Lok Sabha Question No. 5492 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-06
Subject: Water-Borne Diseases
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5492 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06/04/2017

## Water-Borne Diseases

5492 . DR. A. SAMPATH:

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

(a) the reduction in the water-borne diseases during each of the last three years particularly in view of Article 21 of the Constitution which entitles every Indian citizen Right to get safe drinking water;

- (b) the statistics related to waterborne diseases; and

(c) the action taken by the Government to reduce the water-borne diseases that is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the country?

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

(a) &  (b)  As  per  the  information  provided  by  the  Ministry  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare, number  of  cases  registered  for  water  borne  diseases  like  Acute  Diarrhoeal  Diseases, Enteric Fever (Typhoid), Viral Hepatitis (All Causes) & Cholera in the year 2014, 2015 & 2016 (Provisional) is at Annexure I, II & III respectively.

(c) Rural drinking water supply is a state subject.  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) for improving the coverage of safe drinking water to rural population. It is the State Governments who plan, design, execute and operate schemes for providing safe drinking water.

Under NRDWP, States can utilize upto 67% of funds released to them for provision of safe  drinking  water  in  water  quality  problems.   Further,  5%  of  the  NRDWP  funds  are earmarked for Water Quality and allocated to those States with habitations affected by excess  chemical  contamination  and  with  high  priority  districts  affected  by  Japanese Encephalitis/Acute  Encephalitis  Syndrome.  All  the  State  Governments  have  been advised to  provide  surface  water  based  piped  water  supply  schemes  which  inter-alia includes  water  treatment  plant  with  an  appropriate  disinfection  unit  so  that  waterborne diseases can controlled at source.

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## Annexure-I :  referred to in the reply to Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5492 due for reply on 06/04/2017

Number of cases registered for water borne diseases like Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases, Enteric Fever (Typhoid), Viral Hepatitis (All Causes) & Cholera in the year 2014 as per the information provided by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

