Question : SURVEY ON GROUND WATER LEVEL



(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?

Answer given by the minister


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