(a) whether the Government have conducted any survey on constantly declining water level in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
(c) the follow-up action taken by the Government on the survey
report?
(a) whether the Government have conducted any survey on constantly declining water level in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
(c) the follow-up action taken by the Government on the survey
report?
THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES (SHRI ARJUN CHARAN SETHI)
(a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. 97 REGARDING SURVEY ON GROUND WATER LEVEL TO
BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2002.
The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) regularly monitors the
ground water level through a network of around 15000 National
Hydrograph Monitoring Stations located throughout the country. The
water level is taken four times in a year i.e. in the months of
January, May, August and November. Analysis of data collected by
the CGWB has indicated fall in the level of ground water in
various parts of the country on long-term basis. The names of the
States/districts having pockets with fall in water level in the
last twenty years (1982-2001) are given in the Annexure.
Water being a State subject, it is primarily the
responsibility of the concerned State Governments to plan, finance
and execute schemes for augmenting water resources. To remedy the
situation, Central Government has initiated following measures to
arrest decline in ground water and to harness it:-
(i) Implementation of a Central Sector Scheme for Study of
Recharge to Ground Water in the country during the IX Five Year
Plan at a cost of Rs. 23.48 crore.
(ii) Circulation of Manual on Artificial Recharge of Ground Water
to the States/Union Territories to enable them to formulate area
specific artificial recharge schemes to check the declining trend
in ground water levels.
(iii) Circulation of a Model Bill in the year 1970 which was
re-circulated in 1992 and again in 1996 to all the States/Union
Territories to enable them to enact suitable legislation for
regulation and control of ground water development.
(iv) Organisation of mass awareness programmes and training
courses on rain water harvesting and artificial recharge of ground
water .
(v) Constitution of Central Ground Water Authority under the
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for regulation and control of
ground water management and development.
ANNEXURE
(REFERENCE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 97 DATED 25.11.2002.)
NAME OF THE STATES/DISTRICTS HAVING POCKETS WITH FALL IN WATER LEVEL IN LAST TWENTY YEARS (1982-2001) (Pre-monsoon Period)
Sl. States Fall in Water Level No. 4-6 metre more than 6 metre
1 Andhra Adilabad, Anantpur, Adilabad, Anantpur, Pradesh Chittoor, Hyderabad, East Godavari, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Karimnagar, Kurnool, Kurnool, Mahbubnagar, Mabhubnagar, Medak, Medak, Nalgonda, Nellore, Prakasam, Nizamabad, Prakasam, Ranga Srikakulam, Reddy, Srikakulam, Warangal Vijayanagaram, Warangal, Vijayanagaram, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam, W-Godavari
2 Bihar Gaya, Giridih, Lohardaga, Palamu
3 Chhattisgarh Baster, Bilaspur, Janjgir, Baster, Dantewada, Durg, Champa, Kanker Raigarh
4 Gujarat Ahmedabad, Amreli, Ahmedabad, Amreli, Banaskantha, Baroda, Banaskantha, Baroda, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Dangs, Jamnagar, Kheda, Kutch, Mehsana, Junagadh, Kheda, Kutch, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Mehsana, Panchmahal, Surat, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Valsad Surat, Surendranagar
5 Haryana Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hissar, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Kurukshetra, Mahendragarh, Kaithal, Kurukshetra, Panchkula, Panipat, Rewari, Mahenderagarh, Panipat, Sirsa Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Yamunagar
6 Delhi South West, South, New South, South West, New Delhi, North West, West, Delhi Central
7 Karnataka Bangalore, Belgaum, Bangalore, Belary, Bidar, Bijapur, Belgaum, Bidar, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Chamarajanagara, Kolar, Koppala, Shimoga, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Tumkur, Uttar Kannada Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Tumkur, Uttar Kannada 8 Kerala Ernakulam, Idukki, Kannur, Iddukki, Kannur, Kollam, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kottayam, Kozhikode Thiruvananthapuram
9 Madhya Betul, Bhind, Chhatarpur, Barwani, Betul, Bhind, Pradesh Chhindwara, Damoh, Datia, Chhatarpur, Datia, Dewas, Dewas, Dhar, Guna, Guna, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Katni, Khandwa, Hoshangabad, Indore, Khargone, Morena, Jabalpur, Khandwa, Narsinghpur, Nimach, Panna, Khargone, Mandsaur, Raisen, Ratlam, Rewa, Morena, Narsinghpur, Sagar, Satna, Sehore, Nimach, Raisen, Rajgarh, Shajapur, Sheopur, Shivpuri Rewa, Shajapur, Vidisha
10 Maharashtra Ahmednagar, Akola, Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Beed, Amravati, Aurangabad, Bhandara, Buldhana, Beed, Bhandara, Chandrapur, Dhule, Chandrapur, Jalgaon, Gadchiroli, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Nanded, Latur, Nagpur, Nanded, Pune, Sholapur Nasik, Parbhani, Sangli, Satara, Sholapur, Thane, Wardha, Yavatmal
11 North Jorhat, Kamrup, Karbi- Morigaon Eastern Anglong, States South Tripura, West Tripura 12 Orissa Balasore, Bolangir, Boudh, Angul, Balasore, Cuttack, Deogarh, Bolangir, Dhenkanal, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Gajapati, Ganjam, Khurda, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Koraput, Malkangiri, Keonjhar, Khurda, Koraput, Phulbani, Sundergarh, Mayurbanj, Nayagarh, Suvarnpur Nowrangpur, Phulbani, Sambalpur, Suvarnpur
13 Punjab Amritsar, Bhatinda, Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ferozepur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga, Ludhiana, Moga, Patiala, Patiala, Sangrur Ropar, Sangrur
14 Rajasthan Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Bundi, Baran, Barmer, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dausa, Bikaner, Bundi, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Chittorgarh, Churu, Jaipur, Jalore, Jhalawar, Dholpur, Dungarpur, Jodhpur, Kota, Nagaur, Pali Jaipur, Jalore, Jhalawar, Rajsamand, Sirohi, Tonk, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur Nagaur, Pali Rajsamand, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Tonk, Udaipur
15 Tamil Nadu Coimbatore, Dharampur, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Kancheepuram, Dharmapuri, Erode, Kanya Madras, Theni, Kumari, Namakkal, Tiruvannamalai, Tuticorin Perambalur, Pudukkottai, Sivaganga, Tanjavur, Tirunelveli, Tiruvallur, Tiruvarur 16 Uttar Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Pradesh Badaun, Ballia, Barabanki, Badaun, Banda, Barabanki, Bareilly, Bijnor, Bareilly, Bulandshahar, Bulandshahar, Etah, Etawah, Deoria, Etah, Etawah, Faizabad, Fatehgarh, Fatehgarh, Fatehpur, Fetehpur, Ghaziabad, Hamirpur, Hardoi, Hamirpur, Hardoi, Jalaun, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mainpuri, Lakhimur, Lalitpur, Mathura, Meerut, Lucknow, Mainpuri, Mathura, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Pratapgarh, Raebareli, Muzaffarnagar, Pratapgarh, Sultanpur, Unnao Raebareili, Rampur, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Sitapur, Sultanpur, Unnao
17 West Bankura, Birbhum, Bankura, Bardhaman, Bengal Kochbihar, Purulia Birbhum, Dakshin Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Purulia