| S. No.   | Name mof the State/ UT   | Acute Diarrreal disease   | Enteric Fever (Typhoid)   | Viral Hepatitis   | Cholera   | Total       |
|----------|--------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|-----------|-------------|
| 1        | ANDMAN and NICOBAR       | 23,947                    | 881                       | 262               | -         | 262         |
| 2        | ANDHRAPRADESH *          | 13,32,145                 | 1,86,446                  | 3,716             | -         | 3,716       |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH        | 12,657                    | 4,512                     | 378               | -         | 378         |
| 4        | ASSAM                    | 83,373                    | 5,328                     | 2,033             | -         | 2,033       |
| 5        | BIHAR                    | 5,50,038                  | 2,83,679                  | 20,670            | -         | 20,670      |
| 6        | CHHATTISGARH             | 1,15,561                  | 32,617                    | 548               | 20        | 568         |
| 7        | GOA                      | 16,097                    | 573                       | 182               | -         | 182         |
| 8        | GUJARAT                  | 5,04,857                  | 29,505                    | 4,808             | 158       | 4,966       |
| 9        | HARYANA                  | 1,97,898                  | 29,990                    | 1,934             | 7         | 1,941       |
| 10       | HIMACHAL PRADESH         | 3,50,459                  | 48,786                    | 2,808             | -         | 2,808       |
| 11       | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR         | 5,15,013                  | 57,537                    | 5,110             | -         | 5,110       |
| 12       | JHARKHAND                | 81,451                    | 36,663                    | 1,052             | -         | 1,052       |
| 13       | KARNATAKA                | 8,10,781                  | 92,959                    | 6,402             | 32        | 6,434       |
| 14       | KERALA                   | 4,02,106                  | 2,269                     | 5,567             | 3         | 5,570       |
| 15       | MADHYA PRADESH           | 7,68,021                  | 1,55,190                  | 16,145            | 17        | 16,162      |
| 16       | MAHARASHTRA              | 6,64,014                  | 1,02,299                  | 6,753             | 252       | 7,005       |
| 17       | MANIPUR                  | 29,954                    | 10,636                    | 443               | -         | 443         |
| 18       | MEGHALAYA                | 1,97,024                  | 10,395                    | 643               | 1         | 644         |
| 19       | MIZORAM                  | 14,201                    | 2,758                     | 194               | -         | 194         |
| 20       | NAGALAND                 | 22,301                    | 11,604                    | 113               | -         | 113         |
| 21       | ODISHA                   | 7,67,575                  | 90,363                    | 5,069             | -         | 5,069       |
| 22       | PUDUCHERRY               | 87,248                    | 1,477                     | 299               | 3         | 302         |
| 23       | PUNJAB                   | 1,70,438                  | 34,651                    | 4,525             | -         | 4,525       |
| 24       | RAJASTHAN                | 6,76,832                  | 83,540                    | 9,719             | 56        | 9,775       |
| 25       | SIKKIM                   | 39,983                    | 716                       | 556               | -         | 556         |
| 26       | TAMIL NADU               | 2,50,264                  | 29,937                    | 880               | 14        | 894         |
| 27       | TRIPURA                  | 80,388                    | 10,553                    | 177               | -         | 177         |
| 28       | UTTAR PRADESH            | 7,54,582                  | 2,25,829                  | 16,037            | -         | 16,037      |
| 29       | UTTARAKHAND              | 90,428                    | 28,939                    | 9,243             | -         | 9,243       |
| 30       | WEST BENGAL              | 18,96,182                 | 90,086                    | 4,444             | 173       | 4,617       |
| 31       | CHANDIGARH               | 39,277                    | 6,021                     | 766               | 15        | 781         |
| 32       | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI       | 63,337                    | 2,439                     | 32                | 28        | 60          |
| 33       | DMAN &DIU                | 12,831                    | 167                       | 65                | -         | 65          |
| 34       | LAKSHADWEEP              | 6,750                     | 3                         | 16                | -         | 16          |
| 35       | DELHI                    | 1,20,618                  | 27,339                    | 6,965             | 65        | 7,030       |
| Total    | Total                    | 117,48,631                | 17,36,687                 | 1,38,554          | 844       | 1,36,24,716 |

## Annexure-II :  referred to in the reply to Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5492 due for reply on 06/04/2017

Number of cases registered for water borne diseases like Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases, Enteric Fever (Typhoid), Viral Hepatitis (All Causes) & Cholera in the year 2015 as per the information provided by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

