Ministry of Jal Shakti
azadi ka amrit mahotsav

Preservation of Water Bodies

Posted On: 01 AUG 2022 6:40PM by PIB Delhi

Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched the first Census of Water Bodies in convergence with the Sixth Minor Irrigation Census.  As per currently available data, the provisional figure of State-wise number of water bodies is provided in Annexure A.

Guidelines for Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies (RRR of WBs) component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)-Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP), under which this Ministry is providing financial assistance to States for identified schemes, have been issued in January, 2022. These guidelines provide details regarding basic features of the scheme, funding pattern and the eligibility criteria for funding, planning and implementation of projects, procedure for submission of proposals and release of funds, and monitoring and evaluation arrangements under the scheme. The guidelines are available under the URL http://jalshakti-dowr.gov.in/policies-guideline/guidelines.

Central Pollution Control Board has issued “Indicative Guidelines for Restoration of Water Bodies”, which give general recommendations on augmenting capacity of water bodies and on improvement of water quality in them. These guidelines are available at URL https://cpcb.nic.in/wqm/Ind-Guidelines-RestWaterBodies.pdf  

Apart from issuing guidelines and providing financial assistance under RRR of WBs scheme mentioned above, some of the major initiatives taken by Government of India for conservation and restoration of water bodies in the country, are listed below:

 1.Rejuvenation of water bodies is also a component under water supply sector of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme under Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs. AMRUT 2.0, launched in October, 2021.

2.In 2019, Jal Shakti Abhiyan was launched by the Government. This was followed in 2021, by “Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch The Rain” (JSA:CTR) campaign. The JSA:CTR campaign for the year 2022 has been launched in March 2022, in all districts (rural as well as urban) of the country. The main theme of the campaign is “Catch the Rain, where it falls, when it falls”. Focused interventions under these annual campaigns taken up by the Government of India and the State Governments, inter alia, include renovation of traditional and other water bodies/ tanks, enumeration, geo-tagging and making inventory of all water bodies, and removal of encroachments of tanks/ lakes, and de-silting of tanks.

3.Mission on Amrit Sarovar, aimed at developing and rejuvenating 75 water bodies in each district of the country as a part of celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, has been launched in April, 2022. The Mission works through the States and districts, through refocusing of various ongoing schemes of the Government, as well as inclusion of citizen and non Government resources. The Mission is to be completed by 15th August 2023.

4.Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) has provision for public works relating to natural resource management, including water conservation and water harvesting structures to augment ground water.

Planning, funding, execution and maintenance of water bodies, including their restoration, rejuvenation and conservation, is addressed by the State Government concerned.  Government of India provides technical support and in some cases, partial financial assistance under the existing schemes, to facilitate the State Governments.

This information was given by the Minister of State, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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ANNEXURE-A

STATE-WISE NUMBER OF WATER BODIES REPORTED IN THE FIRST CENSUS OF WATER BODIES (PROVISIONAL)

S.No.

States/UTs

Total number of water bodies reported

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS

3,528

2

ANDHRA PRADESH

1,90,777

3

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

993

4

ASSAM

1,72,492

5

BIHAR

45,793

6

CHANDIGARH

188

7

CHHATISGARH

34,000

8

GOA

1,463

9

GUJARAT

54,069

10

HARYANA

14,898

11

HIMACHAL PRADESH

88,017

12

JAMMU & KASHMIR

9,765

13

JHARKHAND

1,07,598

14

KERALA

55,734

15

MAHARASHTRA

97,062

16

MANIPUR

1,658

17

MEGHALAYA

13,332

18

MIZORAM

2,185

19

NAGALAND

1,432

20

ODISHA

1,81,837

21

PUDUCHERRY

1,171

22

PUNJAB

16,012

23

RAJASTHAN

16,939

24

SIKKIM

134

25

TAMIL NADU

1,06,957

26

TELENGANA

64,056

27

TRIPURA

36,239

28

UTTARAKHAND

3,096

29

UTTAR PRADESH

2,45,088

30

WEST BENGAL

7,47,480

31

KARNATAKA*

19,351

32

MADHYA PRADESH*

97,285

*The data entry and validation is nearing completion in these States/UTs



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