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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI
DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3308
ANSWERED ON 12.03.2026
WATERSHED AND WATER HARVESTING WORKS
3308. SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA:
Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government is supporting watershed development, the Catch the Rain campaign and convergence
with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) nationally to restore waterbodies and improve irrigation resilience and if so, the
details thereof;
(b) whether watershed, water-harvesting and recharge works have been sanctioned or completed in the districts of
Katni, Panna and the town of Khajuraho in Khajuraho Lok Sabha Constituency along with the areas and the
households benefited therefrom;
(c) the measurable outcomes achieved including irrigation coverage, employment generation and reduction in
water stress;
(d) whether the scale or outcomes are inadequate and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with
the corrective measures taken thereon; and
(e) the details of the plan to institutionalise community water management and link such projects with sustainable
rural livelihoods in these districts?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI
(SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY)
(a) to (e) Water being a State subject, the aspects related to water resources including its conservation are studied,
planned, funded and executed by the State Governments themselves as per their own resources and priorities. The
Central Government supplements the measures and efforts being taken up by the State Governments.
The Ministry of Jal Shakti launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) in 2019 as a time-bound, mission-mode
water conservation campaign in 256 water stressed districts of the country. Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain
(JSA: CTR) with the tagline: Catch The Rain, Where It falls, When It Falls, was expanded pan India in 2021, with
five focused interventions (1) water conservation and rainwater harvesting (2) enumerating, geo- tagging &
making inventory of all water bodies; preparation of scientific plans for water conservation based on it (3) Setting
up of Jal Shakti Kendras in all districts (4) intensive afforestation and (5) awareness generation. The JSA: CTR
2025 was launched with the theme “Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari: Jan Jagrukta Ki Or” emphasizing community
participation and water conservation awareness.
The campaign emphasizes convergent financing from various schemes of the Central, State and local bodies
like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Atal Mission for
Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Per Drop More Crop, Repair, Renovation and Restoration
1Components under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY), Compensatory Afforestation Fund
Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), Finance Commission grants etc. The progress under JSA: CTR
2025 in the state of Madhya Pradesh is attached at Annexure-I.
“Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari” (JSJB) initiative was launched in Surat, Gujarat on 6 September 2024 to further
strengthen the Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain (JSA: CTR) campaign. The JSJB initiative focuses on
intensifying community action and mobilization to build low-cost rainwater harvesting structures in low cost and
saturation mode. The initiative leverages community funds, individual donations, Corporate Social Responsibility
Funds and others for construction of low-cost structures like borewells, recharge shafts, recharge pits, using locally
available material, to harvest rainwater, to boost ground water level and provide local tailor-made solution to water
issues. The objective is to ensure that every drop of water is conserved through collective efforts, following a
whole-of-society and whole-of-government approach. The number of artificial groundwater recharge and storage
works reported under JSJB in the state of Madhya Pradesh is attached at Annexure-II.
Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) play a central role in mobilising communities, facilitating local-level
planning and ensuring participatory implementation and monitoring of water conservation works. Women Self
Help Groups (SHGs), youth, students and local community groups are actively involved in awareness generation,
behaviour change communication and social mobilization, thereby strengthening grassroots participation and
ownership. Review and coordination meetings are held. IEC activities, community meetings and field interactions
are undertaken to enhance awareness, technical understanding and participatory implementation at the grassroots
level.
As reported by CGWB, the groundwater status of Chhatarpur, Katni and Panna districts of Madhya Pradesh
for the Year 2025 is given below:
Total Annual Ground Annual Total Annual
Sl. Stage of Ground Water
Name of District Water Recharge Extractable Extraction
No. Extraction (%)
(Ham) (Ham) (Ham)
1 CHHATARPUR 88788.42 84341.63 54357.51 64.45
2 KATNI 42668.92 40535.48 19011.64 46.9
3 PANNA 53338.11 50374.84 19204.19 38.12
As reported by the State Government of Madhya Pradesh,
i. Total completed water related works under the various schemes in district of Katni is 7445,
Panna is 5356 and Chhatarpur is 8185.
ii. As a result of the works undertaken under MGNREGS, a total of 228.74 lakhs person-days have
been generated.
iii. Under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana Watershed Development 2.0, irrigation potential
has been created in 803.36 hectares in Katni district. In other districts Watershed Projects under
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana - Watershed Development 2.0 was not implemented.
iv. The outcomes achieved are adequate, therefore, Question does not arise.
v. User groups of beneficiaries have been formed for community water management to utilize the
benefits of Water Harvesting Structure. In order to link the constructed Tanks and check dams/
stop dams with sustainable livelihoods, activities such as fisheries and integrated agricultural
management have been undertaken.
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2ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION
NO. 3308 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 12.03.2026 REGARDING “WATERSHED
AND WATER HARVESTING WORKS”.
