THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SMT. BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY)
(a) to (c) Long term observations made by the Central
Ground Water Board have shown situation of fall in the level
of ground water in various parts of the country. The names
of the States/districts showing pockets where fall in the
ground water level for more than 4 meters (1980-99) has been
observed are indicated in Statement-I.
The decline in the level of ground water is mainly due to
withdrawal in excess of annual recharge, variation in the
amount and distribution of rainfall, reduction in recharge
of ground water due to increased urbanization, deforestation
and adoption of water intensive cropping by farmers.
The names of the States and locations where ground water has
been found contaminated and reasons thereof are indicated in
Statement-II.
According to a study conducted by the Central Pollution
Control Board, polluted stretches in 22 major rivers in 14
States of the country have been identified. The State-wise
details of rivers is given in Statement-III. Pollution of
these rivers is mainly on account of discharge of untreated
municipal sewage from large towns and effluents from grossly
polluting industries located in the river basin.
(d) Steps taken by the Central Ground Water Board to raise
the ground water level include:-
(i) Constitution of Central Ground Water Authority under
the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for regulation and
control of ground water management and development.
(ii) Circulation of a Model Bill to all the States/Union
Territories, to enable them to enact suitable legislation
for regulation and control of ground water development.
(iii) Circulation of Manual on artificial recharge of
ground water to the States/Union Territories to enable them
to formulate area specific artificial recharge schemes to
check the declining trend in ground water levels.
(iv) Implementation of a Central Sector Scheme on studies in
artificial recharge of ground water in some ‘Over-exploited’
and ‘Dark’ blocks of the country.
(e) As per information received from the Department of
Drinking Water Supply, excess fluoride in drinking water is
prevalent in 11 States, excess salinity is prevalent in 7
States and 2 Union Territories, excess iron is prevalent in
15 States and 1 Union Territory and arsenic in excess is
reported from the State of West Bengal, which is not
considered fit for human consumption.
(f) Provision of drinking water supply is the
responsibility of the State Governments. Rajiv Gandhi
National Drinking Water Mission has been assisting and
guiding the States in the provision of safe drinking water
to rural population under Accelerated Rural Water Supply
Programme and exclusive submission programmes in areas
having serious ground water quality problems like Fluoride,
Iron, Arsenic, Nitrate and Brackishmess. In such quality
affected areas, where ground water is unfit for drinking,
the safe drinking water is supplied either through
alternative sources, tapping surface water or by other means
by undertaking remedial measures like defluoridation, iron
removal and arsenic removal.
(i) The Central Government has set up Central Ground Water
Authority to regulate and control ground water management
and development.
(ii) Mass awareness and education programmes have been
launched on the significance of water economy, efficient
utilisation, health, hygiene and sanitation.
(iii) Central Pollution Control Board has adopted
several measures like directing the industries through State
Polluation Control Boards to limit the discharge of
effluents within the stipulated standards, initiation of
scheme to give assistance to clusters of small scale
industrial units for setting up common effluent treatment
plants and taking up of quality scheme of monitoring in
critically polluted areas.
STATEMENT-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF LOK
SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.588 FOR REPLY ON 26.07.2000
NAME OF THE STATE/DISTRICT HAVING POCKETS WITH FALL IN
GROUND WATER LEVEL OF MORE THAN 4 METERS (1980-99)
S.NO STATE DISTIRCTS
1. ANDHRA PRADESH Shrikakulam, Chittor
2. MAHARASHTRA Akola, Nagpur, Jalgaon, Osmanabad, Satara, Aurangabad, Sangli, Buldhana, Amravati
3. PUNJAB Amritsar, Jallandhar, Ferozpur, Ludhiana, Patiala, Sangrur, Faridkot, Fatehgarh.
4. HARYANA Kurushetra, Kaithal, Mehandargarh, Jind
5. UTTAR PRADESH Gonda, Farukhabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, Fetehpur, Allahabad, Banda, Nainital
6. BIHAR East Singhbhum, Ranchi, Samastipur, Chapra, Dharbhanga
7 WEST BENGAL Purlia, Midnapur
8. ORISSA Koraput, Mayurbhanj
9. RAJASTHAN Nagaur, Bikaner, Jaipur
10. MADHYA PRADESH Ujjain, Dewas, Shajahanpur, Dhar, Sagar, Bilaspur, Raipur, Surguja, Guna, Narsinghpur
11. KARNATAKA Bijapur, Belgaum, Dharwar, Bellari, Shimoga, Bangalore, Mysore, Gulbarga
12. TAMIL NADU Salem, South Arcot, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tanjavour, Paddukottai, Kamrajar, Thirunaganar, North Kannada.
