A Central sector scheme “Groundwater
Management & Regulation” formulated and implemented during the XI Plan had
component of Demonstrative Recharge Projects with an outlay of
100 Crore with the objectives of facilitating
improvement in groundwater situation in areas of over-exploited & critical
assessment units, urban areas showing steep decline in ground water levels and
areas affected by problem of ground water quality deterioration in the country,
and capacity building of State Govt. organizations for replication by States under similar
hydrogeological environments.
Demonstrative
Recharge projects were approved under the scheme in 21 States/ UTs and have
been/ are being implemented by the State line departments. State-wise details of demonstrative
recharge projects implemented during XI Plan are given below:-
|
S. No.
|
State
|
No. of projects sanctioned
|
No. of structures
|
Cost of projects approved during XI
Plan (
in lakh)
|
|
1.
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
5
|
119
|
573.41
|
|
2.
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
5
|
80
|
493.11
|
|
3.
|
Bihar
|
2
|
11
|
96.01
|
|
4.
|
Chandigarh
|
1
|
54
|
776.03
|
|
5.
|
Chhattisgarh
|
2
|
34
|
268.80
|
|
6.
|
Delhi
|
1
|
10
|
43.44
|
|
7.
|
Gujarat
|
2
|
116
|
316.24
|
|
8.
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
13
|
20
|
250.08
|
|
9.
|
Jammu
& Kashmir
|
5
|
5
|
143.47
|
|
10.
|
Jharkhand
|
2
|
69
|
191.35
|
|
11.
|
Karnataka
|
6
|
192
|
588.09
|
|
12.
|
Kerala
|
7
|
91
|
94.14
|
|
13.
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
4
|
51
|
860.91
|
|
14.
|
Maharashtra
|
1
|
49
|
15.15
|
|
15.
|
Nagaland
|
2
|
64
|
224.14
|
|
16.
|
Orissa
|
14
|
66
|
464.36
|
|
17.
|
Punjab
|
3
|
86
|
260.33
|
|
18.
|
Rajasthan
|
49
|
52
|
404.78
|
|
19.
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
4
|
273
|
526.35
|
|
20.
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
4
|
189
|
3286.23
|
|
21.
|
West
Bengal
|
1
|
30
|
111.09
|
|
|
Total
|
133
|
1661
|
9987.51
|
Recharge to groundwater can be
facilitated by constructing structures for arresting runoff and water
conservation such as stop dams, gabions, gully plugs, ponds etc. These
structures allow natural infiltration of runoff to recharge groundwater. Such
methods also formed a component of demonstrative recharge projects in the
scheme.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Water
Resources & Minority Affairs Shri Vincent H. Pala in a written reply to a
question in Rajya Sabha today.
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