More than 1 lakh lakes to be built in India under Mission Amrit Sarovar

07 April 2023, New Delhi: To conserve water for the future, Mission Amrit Sarovar was launched on 24^th April 2022. The Mission is aimed at developing or rejuvenating 75 water bodies in each district of the country.

Mission Amrit Sarovar had planned a target to construct or rejuvenate 50,000 Amrit Sarovar ponds across India till 15th August 2023. 

There is no separate financial allocation for Mission Amrit Sarovar. The Mission Amrit Sarovar works through the States and Districts with convergence from various ongoing schemes such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS), 15^th Finance Commission Grants, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichayi Yojna sub-schemes such as Watershed Development Component, Har Khet ko Pani, besides States’ scheme. Public contribution like crowdfunding and Corporate Social Responsibility is also allowed for the work.

States/UT-wise details of sites identified for construction/rejuvenation of Amrit Sarovar as of 30th March are given below:

S.No.	State/ UT	Number of Sites Identified
1	Andhra Pradesh	4,520
2	Arunachal Pradesh	2,548
3	Assam	3,546
4	Bihar	3,531
5	Chhattisgarh	3,732
6	Goa	192
7	Gujarat	2,681
8	Haryana	7,377
9	Himachal Pradesh	2,156
10	Jammu And Kashmir	4,061
11	Jharkhand	4,006
12	Karnataka	6,394
13	Kerala	879
14	Madhya Pradesh	7,425
15	Maharashtra	3,148
16	Manipur	1,319
17	Meghalaya	1,053
18	Mizoram	1,145
19	Nagaland	356
20	Odisha	3,979
21	Punjab	1,956
22	Rajasthan	4,986
23	Sikkim	279
24	Tamil Nadu	3,119
25	Telangana	4,305
26	Tripura	997
27	Uttarakhand	1,915
28	Uttar Pradesh	17,973
29	West Bengal	277
30	Andaman & Nicobar	353
31	Dadra Nagar and Haveli, Daman and Diu	95
32	Ladakh	173
33	Puducherry	169
	Total	1,00,645

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