THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS
(SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)
(a) & (b) As per the 4th Minor Irrigation Census conducted by this Ministry, there are 5,23,816 water bodies in the rural areas being used for minor irrigation. Of these 4,43,688 water bodies were in use and 80,128 were not in use. Reasons given by States for water bodies not being in use are- encroachments, urbanisation, polluted water, non availability of water due to less and erratic rainfall, siltation etc. State-wise details are at Annexure.
(c) Sedimentation of ponds is one of the various reasons of decline in ground water level in nearby areas.
(d) & (e) Works related to water resources development & management are primarily planned, funded, executed and maintained by the State Governments themselves as per their own resources and priorities. In order to supplement the efforts of the State Governments, Government of India provides technical and financial assistance to State Governments to encourage sustainable development and efficient management of water resources through various schemes and programmes such as Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP) and scheme for Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of water bodies etc.
Till date 12424 water bodies (1085 in pilot scheme, 10855 in XI plan and 484 thereafter) have been revived under this scheme. Central Assistance to the tune of Rs.4280.80 crore (Rs.197.30 crore in pilot scheme, Rs.3818.83 crore in XI plan and Rs.264.67 crore thereafter) has been released to various States under this scheme.
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Annexure
Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) & (b) of Unstarrred Question No. 1046 to be answered on 21.12.2017 in Lok Sabha regarding “Restoration of Ponds”.
State wise list of Water Bodies
(Surface Flow Schemes - Reservoirs, Tanks, Other Storages)
(Surface Lift Schemes - Lift on Tanks/Ponds)
NUMBER OF WATER BODIES
S. No State Name Water bodies (with Not-in use MI schemes) Water bodies (with In-Use MI schemes) Total Water bodies (with MI scheme)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 22877 49123 72000
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 16 68 84
3 ASSAM 129 885 1014
4 BIHAR 966 4243 5209
5 CHHATTISGARH 6955 40864 47819
6 GOA 29 711 740
7 GUJARAT 1927 6341 8268
8 HARYANA 0 261 261
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 33 812 845
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 168 4720 4888
11 JHARKHAND 5316 38128 43444
12 KARNATAKA 14918 14563 29481
13 KERALA 167 8218 8385
14 MADHYA PRADESH 1493 54654 56147
15 MAHARASHTRA 517 88214 88731
16 MANIPUR 0 9 9
17 MEGHALAYA 59 98 157
18 MIZORAM 12 479 491
19 NAGALAND 60 106 166
20 ODISHA 5567 34339 39906
21 PUNJAB 0 205 205
22 RAJASTHAN 1573 2399 3972
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 11039 26135 37174
25 TRIPURA 19 515 534
26 UTTAR PRADESH 488 6391 6879
27 UTTARAKHAND 2479 6145 8624
28 WEST BENGAL 3292 53672 56964
29 ANDAMAN & NICOBARS 29 1347 1376
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0
31 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI 0 31 31
32 DAMAN & DIU - - -
33 DELHI 0 10 10
34 LAKSHADWEEP - - -
35 PUDUCHERRY 0 2 2
Total 80128 443688 523816
Note
1. Water bodies cover all natural or artificial units with some or no masonry work used for storing water for minor irrigation. These are usually of various types known by different names like tank, reservoir, pond.
2. In MI Census information is collected for villages/ rural areas only.
3. The above data pertains to only those Water Bodies where some minor irrigation scheme(s) (either in-use or not-in-use) is/are installled or those water bodies which function as surface flow schemes.
4. 4th Minor Irrigation Census not conducted in Lakshadweep and Daman & Diu
5. Andhra Pradesh including Telangana
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