(a) whether there is shortage of water for irrigation in the
country;
(b) if so, the present status of availability of water for
irrigation, State-wise;
(c) whether the Government has formulated or proposes to formulate any scheme to increase the number of reservoirs for irrigation;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the area of unirrigated land in the country in terms of hectares at present, State-wise?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SHRI JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV)
(a) No, Sir.
(b) Does not arise.
(c) & (d) At present, there are about 4050 large dams in the
country and numerous small dams. The total storage capacity of
the reservoirs created through these dams is estimated to be 213
Billion Cubic Metre (BCM) which is used for various purposes
including irrigation. Further, the estimated total storage
capacity of on-going projects is 76 BCM.
(e) The area of unirrigated land in the country is 79736
thousand hectares at present. The State-wise details is given in
the Annex.
ANNEX
(Annex to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1178 for answer on
1.8.2005)
State-wise details of Net Irrigated Area, Net Sown Area and
percentage of Unirrigated area
(in thousand hectare)
Sl. No. Name of States Unirrigated area
1 Andhra Pradesh 6001.00 2 Arunachal Pradesh 122.00 3 Assam 2564.00 4 Bihar 2263.00 5 Chhittisgarh 3686.00 6 Goa 117.00 7 Gujarat 6628.00 8 Haryana 492.00 9 Himachal Pradesh 448.00 10 Jammu & Kashmir 433.00 11 Jharkhand 1605.00 12 Karnataka 7323.00 13 Kerala 1810.00 14 Madhya Pradesh 10024.00 15 Maharashtra 14608.00 16 Manipur 75.00 17 Meghalaya 171.00 18 Mizoram 138.00 19 Nagaland 259.00 20 Orissa 3797.00 21 Punjab 212.00 22 Rajasthan 6435.00 23 Sikkim 78.00 24 Tamil Nadu 2280.00 25 Tripura 243.00 26 Uttranchal 446.00 27 Uttar Pradesh 4365.00 28 West Bengal 3050.00 Total States 79673.00
A&N Island 38.00 Chandigarh 1.00 Daman & Diu 3.00 D & N Haveli 16.00 Delhi 0.00 Lakshadweep 2.00 Pondicherry 3.00 Total UTs 63.00 Grand Total 79736.00