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STATEMENT CORRECTING REPLY TO STARRED QUESTION NO. 84 DATED 12.7.2004 REGARDING SCARCITY OF WATER
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REASONS FOR DELAY IN CORRECTING REPLY
Title: Statement correcting reply given to the Starred Question No. 84 dated July 12, 2004, regarding scarcity of water and the reasons for delay in correcting reply.
MR. SPEAKER: Now, the House will take up item No. 11 – Statement by Shri Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi.
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THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES (SHRI PRIYA RANJAN DASMUNSI): Sir, I beg to replace the Annex attached with the Statement laid on the Table of the Lok Sabha on 12.7.2004 in reply to Starred Question No. 84 (Priority No. 4) regarding ‘Scarcity of Water’. The replacement of the Annex has been necessitated as the current authenticated data/figures from the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Land Resources) have become available.
The Statement could not be made on 22.7.2004 and 23.7.2004 due to the adjournment of the House.
Inconvenience caused to the hon. Members is regretted. … (Interruptions)
STATEWISE DETAILS OF THE AREAS COVERED UNDER
DROUGHT PRONE AREAS PROGRAMME (DPAP)
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DESERT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (DDP) OF
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES)
(Annex in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. +*84 for 12.7.2003)
Sl. No. State Number of Number of Area in
Districts Blocks Kilometres
DPAP DDP DPAP DDP DPAP DDP
1. Andhra Pradesh 11 1 94 16 99218 19136 2. Bihar 6 – 30 – 9533 – 3. Chhattisgarh 8 – 29 – 21801 – 4. Gujarat 14 6 67 52 43938 55424 5. Harayana – 7 – 45 – 20542 6. Himachal Pradesh 3 2 10 3 3319 35107 7. Jammu & Kashmir 2 2 22 12 14705 96701 8. Jharkhand 14 – 100 – 34843 – 9. Karnataka 15 6 81 22 84332 32295 10. Madhya Pradesh 23 – 105 – 89101 – 11. Maharashtra 25 – 149 – 194473 – 12. Orissa 8 – 47 – 26178 – 13. Rajasthan 11 16 32 85 31969 198744 14. Tamil Nadu 16 – 80 – 29416 – 15. Uttar Pradesh 15 – 60 – 35698 – 16. Uttaranchal 7 – 30 – 15796 – 17. West Bengal 4 – 36 – 11594 – Total 182 40 972 235 745914 457949
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