(a) whether the Government has any proposal to start some water conservation projects in Jhansi and nearby areas to ensure sufficient availability of water for drinking and irrigation purposes;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
(d) the details of the status of such proposals specially in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi/NCR, North East and their nearby areas along with the time limit for its completion?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)
(a) to (d) Government of India has launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan which is a time bound campaign with a mission mode approach intended to improve water availability including ground water conditions in the water stressed blocks of 256 districts in India. In this regard, team of officers from Central Government along-with technical officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti have been deputed to visit water stressed districts and to work in close collaboration with district level officials to undertake suitable demand side and supply side interventions.
Water conservation works in Jhansi district have been taken up under programmes like MGNREGA, PMKSY – WDC and ‘Khet Talab’ schemes etc.
As per information forwarded by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, the Model Building Bye Laws, 2016, has been issued for guidance of the States/UTs which has a chapter on ‘Rainwater Harvesting’. 33 States/UTs have adopted the rainwater harvesting provisions. The provisions of this chapter are applicable to all the buildings. The implementation of the rainwater harvesting policy comes within the purview of the State Government/Urban Local Body / Urban Development Authority. As per Model Building Bye Laws- 2016, provision of rainwater harvesting is applicable to all residential plots above 100 sq.m.
Central Government supports construction of water harvesting and conservation works primarily through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The State-wise funds released including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, North East etc during last three years are given at Annexure.
In addition, Water being a State subject, initiatives on water management including conservation and artificial recharge to ground water in the Country is primarily States’ responsibility. The important measures taken by the Central Government for conservation, management of ground water and effective implementation of rain water harvesting in the country are at the following URL: http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps_to_control_water_depletion_Jun2019.pdf
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ANNEXURE
Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Unstarred Question No. 5270 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 25.07.2019 regarding “Water Conservation Proposals”.
Fund released to State/UT under MGNREGA (2016-17 to 2019-20)
(Rs. in lakh)
Sl No. States/UTs 2016-17 * 2017-18 # 2018-19 $ 2019-20 (as on 02.07.2019)
1 Andhra Pradesh 394021.193 512763.000 761458.36 324686.13
2. Arunachal Pradesh 15675.987 20679.650 19800.64 10756.62
3. Assam 125459.790 112366.538 105037.23 72973.98
4. Bihar 166740.556 246888.442 289194.25 116910.18
5. Chhattisgarh 223193.550 289885.207 308997.05 133643.47
6. Gujarat 64323.810 82505.071 106079.98 34925.14
7. Haryana 28771.330 30140.644 35625.15 6446.88
8. Himachal Pradesh 38860.834 58684.461 78034.36 16999.35
9. Jammu and Kashmir 80408.520 125417.690 79334.12 75829.87
10. Jharkhand 167914.171 135264.566 154629.50 40902.88
11. Karnataka 225864.879 295632.542 304975.56 196212.96
12. Kerala 158248.959 185406.396 235473.91 153941.22
13. Madhya Pradesh 344891.617 376889.916 470364.71 178346.97
14. Maharashtra 165708.925 185828.742 201918.84 61632.56
15. Manipur 34370.410 15778.890 28698.66 18142.18
16. Meghalaya 86069.230 87060.440 79654.70 22228.69
17. Mizoram 14451.260 20081.040 40288.92 22362.07
18. Nagaland 50152.800 110492.875 19560.20 24275.77
19. Odisha 189526.844 219834.665 222418.39 48920.61
20. Punjab 49073.460 61895.859 60000.32 28085.58
21. Rajasthan 481816.863 472828.409 549230.58 292499.21
22. Sikkim 13262.560 10571.148 9762.58 1551.45
23. Tamil Nadu 455277.907 583166.132 498193.66 214711.20
24. Telangana 180684.744 253920.331 297094.62 115205.41
25. Tripura 101629.140 40440.497 44462.89 16933.05
26. Uttar Pradesh 391584.937 369177.652 547575.02 150257.63
27. Uttarakhand 51435.079 71685.063 61194.75 13553.90
28. West Bengal 537722.785 592702.953 737344.61 384642.88
29. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 801.395 966.068 761.93 186.98
30. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 0.000 0.000 484.00 0.00
31. Daman & Diu 0.000 0.000 0.00 0.00
32. Lakshadweep 0.000 26.710 15.97 11.91
33. Puducherry 346.917 1569.028 1475.36 91.33
34. Goa 425.850 56.050 48.83 144.28
Total 4838716.305 5570606.675 6259189.67 2778012.35
*Including Rs. 56268.00 lakh of failed FTOs of all NeFMS State/UT during financial year 2016-17.
# Including Rs. 136890.498 lakh deducted against wage expenditure on account of rejected transaction amount creadited back during financial year 2017-18.
$ Including Rs. 156046.92 lakh of failed transactions during financial year 2018-19.
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