| S. No.   | Name of the State /UT   | Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases   | Enteric Fever (Typhoid)   | Viral Hepatitis   | Cholera   | Total      |
|----------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|-----------|------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh          | 11,22,740                   | 1,46,385                  | 3,358             | -         | 12,72,483  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 10,834                      | 4,476                     | 292               | -         | 15,602     |
| 3        | Assam                   | 1,28,392                    | 11,333                    | 809               | -         | 1,40,534   |
| 4        | Bihar                   | 4,55,125                    | 2,65,469                  | 26,729            | -         | 7,47,323   |
| 5        | Chattisgarh             | 1,32,278                    | 47,970                    | 532               | 7         | 1,80,787   |
| 6        | Goa                     | 13,204                      | 1,603                     | 162               | -         | 14,969     |
| 7        | Gujarat                 | 5,67,123                    | 35,362                    | 3,736             | 52        | 6,06,273   |
| 8        | Haryana                 | 1,90,390                    | 31,965                    | 5,184             | -         | 2,27,539   |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh        | 3,34,168                    | 40,639                    | 1,739             | -         | 3,76,546   |
| 10       | Jammu Div               | 2,84,415                    | 32,182                    | 1,528             | -         | 3,18,125   |
|          | Kashmir Div             | 1,88,428                    | 20,177                    | 2,500             | -         | 2,11,105   |
| 11       | Jharkhand               | 81,934                      | 28,330                    | 1,258             | 36        | 1,11,558   |
| 12       | Karnataka               | 8,32,356                    | 85,837                    | 6,026             | 14        | 9,24,233   |
| 13       | Kerala                  | 4,28,374                    | 2,862                     | 3,965             | -         | 4,35,201   |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh          | 7,40,690                    | 1,25,737                  | 14,030            | 104       | 8,80,561   |
| 15       | Maharastra              | 8,77,638                    | 1,30,809                  | 9,738             | 213       | 10,18,398  |
| 16       | Manipur                 | 29,159                      | 5,422                     | 88                | -         | 34,669     |
| 17       | Meghalaya               | 1,67,691                    | 13,459                    | 299               | -         | 1,81,449   |
| 18       | Mizoram                 | 14,215                      | 2,804                     | 209               | 26        | 17,254     |
| 19       | Nagaland                | 15,511                      | 7,977                     | 76                | -         | 23,564     |
| 20       | Odisha                  | 7,82,151                    | 90,895                    | 5,146             | 2         | 8,78,194   |
| 21       | Punjab                  | 1,79,211                    | 34,867                    | 9,330             | -         | 2,23,408   |
| 22       | Rajasthan               | 8,10,518                    | 79,244                    | 3,247             | 3         | 8,93,012   |
| 23       | Sikkim                  | 53,295                      | 453                       | 1,344             | -         | 55,092     |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu              | 3,08,358                    | 40,579                    | 1,066             | 15        | 3,50,018   |
| 25       | Telengana               | 9,63,573                    | 1,63,747                  | 1,735             | -         | 11,29,055  |
| 26       | Tripura                 | 88,064                      | 4,596                     | 183               | -         | 92,843     |
| 27       | Uttarakhand             | 1,08,974                    | 34,120                    | 10,242            | -         | 1,53,336   |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh           | 8,14,481                    | 2,88,140                  | 11,188            | 47        | 11,13,856  |
| 29       | West Bengal             | 17,98,754                   | 1,12,262                  | 3,948             | 155       | 19,15,119  |
| 30       | A &NIslands             | 22,398                      | 870                       | 123               | -         | 23,391     |
| 31       | Chandigarh              | 45,284                      | 12,447                    | 1,249             | 133       | 59,113     |
| 32       | D&NHaveli               | 51,195                      | 1,406                     | 48                | 14        | 52,663     |
| 33       | Daman & Diu             | 18,169                      | 165                       | 77                | -         | 18,411     |
| 34       | Delhi                   | 1,57,445                    | 30,698                    | 9,145             | 91        | 1,97,379   |
| 35       | Lakshadweep             | 4,472                       | 77                        | 12                | -         | 4,561      |
| 36       | Puducherry              | 92,599                      | 2,049                     | 520               | 1         | 95,169     |
| Total    | Total                   | 129,13,606                  | 19,37,413                 | 1,40,861          | 913       | 149,92,793 |

## Annexure-III:  referred to in the reply to Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5492 due for reply on 06/04/2017

Number of cases registered for water borne diseases like Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases, Enteric Fever (Typhoid), Viral Hepatitis (All Causes) & Cholera in the year 2016 (Provisional)  as per the information provided by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

