(a) whether permission has been granted to corporates to dig borewells for pumping up ground water for industrial use;
(b) if so, the details of companies given permission, State-
wise;
(c) whether it would result in drawing up of enormous
quantities of ground water by these companies;
(d) if so, whether it would assist in further depletion of
water level and cause serious water crisis in the surrounding
areas; and
(e) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SMT. BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY)
(a) & (b) The proposals of ground water withdrawal by the
industries referred to the Central Ground Water Authority
(CGWA) are examined on case-to-case basis and permissions
accorded on technical considerations. State-wise details of
industries to which permission for withdrawal of ground water
has been accorded by the CGWA as on 14.01.2003 is given in
enclosed Statement.
(c) to (e) Permission is accorded after ascertaining that
ground water withdrawals will not affect adversely the
existing ground water regimes and hence there is no
possibility of depletion of water table due to these
permissions.
(STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1006 DATED 24.02.2003)
STATE-WISE DETAILS OF INDUSTRIES TO WHICH PERMISSION FOR WITHDRAWAL OF GROUND WATER HAS BEEN ACCORDED BY THE CGWA
(AS ON 14.01.2003)
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M/s Ambuja cement Rajasthan Limited, 248 Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III, New Delhi UT of Dadra 1. M/s Dadra Nagar Haveli Sahakari Khand Udyog and Nagar Mandli Ltd., New Marketing Centre, Room No. 16 & Haveli 17, Silvassa-396230 (UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli) Gujarat 1. M/s Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd., Vidyut Bhawan, Race Course, Vadodara-390007 (Gujarat) Haryana 1. M/s Tata Consultancy Services, Plot no. 447, Sector 19 (Phase V), Udyog Vihar, Gurgaon-122016 2. Omax Autos Limited, 69th K.M. Stone, Delhi Jaipur Highway, Dharuhera, Distt. Rewari 3. YKK India Pvt. Ltd., Bawal Rewari District 4. M/s Mark Auto Industries Ltd., Plot no. Q Maruti Joint Venture Complex, Gurgaon-122015 5. M/s Indo Nippon Food Ltd., 7, H.S.I.D.C., Palam Gurgaon Raod-122015 6. Imperial Malts Ltd., Alwar Road, Village Ghosala, Badshahpur, Gurgaon-222101 7. M/s Speedomax Ltd., Delhi Jaipur Highway, village Sidrawali, Gurgaon 8. M/s Munjal Auto Components, 11, Maruti Industrial Area, Gurgaon-122015 9. M/s Cosco India Ltd., Near Railway Station, Gurgaon-122001 10. M/s Maruti Udyog Ltd., Palam Gurgaon Road, Gurgaon-122015 Kerala 1. M/s Kadashma Sidha Beach Resort, Chowara PO, Vizhinjam, Trivandrum 2. M/s Kasargod Power Co-operation Ltd., 24/1624, Bristow Road, Willingdon Island, Cochin-682003 Karnataka 1. M/s Mallavali Power Plant (P) Ltd., 3rd Floor, Jayalaxmi Chambers, 57 Residency Road, Bangalore-583101 2. M/s Bellary Steels & Alloys Ltd., S.10/11, PB No.19, Anantpur Road, Bellary-583101 3. M/s Visvesvaraya Vidyut Nigama Limited, Eley.V.V.N.L.., Sanganayakanahalli Post, Yehalanka, Bangalore-560064 4. M/s Hassan Power Supply Company, 17 Sankey Road, Bangalore-560020 5. M/s R.K.Powergen Pvt. Ltd., 3423, 10th Main, 3rd Cross, (Near Water Tank), Indiranagar IInd stage, Bangalore-560038 6. M/s Travel Inn, Pune Bangalore Road, Sattur, Dharwad-580 002 Maharashtra 1. M/s BLA Industries Ltd., 84, Maker Chamber III, Nariman Point, Mumbai. 2. M/s Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. , 17 Jamshedji Tata Road, Mumbai-400020 Madhya 1. M/s Som Power Ltd., Corporate Office:23, Pradesh Zone II, Maharana Pratap Nagar, Bhopal - 462011 2. M/s Prism Cement Ltd, district Satna Orissa 1. M/s Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd., IMFA Building, Bomikhal, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar - 751010 2. M/s Indian Charge Chrome ltd., Bomikhal, Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar Punjab 1. M/s Pioneer Agro Extracts Ltd., Chottinahar Malakpur, Pathankot district, Gurdaspur-145025 2. M/s Diamond agro industries Ltd., village Nalunga, PO Mirthal, tehsil Pathankot, District Gurdaspur 3. M/s Nakoder Co-operative Sugar Mills Ltd., Nakoder, Jallandhar 4. M/s Duke Fabrics Pvt. Ltd., GT Road, Near Jalandhar byepass, Ludhiana-141005 5. M/s Parvati Board and Paper Mills, 22 Focal Point, Mehta Road, Amritsar 6. M/s Universal Dyeing Company, 161 Industrial Area, Ludhiana-141 003 7. M/s S.B. Dyeing, C/o Shruti Silk Mills, 114 Industrial Area, Ludhiana-141003 8. M/s Abhishek Industries Ltd. (Paper & Chemical Division), Mansa Road, Dhaula, Barnala, District Sangrur-148101 9. M/s Punjab Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Ltd., PO Bhankarpur, Dera Bassi, district Patiala 10. M/s Chandigarh Distillers and Bottlers Ltd., village Banur, tehsil Rajpura, district Patiala 11. M/s Zira Co-operative Sugar Mills Ltd., Zira District, Ferozpur 12. M/s Hero Cycles Ltd., Hero Nagar, G.T. Road, Ludhiana-141003 13. M/s Khasa Distillery Company Ltd., PO Distillery Khasa, district Amritsar 14. M/s Adhunik Alloys Pvt. Ltd., village Tarkhana, Michiwara, district Ludhiana Rajasthan 1. M/s Roofit Industries Limited, Park House, Opp. AIR, MI Road, Jaipur Tamil Nadu 1. M/s ST-CMS Electric Company Pvt. Ltd., 2nd Floor, Alsa Mall, 149 Montieth Road, Egmore, Chennai-600008 2. M/s Tamilnadu Electricity Board, 6th Floor, NPKRR Maaligai, 144 Anna Salai, Chennai-600002 3. M/s Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd., G-14, JN Salai, Block-16, Neyvel-607803, Cuddalore district Uttar 1. M/s Noida Power Company Ltd., A-46, Sector 26, Noida 2. M/s Ghaziabad Power Company Ltd., A-46, Sector 26, Noida West Bengal 1. M/s Mohindra Tube Pvt. Ltd., PO Sakoa Jhora, Jalpaiguri district 2. M/s Polba Agro Genetics Pvt. Ltd.Amdanga, district North 24 Parganas, West Bengal