(a) the average annual rainfall in the country, particularly in Tamil Nadu;
(b) the total irrigation and hydropower potentials of each State and the potentials utilised by them during the last three years, till date year- wise;
(c) whether any survey has been conducted by the Government recently to increase irrigation and hydropower potentials in the country; and
(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SMT. BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY)
(a) The average annual rainfall in the country is 117 centimetre and in
Tamil Nadu 106 centimetre.
(b) to (d) Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has carried out studies
for re-assessment of hydropower potential in the country during 1978-1987.
According to these studies, the hydropower potential of the country is 84044
Mega Watt (WM) at 60% load factor. The Ultimate Irrigation Potential of the
country has also been reassessed by the Ministry of Water Resources as
139.89 million hectare. State-wise details of the assessement, creation and
utilisaiton of irrigation potential and assessment and development of
hydropower potentials in the last three years are given at Annexure-I and
Annexure-2 respectively.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART(b) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION
NUMBER 3761 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 13.12.2000
ANNEXURE- 1
STATEWISE IRRIGATION POTENTIAL ASSESSED, CREATED AND UTILISED DURING LAST 3-YEARS
Sl. States/UTs IRRIGATION POTENTIAL CREATED(IPC) & Ultimate No. UTILISED(IPU) IN `000 HECTARES (`000ha) Irrigation Potential (in`000 ha)
1997-98 1998-99 1999- 2000 IPC IPU IPC IPU IPC IPU
1 Andhra Pradesh 122.46 58.04 165.9 208.52 199.74 199.83 11260 2 Arunachal Pradesh 4.68 2.68 3.21 1.75 2.18 2.18 168 3 Assam 10.2 6.8 2.52 2.22 0.22 0.22 2870 4 Bihar 46.63 29.83 47.1 42.1 119.68 50.22 13347 5 Goa 3.77 1.2 0.03 0.03 1.29 1.29 116 6 Gujarat 41.05 32.12 23.28 24 22.2 24 6103 7 Haryana 16.73 13.72 11.99 11.99 15.5 11.5 4512 8 Himachal Pradesh 2.3 1.95 2.15 2.34 2.27 2.34 353 9 Jammu & Kashmir 3.69 4 1.13 3.49 2.4 6.5 1358 10 Karnataka 50.2 41.11 63.3 63.3 107 86 5974 11 Kerala 45.07 43.45 34 34 48 48 2679 12 Madhya Pradesh 43 34.3 30.6 20.3 46.5 32.1 17932 13 Maharashtra 233 169.3 254 254 290 191 8952 14 Manipur 4 4 16 12.4 7 5.8 604 15 Meghalaya 3.5 2.68 0.61 1.45 2.13 1.6 168 16 Mizoram 0.11 0.11 0.35 0.35 1.5 0.8 70 17 Nagaland 1.03 1 1.03 1 3.45 3 85 18 Orissa 65.33 83.53 56.58 220.69 89.57 58.99 8803 19 Punjab 27.34 42.6 18.42 24.76 18.33 13.77 5967 20 Rajasthan 66.25 51.67 16.5 103.91 24 36.98 5128 21 Sikkim 1.13 1.13 0.3 0.3 1 0.75 70 22 Tamil Nadu 3.99 3.99 1.45 1.45 2.87 2.87 5532 23 Tripura 5.05 5.05 2.7 2.8 7.45 3.8 281 24 Uttar Pradesh 699.16 392.94 1143.87 439.96 268.02 218.01 30499 25 West Bengal 203.41 193.44 150 130 128 110 6918
Total STATES 1703.08 1220.64 2047.02 1607.11 1410.3 1111.55 139749
Total UTs 1.98 0.59 2.47 0.77 5.46 2.44 144
GRAND TOTAL 1705.06 1221.23 2049.49 1607.88 1415.76 1113.99 139893
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART(b) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NUMBER 3761 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 13.12.2000
Annexure - II
STATEWISE I HYDRO-ELECTRIC POTENTIAL ASSESSED AND DEVELOPED DURING (LAST 3-YEARS)
Sl. States/UTs HYDRO-ELECTIC POTENTIAL ASSESSED & DEVELOPED No. (IN MEGA-WATT)
Potential HE-POTENTIALDEVELOPED Assessed AS ON AS ON AS ON 30.11.98 01.11.99 01.11.2000
1 Andhra Pradesh 2909 1392.92 1392.92 1402.25 2 Arunachal Pradesh 26756 16.50 16.50 16.50 3 Assam 351 111.67 111.67 111.67 4 Bihar 538 119.95 119.95 119.95 5 Goa 36 0.00 0.00 0.00 6 Gujarat 409 138.67 138.67 138.67 7 Haryana 64 51.67 51.67 51.67 8 Himachal Pradesh 11647 2007.07 2007.07 2012.90 9 Jammu & Kashmir 7487 480.17 480.17 501.83 10 Karnataka 4347 2139.50 2204.50 2304.50 11 Kerala 2301 1068.65 1125.50 1125.50 12 Madhya Pradesh 2774 579.50 587.83 587.83 13 Maharashtra 2460 1108.00 1118.83 1118.83 14 Manipur 1176 73.17 73.17 73.17 15 Meghalaya 1070 121.67 121.67 121.67 16 Mizoram 1455 1.00 1.00 1.00 17 Nagaland 1040 0.00 0.00 56.00 18 Orissa 1983 722.17 972.17 1100.50 19 Punjab 922 454.67 454.67 656.33 20 Rajasthan 291 192.67 192.67 192.67 21 Sikkim 1283 28.83 28.83 57.50 22 Tamil Nadu 1206 944.67 946.50 946.50 23 Tripura 9 8.50 8.50 8.50 24 Uttar Pradesh 9744 1132.00 1145.33 1145.33 25 West Bengal 1786 91.33 91.33 91.33
Total STATES 84044 12984.95 13391.12 13942.60 Total UTs 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 GRAND TOTAL 84044 12984.95 13391.12 13942.60