| S. No.   | Nameof the State/UT   | Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases   | Enteric Fever (Typhoid)   | Viral Hepatitis (All Causes)   | Cholera   | Total      |
|----------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------|------------|
| 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH        | 11,94,005                   | 1,70,249                  | 2,662                          | -         | 13,66,916  |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH     | 11,715                      | 4,574                     | 271                            | 9         | 16,569     |
| 3        | ASSAM                 | 88,736                      | 19,328                    | 2,688                          | -         | 1,10,752   |
| 4        | BIHAR                 | 3,92,224                    | 2,04,366                  | 28,578                         | -         | 6,25,168   |
| 5        | CHATTISGARH           | 1,57,064                    | 74,632                    | 547                            | 55        | 2,32,298   |
| 6        | GOA                   | 14,245                      | 724                       | 121                            | -         | 15,090     |
| 7        | GUJARAT               | 6,41,451                    | 45,970                    | 3,573                          | 88        | 6,91,082   |
| 8        | HARYANA               | 2,24,780                    | 36,442                    | 2,274                          | -         | 2,63,496   |
| 9        | HIMACHALPRADESH       | 3,10,789                    | 38,093                    | 2,716                          | -         | 3,51,598   |
| 10       | JAMMUDiv.             | 3,30,530                    | 29,531                    | 1,704                          | -         | 3,61,765   |
|          | KASHMIRDiv.           | 2,03,811                    | 17,373                    | 1,877                          | -         | 2,23,061   |
| 11       | JHARKHAND             | 93,547                      | 41,731                    | 1,406                          | 5         | 1,36,689   |
| 12       | KARNATAKA             | 9,30,369                    | 97,493                    | 6,013                          | 29        | 10,33,904  |
| 13       | KERALA                | 4,76,686                    | 2,038                     | 5,327                          | 7         | 4,84,058   |
| 14       | MADHYAPRADESH         | 7,40,236                    | 1,29,998                  | 12,158                         | 94        | 8,82,486   |
| 15       | MAHARASHTRA           | 10,51,445                   | 1,37,617                  | 12,156                         | 107       | 12,01,325  |
| 16       | MANIPUR               | 33,193                      | 4,942                     | 182                            | -         | 38,317     |
| 17       | MEGHALAYA             | 1,65,404                    | 14,128                    | 236                            | -         | 1,79,768   |
| 18       | MIZORAM               | 13,602                      | 3,085                     | 276                            | 17        | 16,980     |
| 19       | NAGALAND              | 15,062                      | 8,267                     | 86                             | 6         | 23,421     |
| 20       | ODISHA                | 7,75,824                    | 73,330                    | 3,481                          | -         | 8,52,635   |
| 21       | PUNJAB                | 1,95,281                    | 37,896                    | 8,833                          | -         | 2,42,010   |
| 22       | RAJASTHAN             | 8,97,209                    | 1,16,470                  | 2,471                          | 2         | 10,16,152  |
| 23       | SIKKIM                | 46,289                      | 474                       | 800                            | -         | 47,563     |
| 24       | TAMILNADU             | 3,67,815                    | 33,853                    | 715                            | 8         | 4,02,391   |
| 25       | TELANGANA             | 8,71,497                    | 1,33,838                  | 2,175                          | -         | 10,07,510  |
| 26       | TRIPURA               | 95,278                      | 5,398                     | 363                            | -         | 1,01,039   |
| 27       | UTTARAKHAND           | 1,10,942                    | 33,904                    | 10,930                         | -         | 1,55,776   |
| 28       | UTTAR PRADESH         | 10,66,342                   | 4,95,698                  | 12,530                         | 4         | 15,74,574  |
| 29       | WEST BENGAL           | 20,45,451                   | 1,61,264                  | 2,898                          | 157       | 22,09,770  |
| 30       | ANDAMANandNICOBAR     | 23,547                      | 1,127                     | 177                            | -         | 24,851     |
| 31       | CHANDIGARH            | 49,891                      | 12,237                    | 1,179                          | 10        | 63,317     |
| 32       | D&NHAVELI             | 43,280                      | 4,420                     | 7                              | 15        | 47,722     |
| 33       | DAMAN&DIU             | 13,062                      | 197                       | 31                             | -         | 13,290     |
| 34       | DELHI                 | 1,35,907                    | 30,015                    | 10,281                         | 228       | 1,76,431   |
| 35       | LAKSHADWEEP           | 4,387                       | 50                        | 10                             | -         | 4,447      |
| 36       | PUDUCHERRY            | 92,379                      | 1,943                     | 416                            | -         | 94,738     |
| Total    | Total                 | 139,23,275                  | 22,22,695                 | 1,42,148                       | 841       | 162,88,959 |