Lok Sabha Question No. 1442 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-24
Subject: Rural Drinking Water Supply in Maharashtra
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: KIRIT SOMAIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1442 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.11.2016

## Rural Drinking Water Supply inMaharashtra

## 1442.DR.  KIRIT  SOMAIYA:

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

- (a) the  details  of  funds  allocated  to Maharashtra    under    various    rural drinking water  supply schemes during  each  of  the  last  three  years  upto 31st  October, 2016;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  funds  utilized  by  the      State      during      this      period      and achievements made thereon;
- (c) the present status of rural drinking water  supply  in  the  State;
- (d) the total number of villages having assured  potable  water  supply;  and
- (e)  the  time-frame  for  covering  the remaining villages?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS), Government of Indiaunder National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) supplements the efforts of the States to provide drinking water to the rural population in the country. The details of funds allocated to Maharashtra and utilization made by State under NRDWP during each of the last three years are as under:-

(Rs. in Crores)

| Financial Year            |   Allocation |   Expenditure * |
|---------------------------|--------------|-----------------|
| 2013-14                   |       788.48 |          657.46 |
| 2014-15                   |       780.06 |          901.96 |
| 2015-16                   |       344.16 |          584    |
| 2016-17(as on 31.10.2016) |       346.16 |          204.69 |

MDWS maintains the data regarding coverage of rural habitations with drinking water supply in terms of rural habitations. As reported by State on the Integrated Management  Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry, the details of achievements made during last three years are as under:-

| Financial Year             |   Achievement (Nos. of habitations) |
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 2013-14                    |                                4064 |
| 2014-15                    |                                3747 |
| 2015-16                    |                                1566 |
| 2016-17 (as on 31.10.2016) |                                 380 |

(c)& (d) As per information provided by State on the website of MDWS, there are 1,00,066 rural habitations in the State out of which 88,164 are fully covered with the availability of  40 litres per capita per day (lpcd), 11,510 habitations are partially  covered  which  means  that  the  drinking  water  availability  in  these habitations  is  less  than  40  lpcd.  Further  392  habitations  are  quality  affected where the drinking water is contaminated with at least one chemical contaminant.

- (e)  Providing  Drinking  Water  to  the  rural  population  is  a  dynamic  process. Under  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP),  targets  for coverage of habitations depends on the funds allocation for that year. With the allocation of Rs. 346.16 Crore for Maharashtra State in the current year 2016-17 and  after  having  Annual  Action  Plan  meetings  with  the  State  and  considering their  achievements  in  previous  years  and  present  status  of  coverage  there,  the target for coverage of partially covered habitations and quality affected habitations under  NRDWP  has  been  fixed  as  1806  and  149  habitations respectively for 2016-17

The  Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation,  Government  of  India  has advised  all  States  including  Maharashtra  to  provide  safe  drinking  water  in adequate quantity through piped water supply schemes from safe drinking water sources,  preferably  surface  water  sources,  in  a  phased  manner  to  all  rural habitations in the country. To achieve this goal, the Government's work plan is to  ensure  that  at  least  50%  of  rural  households  are  provided  with  piped  water supply by 2017. Further, by 2022, to ensure that at least 90% of rural households are provided with piped water supply, subject to availability of adequate Central share  funds  under  the  centrally  sponsored  National  Rural  Drinking  Water Programme. As on 31.10.2016 the rural  population coverage with piped water supply in the State of Maharashtra is 83.35 %.