Lok Sabha Question No. 2292 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-08
Subject: Polluted Drinking Water
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2292 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08/03/2018

## Polluted Drinking Water

## 2292. DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK':

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

(a) the steps taken by the Government to combat the problem of polluted drinking water in various areas of the country including Uttarakhand;

(b) the number of new laboratories set up by the Government to test the quality of groundwater during the last three years; and

(c) the monitoring mechanism put in place by the Government for monitoring the quality of drinking water and the arrangements made by the Government to provide more drinking water in the areas facing the problem of polluted water?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING   WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI S.S.AHLUWALIA)

(a) to (c): 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 (including Uttarakhand)who plan, design, approve, execute and operate & maintain the schemes for providing safe drinking water to rural population. The funds provided to the States under NRDWP can be utilized for coverage and tackling water quality problems. Under NRDWP, upto 5% of the funds released to states can be utilized for Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance (WQMS), which inter alia include taking up works relating to setting up of new / up-gradation of State / districts / sub division / block level / mobile water quality testing laboratories, providing chemicals and consumables to laboratories, providing field test kits/refills to Gram Panchayats etc. State-wise  number  of  various  level  drinking  water  quality  testing  laboratories including mobile laboratories have been set up in the country during the last three year and  current  year  (as  on  05 th   March,  2018)  as  reported  by  the  States  into  Integrated Management  Information  System  (IMIS)  of  the  Ministry  as  on  05 th   March,2018  is  at Annexure. 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  monsoon)  for bacteriological parameter and as and when water related diseases are detected.

## Annexure referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2292 due for reply on 08/03/2018

State-wise number of various level drinking water quality testing laboratories including mobile laboratories have been set up in the country during the last three year and current year (as on 05 th  March, 2018) as reported by the States into Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as on 05 th March,2018

| S. No.   | Name of the State   | Nos of various level laboratories have been set up (State/ District/ Block/ Sub-division Level / mobile labs)   | Nos of various level laboratories have been set up (State/ District/ Block/ Sub-division Level / mobile labs)   | Nos of various level laboratories have been set up (State/ District/ Block/ Sub-division Level / mobile labs)   | Nos of various level laboratories have been set up (State/ District/ Block/ Sub-division Level / mobile labs)   |
|----------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of the State   | 2014-15                                                                                                         | 2015-16                                                                                                         | 2016-17                                                                                                         | 2017-18 (as on 05.03.2018)                                                                                      |
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar    | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh      | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 4        | Assam               | 21                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                               | 1                                                                                                               | 1                                                                                                               |
| 5        | Bihar               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh        | 3                                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 7        | Goa                 | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 8        | Gujarat             | 22                                                                                                              | 2                                                                                                               | 16                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                               |
| 9        | Haryana             | 1                                                                                                               | 1                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh    | 9                                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 1                                                                                                               |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir      | 17                                                                                                              | 6                                                                                                               | 4                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 12       | Jharkhand           | 0                                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                               | 5                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 13       | Karnataka           | 94                                                                                                              | 20                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 14       | Kerala              | 13                                                                                                              | 2                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh      | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 16       | Maharashtra         | 0                                                                                                               | 16                                                                                                              | 15                                                                                                              | 2                                                                                                               |
| 17       | Manipur             | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 18       | Meghalaya           | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 19       | Mizoram             | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 20       | Nagaland            | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 21       | Odisha              | 1                                                                                                               | 1                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 22       | Puducherry          | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 23       | Punjab              | 1                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 24       | Rajasthan           | 60                                                                                                              | 39                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 25       | Sikkim              | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu          | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                               | 4                                                                                                               |
| 27       | Telangana           | 1                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 28       | Tripura             | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh       | 3                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 1                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
| 30       | Uttarakhand         | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 1                                                                                                               |
| 31       | West Bengal         | 48                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                               |
|          | Total               | 294                                                                                                             | 93                                                                                                              | 46                                                                                                              | 9                                                                                                               |