Lok Sabha Question No. 2945 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Quality of Drinking Water
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: HARISH CHANDRA MEENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2945 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04/01/2018

## Quality of Drinking Water

## 2945. SHRI HARISH MEENA:

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

(a) whether the Government has a mechanism to check/review the quality of drinking water before and after water connection is provided in rural areas of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof and if not,the reasons therefor;

(c) the number of complaints received by the Government for poor quality of drinking water and the action taken by the Government to provide safe drinking water in these areas during each of the last three years; and

(d) the number of drinking water connections provided by the Government in rural areas during the said period, State/UT-wise?

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

(a) to (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  to  rural  population.  The  Ministry  has advised  all  the  states  to  carry  water  testing  of  sources  once  in  a  year  for  chemical parameter and twice in a year (pre and post mansoon) for bacteriological parameter and as and when water related diseases are detected.

The  complaints  received  at  central  level  are  transferred  to  states  for  taking necessary action. State-wise total number of household connection and percentage of house  hold  connection  with  piped  water  supply,  as  reported  by  the  States  to  the Ministry as on 28 th  December, 2017, is at Annexure.

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## Annexure referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2945 due for reply on 04/01/2018

State-wise total number of household connection and percentage of house hold connection with piped water supply, as reported by the States to the Ministry as on 28 th  December, 2017

| S. No.   | Nameofthe State     |   Total number of Household connections as on (28/12/2017) |   %oftotal household connections with PWS as on (28/12/2017) |
|----------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDAMAN and NICOBAR |                                                       6604 |                                                        10.15 |
| 2        | ANDHRAPRADESH       |                                                    2609841 |                                                        28.59 |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   |                                                      14132 |                                                         6.4  |
| 4        | ASSAM               |                                                     118764 |                                                         2.05 |
| 5        | BIHAR               |                                                     217946 |                                                         1.22 |
| 6        | CHATTISGARH         |                                                     338688 |                                                         7.84 |
| 7        | GOA                 |                                                     210415 |                                                        95    |
| 8        | GUJARAT             |                                                    4717288 |                                                        72.82 |
| 9        | HARYANA             |                                                    1575545 |                                                        47.68 |
| 10       | HIMACHAL PRADESH    |                                                     760135 |                                                        56.62 |
| 11       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   |                                                     471410 |                                                        28.57 |
| 12       | JHARKHAND           |                                                     213676 |                                                         4.27 |
| 13       | KARNATAKA           |                                                    3392836 |                                                        41.33 |
| 14       | KERALA              |                                                    1374506 |                                                        15    |
| 15       | MADHYAPRADESH       |                                                    1128484 |                                                        10.34 |
| 16       | MAHARASHTRA         |                                                    4891355 |                                                        36.74 |
| 17       | MANIPUR             |                                                      21065 |                                                         4.9  |
| 18       | MEGHALAYA           |                                                       5370 |                                                         1.15 |
| 19       | MIZORAM             |                                                      14108 |                                                        13.47 |
| 20       | NAGALAND            |                                                      15559 |                                                         4.96 |
| 21       | ODISHA              |                                                     302048 |                                                         3.71 |
| 22       | PUDUCHERRY          |                                                      41418 |                                                        50.35 |
| 23       | PUNJAB              |                                                    1597842 |                                                        47.56 |
| 24       | RAJASTHAN           |                                                    1134626 |                                                        12.2  |
| 25       | SIKKIM              |                                                      87800 |                                                        99.32 |
| 26       | TAMILNADU           |                                                    2855731 |                                                        28.92 |
| 27       | TELANGANA           |                                                    1787355 |                                                        32.76 |
| 28       | TRIPURA             |                                                      21067 |                                                         2.45 |
| 29       | UTTAR PRADESH       |                                                     136594 |                                                         0.53 |
| 30       | UTTARAKHAND         |                                                     209747 |                                                        13.9  |
| 31       | WEST BENGAL         |                                                     109822 |                                                         0.67 |
| Total    | Total               |                                                   30381777 |                                                        16.85 |