Jal Shakti Abhiyan:Catch the Rain – Madhya Pradesh
National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti
Intervention-Wise Status Report (2025) as per JSA: CTR portal as on 10.03.2026
*Figures Showing No. of Works Completed
*Renovation of *Reuse and
*Watershed *Intensive
S.No. District Name Traditional Water Recharge
Development Afforestation
Bodies Structures
1 Agar Malwa 58 33 124 96
2 Alirajpur 16 11 140 261
3 Anuppur 24 68 575 299
4 Ashoknagar 16 147 119 73
5 Balaghat 104 466 783 410
6 Barwani 15 46 378 297
7 Betul 137 268 462 173
8 Bhind 121 82 224 41
9 Bhopal 16 109 72 97
10 Burhanpur 34 60 156 106
11 Chhatarpur 19 541 424 202
12 Chhindwara 59 352 992 891
13 Damoh 38 366 595 229
14 Datia 26 18 166 78
15 Dewas 14 202 327 87
16 Dhar 24 204 523 275
17 Dindori 52 497 1426 494
18 Guna 29 47 463 194
19 Gwalior 36 149 213 198
20 Harda 24 76 61 52
21 Hoshangabad 42 190 205 139
22 Indore 43 245 65 391
23 Jabalpur 24 275 383 111
24 Jhabua 14 82 141 31
325 Katni 38 246 575 165
Khandwa (East
26 84 586 412 493
Nimar)
27 Khargone 22 325 544 891
28 Maihar 0 0 0 0
29 Mandla 64 161 3108 713
30 Mandsaur 26 170 266 361
31 Mauganj 0 0 0 0
32 Morena 27 229 568 208
33 Narsinghpur 27 205 359 239
34 Neemuch 45 51 240 145
35 Niwari 62 39 239 112
36 Pandhurna 0 4 0 0
37 Panna 63 106 525 205
38 Raisen 28 495 624 246
39 Rajgarh 132 643 1085 596
40 Ratlam 43 100 398 1056
41 Rewa 173 359 588 177
42 Sagar 21 320 265 213
43 Satna 44 323 273 46
44 Sehore 47 182 96 134
45 Seoni 107 147 944 555
46 Shahdol 86 145 275 142
47 Shajapur 20 142 92 239
48 Sheopur 15 116 347 179
49 Shivpuri 85 159 386 232
50 Sidhi 73 151 421 84
51 Singrauli 37 147 670 219
52 Tikamgarh 16 112 351 212
53 Ujjain 24 511 241 106
54 Umaria 47 82 123 95
55 Vidisha 20 307 155 163
Total 2461 11097 23187 13451*
50 Jal Shakti Kendras (JSKs) have also been set up in Madhya Pradesh, including in the districts of
Katni, Panna, and Chhatarpur
4ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.
3308 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 12.03.2026 REGARDING “WATERSHED AND
WATER HARVESTING WORKS”.
Jal Sanchay Data - District Wise Count (JSJB 1.0) in Madhya Pradesh as per JSJB
portal
S.No District Completed Work
1 Agar Malwa 976
2 Alirajpur 1671
3 Anuppur 1756
4 Ashoknagar 1346
5 Balaghat 4887
6 Barwani 2987
7 Betul 13499
8 Bhind 1947
9 Bhopal 2412
10 Burhanpur 1027
11 Chhatarpur 2581
12 Chhindwara 1236
13 Damoh 3542
14 Datia 609
15 Dewas 8333
16 Dhar 10791
17 Dindori 561
18 East Nimar 129020
19 Guna 17814
20 Gwalior 1658
21 Harda 1057
22 Hoshangabad 2262
23 Indore 656
24 Jabalpur 1318
25 Jhabua 1793
26 Katni 3919
27 Khargone 5606
28 Mandla 4775
29 Mandsaur 916
30 Morena 406
31 Narsinghpur 3357
32 Neemuch 835
33 Niwari 250
34 Panna 1221
35 Raisen 3525
536 Rajgarh 4342
37 Ratlam 1313
38 Rewa 1388
39 Sagar 3138
40 Satna 2346
41 Sehore 2529
42 Seoni 7946
43 Shahdol 2766
44 Shajapur 1762
45 Sheopur 413
46 Shivpuri 445
47 Sidhi 322
48 Singrauli 970
49 Tikamgarh 564
50 Ujjain 3158
51 Umaria 1598
52 Vidisha 1040
Grand Total 276589
Jal Sanchay Data - District Wise Count (JSJB 2.0) in Madhya Pradesh as per JSJB
portal as on 11.03.2026
S.No District Completed Work
1 Agar-Malwa 313
2 Alirajpur 289
3 Anuppur 975
4 Ashoknagar 131
5 Balaghat 1382
6 Barwani 886
7 Betul 405
8 Bhind 97
9 Bhopal 486
10 Burhanpur 685
11 Chhatarpur 869
12 Chhindwara 387
13 Damoh 161
14 Datia 90
15 Dewas 3831
16 Dhar 501
17 Dindori 315
18 Guna 3041
19 Gwalior 60
20 Harda 442
21 Indore 9349
22 Jabalpur 425
23 Jhabua 687
624 Katni 1540
25 Khandwa (East Nimar) 11751
26 Khargone (West Nimar) 3635
27 Maihar 294
28 Mandla 493
29 Mandsaur 797
30 MAUGANJ 153
31 Morena 1252
32 Narmadapuram 945
33 Narsimhapur 690
34 Neemuch 695
35 Niwari 63
36 Pandhurna 135
37 Panna 1170
38 Raisen 1738
39 Rajgarh 9619
40 Ratlam 1091
41 Rewa 291
42 Sagar 768
43 Satna 181
44 Sehore 698
45 Seoni 1915
46 Shahdol 2179
47 Shajapur 486
48 Sheopur 271
49 Shivpuri 1082
50 Sidhi 320
51 Singrauli 903
52 Tikamgarh 132
53 Ujjain 3687
54 Umaria 34
55 Vidisha 603
Grand Total : 75418
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