Ministry of Jal Shakti21-March, 2022 18:53 IST
Profiling Groundwater Resources

The Dynamic Ground Water Resources of the country including Odisha are being periodically assessed jointly by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) and State Governments. The information in this regard has been compiled for various assessment units (mandals/firkas/blocks/taluks etc) in the country including district levels. As per the 2020 assessment, the details of ground water resources in the district of Odisha are given in Annexure.

As per the 2020 assessment, out of the total 6965 assessment units in the country, 4427 units have been categorized as ‘Safe’, where the Annual Ground Water Extraction is less than or, equal to 70% of Annual Extractable Ground Water Resource.  In addition, 310 districts (with all assessment units) in the country have been assessed to be falling in the 'Safe' category. 

Further, this Department is implementing Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojna – Har Khet Ko Paani - Ground Water Irrigation (PMKSY-HKKP-GW) in ‘Safe’ areas (certain areas of around 96 districts meeting the scheme guidelines) of the country where the stage of groundwater development is less than 60% (and meeting other extant conditions as per the scheme guidelines) in collaboration with States/UTs to utilize the available replenishable groundwater for the benefit of small and marginal farmers.

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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BY/AS 

ANNEXURE

 

DYNAMIC GROUND WATER RESOURCES OF ODISHA 2020

S. No.

Name of District

Total Annual  Ground Water Recharge

Annual Extractable Ground Water Resource

Annual Groundwater Extraction (total)

Stage of Groundwater Extraction (%)

1

Angul

59529.76

55077.39

25536.27

46.36

2

Balasore

131300.90

121284.03

68593.27

56.56

3

Bargarh

63315.96

58594.76

30435.30

51.94

4

Bhadrak

56783.98

51328.62

30194.74

58.83

5

Bolangir

59891.75

55514.38

25751.22

46.39

6

Boudh

25662.34

23560.34

10157.50

43.11

7

Cuttack

73111.53

66992.29

29182.85

43.56

8

Deogarh

33640.41

30689.22

16494.11

53.75

9

Dhenkanal

48250.13

44724.57

16316.26

36.48

10

Gajapati

21912.44

19861.31

6656.61

33.52

11

Ganjam

101544.67

92962.30

35764.68

38.47

12

Jagatsinghpur

48106.82

43580.43

24335.16

55.84

13

Jajpur

56967.07

52190.81

33696.58

64.56

14

Jharsuguda

20059.68

18558.10

9002.57

48.51

15

Kalahandi

66213.12

61051.06

24396.35

39.96

16

Kandhamal

35710.45

32840.72

9406.59

28.64

17

Kendrapara

26244.17

23934.79

10485.07

43.81

18

Keonjhar

89098.83

81179.11

34078.74

41.98

19

Khurda

46527.57

42781.81

24445.79

57.14

20

Koraput

55527.94

50934.15

10875.31

21.35

21

Malkangiri

33439.20

30467.63

5042.93

16.55

22

Mayurbhanj

147671.25

137053.64

56089.91

40.93

23

Nabarangapur

61747.60

56844.77

19118.36

33.63

24

Nayagarh

38718.31

35898.01

14123.94

39.34

25

Nuapada

32016.14

29229.23

17974.37

61.49

26

Puri

64433.31

59547.34

30387.03

51.03

27

Rayagada

35059.20

32448.08

9597.77

29.58

28

Sambalpur

63467.49

58074.47

16499.66

28.41

29

Subarnapur

26761.42

24785.48

11297.29

45.58

30

Sundargarh

85676.61

79304.61

29955.98

37.77

 

Total (Ham)

1708390.05

1571293.39

685892.22

43.65

 

Total (BCM)

17.08

15.71

6.86

43.65

*Ham – Hectare-Metre

*BCM – Billion Cubic Metre

 

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