Question : DEPLETION OF GROUND WATER



(a) the rate of depletion of ground water due to extraction of ground water for agriculture purposes, State-wise?

Answer given by the minister



THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SHRI JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV)

The rate of depletion of ground water varies from place to place depending upon many parameters like cropping pattern, rainfall intensity, other uses etc. and therefore, it could not be assigned to a single parameter like its use for agriculture.

Long-term analysis of ground water levels by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), under the Ministry of Water Resources, indicated decline in ground water levels in some parts of 362 districts of 23 States/Union Territories in the country.

State-wise details thereof are given in Annexure.

ANNEXURE

(REFERENCE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2249 DATED 08.08.2005)


Name of Districts showing fall of water level (in parts) in last 10 years (1995-2004) during Pre-Monsoon period


Sl.	State/	Districts showing declining trends
No.	Union (more than 20 cm per year) Territory
1	Andhra	Adilabad, Anantapur, Chittoor, Cuddapah, East	Pradesh	Godavari, Guntur, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam,	Krishna, Kurnool, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda,	Nellore, Nizamabad, Prakasam, Ranga Reddy,	Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram,	Warangal, West Godavari
2	Assam	Jorhat, Nagaon, Sonitpur
3	Bihar	Bhagalpur, East Champaran, Munger, Muzaffarpur,	Navada, Saharsa, Saran,
4	Chhattisgarh	Bastar, Bilaspur, Dhamtari, Durg, Janjgir-champa,	Kanker, Kawardah, Koriya, Mahasamund, Raigarh,	Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Surguja
5	Delhi	New Delhi, North West, South, South West,
6	Gujarat	Ahmedabad, Amreli, Banashkantha, Bharuch,	Bhavnagar, Dangs, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar,	Junagarh, Kheda, Kutch, Mehsana, Panchmahal,	Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar,	Vadodara, Valsad
7	Haryana	Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon,	Hissar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal,	Kurukshetra, Mahendragarh, Panipat, Rewari,	Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat
8	Himachal	Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Sirmur, Solan, Una	Pradesh
9	Jharkhand	Dhanbad, Dumka, Hazaribagh, Lohardaga, Pacchim	Singhbhum, Palamu, Purvi Singhbhum, Ranchi
10	Jammu &	Jammu, Kathua, Rajouri, Udhampur	Kashmir
11	Karnataka	Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar,	Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikmagalur, Chitradurga,	Coorg, Dakshin Kannada, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga,	Hassan, Haveri, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore,	Raichur, Shimoga, Tumkur, Uddupi, Uttar Kannada
12	Kerala	Idduki, Kanoor, Kasargod, Kollam, Kottayam,	Mallapuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram,	Thrissur, Wayanad
13	Madhya	Barwani, Balaghat, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal,	Pradesh	Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Damoh, Datia, Dewas,	Dhar, Dindhori, Guna, Gwalior, Harda,	Hoshangabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jhabua, Katni,	Khandwa, Mandsaur, Morena, Mandla, Narsinghpur,	Neemuch, Panna, Raisen, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Rewa,	Sagar, Satna, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur,	Sheopur, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Tikamgarh, Ujjain,	Umaria, Vidisha, West Nimar
14	Maharashtra	Ahmadnagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Beed,	Bhandara, Buldana, Chandrapur, Dhule,	Gadchiroli, Gondia, Hingoli, Jalgaon, Jalna,	Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded,	Nandurbar, Nashik, Osmanabad, Parbhani, Pune,	Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg,	Solapur, Thane, Wardha, Washim,Yavatmal
15	Orissa	Angul, Baleshwar, Bargarh, Cuttack, Dhenkanal,	Ganjam, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Koraput,	Kendujhaar, Mayurbhanj, Nawapara, Phulbani, Puri,	Rayagada, Sambalpur, Sundargarh
16	Punjab	Amritsar, Bhatinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh,	Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar,	Karpurthala, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga, Nawashahar,	Patiala, Ropar, Sangrur
17	Rajasthan	Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Bharatpur,	Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu,	Dausa, Dholpur, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaipur,	Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalwar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur,	Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Rajsamand,	Sawaimadhopur, Sikar, Sirohi, Tonk, Udaipur
18	Tamil Nadu	Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri,	Dindigul, Erode, Kancheepuram, Kanyakumari,	Karaikal, Karur, Madurai, Namakkal, Nilgiri,	Perambalur, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Sivaganga,	Thanjavur, Theni, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli,	Thiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Tuticorin, Vellore,	Vellupuram, Virudhanagar
19	Uttar	Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Auraiya, Azamgarh,	Pradesh	Badaun, Baghpat, Ballia, Bijnor, Chandauli,	Chitrakoot, Deoria, Etawah, Fatehpur, Gautam	Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Gonda, Hamirpur, Hathras,	Jalaun, Jhansi, Kanpur Dehat, kanpur Nagar,	Lakhimpur Kheri, Lalitpur, Lucknow, Mahoba,	Mathura, Meerut, Mirzapur, Pratapgarh,	Saharanpur, Sitapur, Sultanpur, Unnao
20	Uttaranchal	Dehradun, Haridwar
21	West Bengal	Bankura, Bardhaman, Birbhum, Haora, Hugli, East	Medinipur, Malda, Murshidabad, Puruliya, South-24	Parganas, West Medinipur
22	Dadra & Nagar	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	Haveli
23	Pondicherry	Pondicherry

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