Lok Sabha Question No. 3167 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: Contaminated Drinking Water
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: BALABHADRA MAJHI, BHARAT SINGH, MANSHANKAR NINAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3167 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2017

## Contaminated Drinking Water

## †3167. SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI: SHRI BHARAT SINGH: SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA:

Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state: (a)  the  names  of  the  districts  having  the  most  contaminated  or  poor  quality  of  drinking water in the country; (b) whether the Government has carried out any research to find out the reasons behind the contamination of drinking water in these districts; (c) if so, the names of the pollutants found in large amount in the drinking water of these districts, district-wise; (d) whether  it has been  found  in the  research that the drinking water  is being contaminated  due  to  the  indiscriminate  use  of  pesticides,  B.T.  seeds  and  fertilizers  in various areas; (e) if so, the details thereof; and (f) the corrective steps taken by the Government to purify the contaminated water in those districts and to provide safe drinking water to all in those districts?

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

(a) to (c): The  names  of  Districts  having  the  most  contaminated  or  poor  quality  of drinking water in the country as reported by States into the online integrated management information  system  (IMIS)  of  the  Ministry,  State-wise,  is  at  Annexure.  Contamination  of ground water based drinking water sources due to arsenic, fluoride, salinity, iron & heavy metals are geogenic in nature. Nitrate contamination may be due to excess use of fertilizer and untreated / partially treated sewage contamination.

(d)&(e): The Ministry has not received any information from any State Government regarding  drinking water being contaminated due to the indiscriminate use of pesticides, B.T. seeds and fertilizers in drinking water sources.

- (f): Ministry  has  advised  all  the  State  Governments  to  take  up  following  measures  in providing safe drinking water in rural parts of the country: (i) Bacteriological contamination can be effectively controlled through proper disinfection. (ii) Safe drinking water can be ensured through proper treatment of water and through piped water supply schemes. To deal with specific contaminants, specific technologies can be adopted for removal  of  contaminants  so  that  water  is  made  pure  before  the  same  is
- (iii) reached out to the people.

## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3167 due for reply on 03/08/2017

State-wise, districts worst affected with water quality problems as reported by the States into the online Integrated Management Information System of the Ministry as on 31/7/2017

| S. No.   | Nameof the State/UT   | Nameof the worst affected district(s)   | Worst affected contamination   | Other contaminations reported                     |
|----------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRAPRADESH         | Nellore                                 | Fluoride                       | Salinity                                          |
| 1        | ANDHRAPRADESH         | Anantapur                               | Fluoride                       | -                                                 |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH     | Papum Pare                              | Iron                           | -                                                 |
| 3        | ASSAM                 | Baksha                                  | Arsenic                        | Iron                                              |
| 4        | BIHAR                 | Banka                                   | Fluoride                       | Iron                                              |
| 4        | BIHAR                 | Begusarai                               | Arsenic                        | Iron                                              |
| 4        | BIHAR                 | Saharsa                                 | Iron                           | -                                                 |
| 5        | CHATTISGARH           | Rajnandgaon                             | Arsenic                        | Iron                                              |
| 5        | CHATTISGARH           | Korba                                   | Fluoride                       | Iron                                              |
| 6        | HARYANA               | Jind                                    | Fluoride                       | -                                                 |
| 7        | JAMMUANDKASHMIR       | Kupwara                                 | Fluoride                       | Iron                                              |
| 8        | JHARKHAND             | Ranchi                                  | Iron                           | Fluoride, Nitrate                                 |
| 8        | JHARKHAND             | Garhwa                                  | Fluoride                       | Iron                                              |
| 8        | JHARKHAND             | Sahibganj                               | Arsenic                        | Fluoride, Iron                                    |
| 9        | KARNATAKA             | Chikballapur                            | Fluoride                       | Iron, Nitrate                                     |
| 10       | KERALA                | Palakkad                                | Fluoride                       | Iron, Salinity                                    |
| 11       | MADHYAPRADESH         | Dhar                                    | Fluoride                       | -                                                 |
|          |                       | Buldana                                 | Salinity                       | Fluoride, Nitrate                                 |
| 12       | MAHARASHTRA           | Chandrapur                              | Fluoride                       | Salinity, Nitrate                                 |
| 13       | MEGHALAYA             | South West Garo Hills                   | Iron                           | -                                                 |
| 14       | NAGALAND              | Dimapur                                 | Iron                           | -                                                 |
| 15       | ODISHA                | Boudh                                   | Fluoride                       | Iron                                              |
| 15       | ODISHA                | Jajpur                                  | Iron                           | Fluoride, Salinity                                |
| 16       | PUNJAB                | Patiala                                 | Fluoride                       | Arsenic, iron, salinity, nitrate and heavy metals |
| 16       | PUNJAB                | Amritsar                                | Arsenic                        | Fluoride, iron, nitrate, heavy metals             |
| 17       | RAJASTHAN             | Nagaur                                  | Fluoride                       | Salinity, nitrate                                 |
| 18       | TAMIL NADU            | Nagapattinam                            | Iron                           | Salinity                                          |
| 10       | TELANGANA             | Mahabubabad                             | Fluoride                       | Iron, Salinity and nitrate                        |
| 20       | TRIPURA               | South Tripura                           | Iron                           | -                                                 |
| 21       | UTTAR PRADESH         | Sonbhadra                               | Fluoride                       | Arsenic                                           |
| 21       | UTTAR PRADESH         | Bahraich                                | Arsenic                        | Iron                                              |
| 22       | UTTARAKHAND           | Haridwar                                | Iron                           | Nitrate                                           |
| 23       | WESTBENGAL            | North 24 Paraganas DakshinDinajpur      | Arsenic Fluoride               | Iron, Salinity, Heavy metals Iron, heavy metals   |