STATEMENT-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO.588 FOR REPLY ON 26.07.2000
STATE-WISE DETAILS OF CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATER IN SOME AREAS OF THE
DISTRICTS DUE TO VARIOUS CONTAMINANTS
SL. STATE SALINITY IRON FLURIDE NITRATE ARSENIC HEAVY METALS
1.Andhra East Prakasam, Visakhapat Anantapur,
Pra Godavari, Nellore, nam, East Mehboobnagar West Anantapur, Godavari, , Prakasam, Godavari, Nalgonda, Krishna, Visakhapatna Krishna, Rangareddy, Prakasam, m, Cuddapah, Guntur, Adilabad Nellore, Nalgonda Prakasam Chittoor, Anantapur, Cuddapah, Kurnool, Mehboobnag ar, Rangareddy , Medak, Adilabad, Nalgonda, Khammam
2. Assam Northern Digboi Bank of Brahmapu tra
3. Bihar Begusarai Champara Giridih, Palamau, Dhanbad, n, Jamui, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Muzaffar Dhanbad Patna, Begusarai pur, Nalanda, Gaya, Nawada, Munger, Bhagalpur, Deoghar, Sahebgunj, Madhuban Banka i, Patna, palamau, Nalanda, Nawada, Banka
4. Gujarat Banaskantha, Kachch, Junagarh, Surendra Bharauch, nagar, Surat, Rajkot, Mehsana, Ahmdedabad, Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Surendranagar Banaskantha, , Kheda, Sabarkantha, Jamnagar Panchmahal,
Kheda
5. Haryana Sonepat, Rohtak, Ambala, Faridabad Rohtak, Jind, Sonepat, Hissar, Jind, Hissar, Jind, Sirsa, Bhiwani, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Mahendragarh Faridabad, Gurgaon, , Faridabad Hissar, Bhiwani, Sirsa, Mahendragarh Karnal, Kurushetra , Rohtak, Bhiwanim Mahendraga rh
6. Himachal Kulu, Purwanoo,
Pradesh Solan, Una Bala amb
7 Karnataka Bijapur, Tumkur, Bhadravati Belgaum, Kolar, Raichur, Bangalore, Bellary, Gulbarga, Dharwar Bellary, Raichur
8. Kerala Ernakulam, Palghat Trichur, Alleppey
9. Madhya Gwalior, Bhind, Sehore Bastar,
Pradesh Bhind, Morena, Korba, Morena, Guna, Ratlam, Jhabua, Jhabua, Nagda Khargaon, Chhindwara, Dhar, Seoni, Shivpuri, Mandla, Shajapur, Raipur, Guna, Vidisha Mandsor, Ujjain
10.Maharash Amravati, Bhandara, Thane,
tra Akola Chandrapur, Jalna, nanded, Beed, Aurangabad Nanded, Latur, Osmanabad, Solapur, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Aurangabad Ahmednagar Pune, Buldhana, Amravati, Akola, Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Chandrapur Gadchiroli
11.Orissa Cuttack, Parts of Bolangir Angul, Baleswar, coastal Talcher Puri Orissa
12.Punjab Bhatinda, Ludhiana, Patiala, Ludhiana, Sangrur, Faridkot, Faridkot, Mandi, Faridkot, Bhatinda, Firozpur, Gobindgarh Firozpur Sangrur, sangrur, jalandhar, Bhatinda Amritsar
13.Rajasthan Bharatpur, Bikaner, Barmer, Jaipur, Pali, Jaipur, Alwar, Bikaner, Churu, Udaipur, Nagpur, Dungarpu Ganganagar, Ganganagar Khetri Jalore, r, jalore, , Bikaner, Sirohi, nagaur, Jalore, Jodhpur Pali, Sirohi Barmer, Bundi, Swai Madhopur
14.Tamil Karaikal, Dharmapuri, Coimbatore Manali,
Nadu Pondicherry, Salem, North , Periyar, North Arcot Nagapattanam, Arcot- Salem Quide-Millet, Ambedkar, Pudukottai, Villipuram- Ramananthapur Padayatchim am, North Muthuramalin Arcot- gam, Ambedkar, Tiruchirapal Dharmapuri, li, Salem, Pudukottai Trichy, Coimbatore
15.Tripura Dharmnag ar, Kaulesha her, Khowai, Ambasa, Amapur and parts of Agartala valley
16.Uttar Agra, Bulandshahar Orai, Singrauli,
Pradesh Mathura, , Aligarh, Jhansi, Basti, Mainpuri, Agra Unnao, Lalitpur, Kanpur, Banda Rae-Bareli Faizabad, Jaunpur, Sultanpur, Allahabad, Maharajgan Saharanpur, j, Aligarh Gorakhpur, Deoria
17. West Midnapor Birbhum Uttar Malda, Durgapur, Bengal e, Dinajpur, South 24 Howrah, Howrah, Halda, paraganas Murshidabad, Hoogly, Birbhum, , Nadia, Nadia Bankura Nadia, Hoogly, Midnapore, Murshidab Howrah, ad, Murshidaba Bradhaman d, Purulia , Howrah
18. NCT of City, Alipur, Delhi Shahdara & Kanjhawal Mehrauli a blocks Najafgarh Mehrauli, City and Shahdara blocks
STATEMENT-III REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c)
OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.588 FOR REPLY
ON 26.07.2000
S.NO. STATES RIVER
1. ANDHRA PRADESH 1. Godavari
2. BIHAR 2 Subarnrekha 3. Damodar 4. Ganga
3. GUJARAT 5. Sabarmati
4. KARNATAKA 6. Tunga 7. Tungbhadra 8. Cauvery 9. Bhadra
5. MADHYA PRADESH 10. Khan 11. Tapti 12. Kshipra 13. Betwa 14. Narmada 15. Wainganga 16. Chambal
6. MAHARASHTRA 17. Krishna Godavari
7 ORISSA 18. Mahanadi 19. Brahimini
8. PUNJAB 20. Satluj
9. RAJASTHAN Chambal
10. TAMIL NADU Cauvery
11 HARYANA 21. Yamuna
12. DELHI Yamuna
13. UTTAR PRADESH Ganga Yamuna 22. Gomati
14. WEST BENGAL Ganga Damodar
