Lok Sabha Question No. 731 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-20
Subject: Fluoride Affected Habitations
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: JAYADEV GALLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 731 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20/07/2017

## Fluoride Affected Habitations

## 731. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA :

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

- (a) whether  as  per  the Integrated Management  Information  System,  13  rural habitations  have  been  identified  as  fluoride  affected  in  Guntur  Region  of  Andhra Pradesh in 2012-13;
- (b) if so, the details of those habitations;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to make them fluoride-free habitations; and
- (d) the details of technical and financial assistance provided to the State Government to deal with the above problem?

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

- (a) As reported by the States into Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as 01 st  April, 2013 there are 34 habitations are affected by fluoride in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.
- (b) Details of habitations affected by fluoride (more than permissible limit) as reported by  the  States  into  Integrated  Management  Information  System  (IMIS)  of  the Ministry as 01 st  April, 2013  in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure-I.
- (c) & (d) Rural drinking water supply is a state subject.  For improving the coverage of safe drinking water to rural population, this Ministry supplements the efforts of the states  by  providing  them  with  technical  and  financial  assistance  through  the centrally sponsored National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP). It is the State Governments who plan, design, approve, execute and operate & maintain the schemes for providing safe drinking water. Up to 67% fund allocated to the states can be utilized for coverage & tackling water quality problems.

Year  wise  funds  allocated,  released,  expenditure  incurred  under  National  Rural Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP)  to  Government  of  Andhra  Pradesh  from 2012-13 to 2017-18 ( as on 12/07/17) is at Annexure-II.

States  have  been  asked  to  focus  for  piped  water  supply  schemes  from  safe  and perennial  surface  water  source  for  sustainability  of  the  schemes.  As  immediate measures, with recommendation from NITI Aayog, Government of Andhra Pradesh has  been  provided  funds  to an  extent  of  Rs. 21.26  Crore  in  March  2016  as  100%

central  share for providing Community Water Purification Plants (CWPPs) in 394 fluoride affected habitations. The  Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  &  Sanitation  has  set  up  a  High  Level  Expert Committee  in  2014  on  Rural  Drinking  and  Sanitation.  So  far  committee  has  held eight meetings and recommended 41 technologies (30 for drinking water and 11 for sanitation). However, adoption of the technologies suggested by the Committee is only  suggestive  in  nature  for  the  States  because  choice  of  the  technologies  rests totally with the States. In addition to this, the Ministry has launched a National Water Quality Sub-Mission on  22 nd   March  2017  to  provide  safe  drinking  water  to  about  28,000  arsenic  / fluoride affected habitations in the country. During February / March 2017 under National Water Quality Sub-Mission funds to an amount of Rs. 11.83 lakhs has been released to complete 2 ongoing schemes of Andhra Pradesh State.

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## Annexure-I: referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 731 due for reply on 20/07/2017

Details of habitations affected by fluoride (more than permissible limit) as reported by the States into Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as 01 st  April, 2013 in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh

|   Sl. No . | Name of the Block   | Name of the Panchayat   | Name of the Village   | Name of the Habitation   |
|------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|          1 | BOLLAPALLI          | AYYANNAPALEM            | AYYANNAPALEM          | AYYANNAPALEM             |
|          2 | BOLLAPALLI          | GUTLAPALLI              | GUTLAPALLI            | GANGUPALLI THANDA        |
|          3 | CHILAKALURIPE T     | GOTTIPADU               | GOTTIPADU             | GOTTIPADU                |
|          4 | DACHEPALLI          | TAKKELLAPADU            | KESANUPALLI           | TAKKELLAPADU             |
|          5 | GURAZALA            | AMBAPURAM               | PALLEGUNTA            | AMBAPURAM                |
|          6 | GURAZALA            | GANGAVARAM              | GANGAVARAM            | LAKSHMIGANGAVARAM        |
|          7 | GURAZALA            | GOGULAPADU              | GOGULAPADU            | GOGULAPADU               |
|          8 | GURAZALA            | KOTHAAMBAPURAM          | GANGAVARAM            | KOTHAAMBAPURAM           |
|          9 | GURAZALA            | MADUGULA                | MADUGULA              | RAMAPURAM                |
|         10 | IPUR                | BODEPUDIVARIPALEM       | KONDRAMUTLA           | BODESAMBUNIVARIPALE M    |
|         11 | IPUR                | KONDRAMUTLA             | KONDRAMUTLA           | KONDRAMUTLA              |
|         12 | MACHAVARAM          | MALLAVOLU               | MALLAVOLU             | MALLAVOLU                |
|         13 | MANGALAGIRI         | NEERUKONDA              | KURAGALLU             | NEERUKONDA               |
|         14 | NUZENDLA            | CHINTALACHERUVU         | CHINTALACHERUVU       | K.NAGIREDDY PALLI        |
|         15 | NUZENDLA            | CHINTALACHERUVU         | CHINTALACHERUVU       | LINGAMUKKAPALLI          |
|         16 | NUZENDLA            | INAVOLU                 | INAVOLU               | YOGIREDDYPALEM           |
|         17 | NUZENDLA            | MURTHYUNJAYAPURA M      | MURTHYUNJAYAPURA M    | CHENNAREDDY COLONY       |
|         18 | NUZENDLA            | MURTHYUNJAYAPURA M      | MURTHYUNJAYAPURA M    | MUNTHNJAYANAPURAM        |
|         19 | NUZENDLA            | MURTHYUNJAYAPURA M      | MURTHYUNJAYAPURA M    | TANGIRALA                |
|         20 | NUZENDLA            | MUTHARASUPALEM          | PAMIDIPADU            | MUTHARASI PALEM          |
|         21 | NUZENDLA            | PAMIDIPADU              | PAMIDIPADU            | PAMIDIPADU               |
|         22 | NUZENDLA            | PUVVADA                 | PUVVADA               | K.KOTHAPALEM             |
|         23 | NUZENDLA            | PUVVADA                 | PUVVADA               | KONDALARAYUNIPALEM       |
|         24 | NUZENDLA            | PUVVADA                 | PUVVADA               | P.KOTHAPALEM             |
|         25 | NUZENDLA            | PUVVADA                 | PUVVADA               | PUVVADA                  |
|         26 | NUZENDLA            | TALARLAPALLI            | TALARLAPALLI          | P.REDDYPALEM             |
|         27 | NUZENDLA            | V.APPAPURAM             | V.APPAPURAM           | V.APPAPURAM              |
|         28 | VINUKONDA           | ANDUGULAPADU            | ANDUGULAPADU          | ANDUGULAPADU             |
|         29 | VINUKONDA           | DONDAPADU               | DONDAPADU             | DONDAPADU                |
|         30 | VINUKONDA           | DONDAPADU               | DONDAPADU             | PANAKALAPALEM            |
|         31 | VINUKONDA           | KOPPUKONDA              | KOPPUKONDA            | GANESHPALEM              |
|         32 | VINUKONDA           | NADIGADDA               | KOPPUKONDA            | NADIGADDA                |
|         33 | VINUKONDA           | NEELAGANGAVARAM         | NEELAGANGAVARAM       | NEELAGANGAVARAM          |
|         34 | VINUKONDA           | UMMADIVARAM             | CHOWTAPALEM-U.I       | CHATTUPALLI              |

Year wise funds allocated, released, expenditure incurred under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) to Government of Andhra Pradesh from 2012-13 to 2017-18 (as on 12/07/17) Rs. in Crore

| Year                     |   Opening Balance |   Allocation |   Released |   Expenditure |
|--------------------------|-------------------|--------------|------------|---------------|
| 2012-13                  |            301.3  |       563.39 |     485.14 |        672.82 |
| 2013-14                  |            113.62 |       635.44 |     631.52 |        662.4  |
| 2014-15                  |             82.74 |       372.43 |     377.78 |        427.08 |
| 2015-16                  |             33.44 |       156.69 |     170.05 |        190.6  |
| 2016-17                  |             12.88 |       186.1  |     204    |        157.38 |
| 2017-18 (As on 12/07/17) |             59.51 |       144.08 |      32.93 |         58.17 |