAILS OF CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATER IN SOME AREAS OF THE DISTRICTS DUE TO VARIOUS CONTAMINANTS
SL. STATE SALINITY IRON FLUORIDE NITRATE ARSENIC HEAVY NO. METALS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Andhra East -- Prakasam, Vishakhapatnam, -- Anantapur, Pradesh Godavari, Nellore, East Godavari, Mehboobnagar West Anantapur, Krishna, Prakasam, , Prakasam, Godavari, Nalgonda, Nellore, Chittoor, Visakhapatna Krishna, Rangareddy, Anantapur, m, Cuddapah, Guntur, Adilabad Cuddapah, Kurnool, Nalgonda. Prakasam Mehboobnagar, Rangareddy, Medak, Adilabad, Nalgonda, Khammam. 2. Assam -- Northern Nagaon, -- -- Digboi Bank of Karbi Brahmapu Anglong tra 3. Bihar Begusarai Champara Giridih, Palamau, Gaya, -- Dhanbad, n, Jamui, Patna, Nalanda, Muzaffarpur, Muzaffar- Dhanbad Nawada, Bhagalpur, Begusarai. pur, Sahebgunj, Banka Gaya, Munger, Deoghar, Madhuban i, Patna, Palamau, Nalanda, Nawada, Banka 4. Gujarat Banaskantha -- Kachch, -- -- -- , Junagarh, Surendra- Bharauch, nagar, Surat, Rajkot, Mehsana, Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Surendranag Banaskantha, ar, Kheda, Sabarkantha. Jamnagar 5. Haryana Sonepat, -- Rohtak, Ambala, Sonepat, -- Faridabad Rohtak, Jind, Jind, Gurgaon, Hissar, Hissar, Faridabad, Hissar, Sirsa, Bhiwani, Sirsa, Karnal, Faridabad, Mahendra- Kurukshetra, Jind, garh, Rohtak, Bhiwani, Gurgaon, Faridabad Mahendragarh Bhiwani, Mahendragar h 6. Himacha -- -- -- Kulu, Solan, Una -- Purwanoo, l Kalaamb Pradesh 7. Karnata Bijapur, -- Tumkur, -- -- Bhadrawati ka Belgaum, Kolar, Raichur, Bangalore, Bellary, Gulbarga, Dharwar Bellary, Raichur 8. Kerala Ernakulam, -- Palghat -- -- -- Trichur, Alleppey 9. Madhya Gwalior, -- Bhind, Sehore -- Bastar, Pradesh Bhind, Moerana, Korba, Morena, Guna, Ratlam, Jhabua, Jhabua, Nagda Khargaon, Chhindwara, Dhar, Seoni, Shivpuri, Mandla, Shajapur, Raipur, Guna, Vidisha Mandsor, Ujjain 10. Maharas Amaravati, -- Bhandara, Thane, Jalna, -- -- htra Akola. Chandrapur, Beed, Nanded, Nanded, Latur, Osmanabad, Aurangabad Solapur, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Aurangabad, Ahmednagar, Pune, Buldana, Amravati, Akola, Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli 11. Orissa Cuttack, Parts of Bolangir -- -- Angul, Baleswar, Coastal Talcher Puri Orissa 12. Punjab Bhatinda, -- Ludhiana, Patiala, Faridkot, -- Ludhiana, Sangrur, Faridkot, Firozpur, Sangrur, Mandi, Faridkot, Bhatinda, Bhatinda. Gobindgarh. Firozpur. Sangrur, Jalandhar, Amritsar. 13. Rajasth Bharatpur, Bikaner, Barmer, Jaipur, Churu, -- Pali, an Jaipur, Alwar, Bikaner, Ganganagar, Udaipur, Nagaur, Dungarpu Ganganagar, Bikaner, Jalore, Khetri. Jalore, r Jalore, Barmer, Bundi, Sirohi, Nagaur, Swai Madhopur. Jodhpur Pali, Sirohi. 14. Tamil Karaikal, -- Dharampuri, Coimbatore, -- Manali, Nadu Pondicherry Salem, North Periyar, Salem. North Arcot. , Arcot- Nagapattana Ambedkar, m, Quide- Villipuram- Millet, Padayatchi, Pudukottai, Muthuramalin Ramananthap gam, uram, North Tiruchirapal Arcot- li, Ambedkar, Pudukottai. Dharampuri, Salem, Trichy, Coimbatore. 15. Tripura -- Dharamna -- -- -- -- garKaule shaher, Khowai, Ambasa, Amapur and Parts of Agartala Valley 16. Uttar Agra, -- Bulandshahar Orai, Jhansi, -- Singrauli, Pradesh Mathura, , Aligarh, Lalitpur, Basti, . Mainpuri, Agra, Unnao, Faizabad, Kanpur, Banmda. Rae-Bareli Sultanpur, Jaunpur, Maharajganj, Allahabad, Gorakhapur, Deoria Saharanpur, Aligarh. 17. West -- Midnapor Birbhum Uttar Dinajpur, Malda, Durgapur, Bengal e, Malada, Birbhum, South-24 Howrah, Howrah, Nadia, Midnapur, Paraganas Murshidabad, Hooghli, Howrah, , Nadia, Nadia. Bankura Murshidabad, Hoogly, Purulia Murshidab ad, Bardhaman , Howrah 18. NCT of Najafgarh, -- -- City Shahdara and -- Alipur, Delhi Kanjhawala, Mehrauli Blocks. Kanjhawala, and Najafgarh, Mehrauli Mehrauli Blocks. City and Shahdara Blocks.
