Lok Sabha Question No. 205 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Supply of Drinking Water in Border, Remote and Backward Areas
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: APARUPA PODDAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.205 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2017

## Supply of Drinking Water in Border, Remote and Backward Areas

†205. SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR::

Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state?

- (a) whether any special scheme has been formulated to maintain the quality of water and to ensure supply of drinking water in the border, remote and backward areas in the country including West Bengal and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether any mechanism is in place to periodically assess the quality of drinking water and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  interval  at  which  drinking  water  samples  are drawn for testing; and
- (c) whether there are shortage of laboratories and trained staff for testing water samples and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  corrective  action  taken  thereon  along  with outcome thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

- (a)    Rural  Drinking  Water  Supply  is  a  State  Subject.  For  improving  the  coverage  and maintaining the quality of drinking water supply to rural population by the State, this Ministry  provides  financial  &  technical  assistance  through  Centrally  sponsored National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP). While doing so, this Ministry does not make any distinction in terms of border, remote and backward areas.
- (b)        Yes.  The  Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation  has  published  the  Uniform Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Protocol and widely distributed to all the States upto  the  district  level  in  February  2013.  The  State  level  laboratory  shall  focus  on monitoring of all water quality parameters. The district, sub-divisional and block level laboratories should monitor twice a year every source for bacteriological parameters and  once  a  year  for  chemical  parameters.  State-wise  list  of  water  quality  testing laboratories  as  reported  by  the  states  into  Integrated  Management  Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as on 01/02/2017 is at Annexure .
- (c) To maintain the quality of water, there is need for proper testing, laboratories and trained staff for testing of samples. For the same, Ministry has advised states to go as per provisions under Uniform Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Protocol circulated to them. Since it is a continuous process and need based, state has been continuously asked to focus on the same and take suitable measures.

Annexure

## Referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 205 due for reply on 02/02/2017

State-wise list of water quality testing laboratories as reported by the states into Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as on 01/02/2017

| S.No.   | Name of the State / UTs   |   State Labs (without mobile labs) |   District Labs (without mobile labs) |   Block Labs/Total Blocks (without mobile labs) |   SubDivision Labs (without mobile labs) |   Mobile Labs (State/ District/ Block/ Sub- division Level) |   Total Labs (State/ District/ Block/ Sub- division Level) |
|---------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | ANDAMANandNICOBAR         |                                  1 |                                     0 |                                               0 |                                        0 |                                                           2 |                                                          3 |
| 2       | ANDHRAPRADESH             |                                  1 |                                    32 |                                               0 |                                       73 |                                                           0 |                                                        106 |
| 3       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |                                  1 |                                    16 |                                               0 |                                       31 |                                                           1 |                                                         49 |
| 4       | ASSAM                     |                                  1 |                                    29 |                                               0 |                                       53 |                                                          20 |                                                        103 |
| 5       | BIHAR                     |                                  1 |                                    41 |                                               0 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |                                                         42 |
| 6       | CHATTISGARH               |                                  1 |                                    27 |                                               1 |                                       21 |                                                           5 |                                                         55 |
| 7       | GOA                       |                                  1 |                                     0 |                                               1 |                                        9 |                                                           0 |                                                         11 |
| 8       | GUJARAT                   |                                  1 |                                    32 |                                              47 |                                        0 |                                                           6 |                                                         86 |
| 9       | HARYANA                   |                                  0 |                                    21 |                                               0 |                                       22 |                                                           0 |                                                         43 |
| 10      | HIMACHAL PRADESH          |                                  1 |                                    14 |                                               0 |                                       28 |                                                           0 |                                                         43 |
| 11      | JAMMUANDKASHMIR           |                                  0 |                                    22 |                                               2 |                                       77 |                                                           0 |                                                        101 |
| 12      | JHARKHAND                 |                                  1 |                                    24 |                                               0 |                                        4 |                                                           5 |                                                         34 |
| 13      | KARNATAKA                 |                                  1 |                                    44 |                                              39 |                                      106 |                                                          46 |                                                        236 |
| 14      | KERALA                    |                                  1 |                                    14 |                                               0 |                                       33 |                                                           0 |                                                         48 |
| 15      | LAKSHADWEEP               |                                  0 |                                     9 |                                               0 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |                                                          9 |
| 16      | MADHYA PRADESH            |                                  1 |                                    51 |                                               3 |                                      106 |                                                           0 |                                                        161 |
| 17      | MAHARASHTRA               |                                  1 |                                    45 |                                               3 |                                      140 |                                                           0 |                                                        189 |
| 18      | MANIPUR                   |                                  1 |                                     9 |                                               0 |                                        2 |                                                           0 |                                                         12 |
| 19      | MEGHALAYA                 |                                  1 |                                     7 |                                               0 |                                       22 |                                                           0 |                                                         30 |
| 20      | MIZORAM                   |                                  1 |                                     8 |                                               0 |                                       18 |                                                           0 |                                                         27 |
| 21      | NAGALAND                  |                                  0 |                                    11 |                                               0 |                                        1 |                                                           2 |                                                         14 |
| 22      | ODISHA                    |                                  1 |                                    32 |                                               0 |                                       44 |                                                           0 |                                                         77 |
| 23      | PUDUCHERRY                |                                  0 |                                     2 |                                               0 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |                                                          2 |
| 24      | PUNJAB                    |                                  3 |                                    22 |                                               8 |                                        0 |                                                           1 |                                                         34 |
| 25      | RAJASTHAN                 |                                  1 |                                    33 |                                             165 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |                                                        199 |
| 26      | SIKKIM                    |                                  0 |                                     2 |                                               0 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |                                                          2 |
| 27      | TAMILNADU                 |                                  1 |                                    34 |                                               0 |                                       49 |                                                           0 |                                                         84 |
| 28      | TELANGANA                 |                                  1 |                                    19 |                                               0 |                                       56 |                                                           0 |                                                         76 |
| 29      | TRIPURA                   |                                  1 |                                     8 |                                               7 |                                        6 |                                                           0 |                                                         22 |
| 30      | UTTAR PRADESH             |                                  1 |                                    76 |                                               3 |                                        2 |                                                           0 |                                                         82 |
| 31      | UTTARAKHAND               |                                  0 |                                    28 |                                               1 |                                       14 |                                                           0 |                                                         43 |
| 32      | WEST BENGAL               |                                  1 |                                    18 |                                               0 |                                      201 |                                                           0 |                                                        220 |
| Total   | Total                     |                                 27 |                                   730 |                                             280 |                                     1118 |                                                          88 |                                                       2243 |