As per the National Register of Large Dams compiled by the Central Water Commission, India has 5745 nos. of dams (5334 are completed and 411 are under construction stage). The State/UT-wise list of these large dams and total Gross capacities is enclosed as Annexure.

To safeguard the dams across the country, Dam Safety Act, 2021 has been enacted by the Union Government for proper surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of the specified dams. The Act aims for preventing dam failure related disasters and provide for institutional mechanism to ensure their safe functioning and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. As per the provisions of the Act; at national level, National Committee on Dam Safety (NCDS) has been constituted, whose functions inter alia are to evolve dam safety policies and recommend necessary regulations. Under this Act, a regulatory body i.e. National Dam Safety Authority has also been created, whose functions inter alia include implementing policies of the National Committee, providing technical assistance to State Dam Safety Organisations (SDSO), and resolving matters between SDSOs of States or between a SDSO and any dam owner in that State and to maintain liaison with the State Dam Safety Organisations and the owners of the specified dams for standardization of dam safety related data and practices, and related technical or managerial assistance.

Further, at the State level, Act provides for the constitution/establishment of the State Committee on Dam Safety and State Dam Safety Organisation by the State Government for the purpose of maintaining standards of dam safety and prevention of dam failure related disasters for the dams located in the State. Further, State Dam Safety Organisation shall have to render its instructions to the owner of a specified dam on the safety or the remedial measures required to be taken.

The National Hydrology Project (NHP) was approved by the Union Cabinet on 23.06.2016 for a total outlay of Rs 3679.76 Crores. There are four major components of NHP i.e., (i) Water Resources Monitoring System, (ii) Water Resources Information System, (iii) Water Resources Operations and Planning System, and (iv) Institutional Capacity Enhancement. Till date, the expenditure incurred under NHP for carrying out the various activities is Rs. 1438.96 Crores.

NHP only supports the studies related to flood forecasting taken up by the Implementing agencies.

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

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ANNEXURE

 

Sl. No.	State/UT	No. of Constructed Large Dams	No. of Under construction Large dams	Gross Storage Capacity (in MCM) of constructed dams
1.	Andauman and Nicobar	2	0	15.275
2.	Andhra Pradesh	149	17	15,920.152
3.	Arunachal Pradesh	1	3	6.170
4.	Assam	3	1	245.300
5.	Bihar	24	2	984.088
6.	Chhattisgarh	249	9	8,982.918
7.	Goa	5	0	299.614
8.	Gujarat	620	12	32,134.258
9.	Haryana	1	0	13.681
10.	Himachal Pradesh	19	1	19,613.391
11.	Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh	15	2	872.215
12.	Jharkhand	55	24	5,881.914
13.	Karnataka	230	2	37,309.958
14.	Kerala	61	0	16,522.931
15.	Madhya Pradesh	899	7	35,311.771
16.	Maharashtra	2117	277	50,474.807
17.	Manipur	3	1	98.570
18.	Meghalaya	8	2	403.169
19.	Mizoram	1	0	1,400.000
20.	Nagaland	1	0	565.000
21.	Odisha	200	4	32,529.840
22.	Punjab	14	2	3,369.674
23.	Rajasthan	204	8	16,515.735
24.	Sikkim	2	0	10.661
25.	Tamil Nadu	118	0	7,195.992
26.	Tripura	1	0	20,077.356
27.	Telangana	168	16	0.329
28.	Uttar Pradesh	117	13	19,058.124
29.	Uttarakhand	17	8	4,760.771
30.	West Bengal	30	0	1,787.795
Total		5334	411	332361.459

 

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