Question : MAJOR AND MEDIUM DAMS

(a) the number of major and medium dams at present in the country along with total water storage capacity created as a result thereof, State-wise;

(b) whether several major dams are still under construction; and

(c) if so, the details thereof, alongwith the expected total water storage capacity of each of them?

THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES (SHRI ARJUN CHARAN SETHI)

(a) to (c) As per information available regarding dams with storage above 10 million cubic metre (M.cum), there are 811 dams completed with total storage of 173728.82 M.cum. and 303 dams under construction with total storage of 75422.51 M.cum. Statewise details giving break-up of the number of dams and corresponding storages are given in the enclosed statement.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2758 FOR ANSWER ON 09.08.2000 IN THE LOK SABHA REGARDING MAJOR & MEDIUM DAMS.

Sl. Particulars Completed Projects Projects under
No. (STATES) construction
Live Number Live Number
storage Storage
MCM MCM
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Andhra Pradesh 24851.42 74 7123.27 26
2 Arunachal NIL - - -
Pradesh
3 Assam NIL - 1054.32 3
4 Bihar 4660.93 46 4352.73 27
5 Goa 44.30 1 674.45 2
6 Gujarat 14919.07 104 7248.38 24
7 Haryana - - - -
8 Himachal 13806.44 3 109.55 1
Pradesh
9 Jammu & - - - -
Kashmir
10 Karnataka 21556.07 41 3013.31 21
11 Kerala 4617.81 23 1615.69 8
12 Madhya Pradesh 18580.13 109 21633.14 45
13 Maharashtra 22095.71 155 12918.88 90
14 Manipur 396.50 1 124.58 3
15 Meghalaya 697.96 4 - -
16 Mizoram - - - -
17 Nagaland - - 1220.00 1
18 Orissa 14286.77 42 3304.63 14
19 Punjab 24.75 2 2344.00 1
20 Rajasthan 8323.15 94 1591.48 17
21 Sikkim - - -
22 Tamil Nadu 6719.51 46 36.55 3
23 Tripura 312.00 3 - -
24 Uttar Pradesh 16347.36 59 7057.56 17
25 West Bengal 1475.15 3 - -
26 Pondicherry 13.79 1 - -
Total in M. 173728.8 811 75422.51 303
cum. 2 75.42
in 173.73
Cubic km.