Wednesday, August 13, 2014

State wise Ground Water Resources Availability

(AS ASSESED IN THE YEAR 2011)
States / Union Territories
Annual Replenishable Ground Water Resource
(In Billion Cubic Meter)
1
Andhra Pradesh (undivided)
35.89
2
Arunachal Pradesh
4.51
3
Assam
28.52
4
Bihar
29.34
5
Chhattisgarh
12.42
6
Delhi
0.31
7
Goa
0.24
8
Gujarat
18.57
9
Haryana
10.78
10
Himachal Pradesh
0.56
11
Jammu & Kashmir
4.25
12
Jharkhand
6.31
13
Karnataka
17.03
14
Kerala
6.69
15
Madhya Pradesh
35.04
16
Maharashtra
33.95
17
Manipur
0.44
18
Meghalaya
1.78
19
Mizoram
0.03
20
Nagaland
0.62
21
Odisha
17.78
22
Punjab
22.53
23
Rajasthan
11.94
24
Sikkim
-
25
Tamil Nadu
21.53
26
Tripura
2.59
27
Uttar Pradesh
77.19
28
Uttarakhand
2.04
29
West Bengal
29.25
30
Andaman & Nicobar
0.31
31
Chandigarh
0.02
32
Dadar & Nagar Haveli
0.06
33
Daman & Diu
0.02
34
Lakshadweep
0.01
35
Puducherry
0.19
Grand Total
           432.72

Annex-II

(Annexure referred to in reply to Parts (a) & (b) of Unstarred Question No 3533 to be answered on 11.8.2014 in the Rajya Sabha regarding Availability of Water Resources)

WATER RESOURCES POTENTIAL OF RIVER BASINS OF INDIA

S.
No.
River Basin
Average Water Resources Potential
(In Billion Cubic Meter)
Utilisable surface water resources
(In Billion Cubic Meter)
1
Indus
73.3
46.0
2
Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna



(a) Ganga
525.0
250.0

(b) Brahmaputra
537.2
24.0

(c) Barak & others
48.4
 -
3
Godavari
110.5
76.3
4
Krishna
78.1
58.0
5
Cauvery
21.4
19.0
6
Subernarekha
12.4
6.8
7
Brahmani-Baitarni
28.5
18.3
8
Mahanadi
66.9
50.0
9
Pennar
6.3
6.9
10
Mahi
11.0
3.1
11
Sabarmati
3.8
1.9
12
Narmada
45.6
34.5
13
Tapi
14.9
14.5
14
West Flowing Rivers from Tapi to Tadri
87.4
11.9
15
West Flowing Rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari
113.5
24.3
16
East Flowing Rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar
22.5
13.1
17
East Flowing Rivers between Pennar & Kanyakumari
16.5
16.5
18
West Flowing Rivers of Kutch and Saurashtra including Luni
15.1
15.0
19
Area of Inland Drainage in Rajasthan
Negligible
--
20
Minor Rivers draining into Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh
31.0
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Total
1,869.4
690