Lok Sabha Question No. 2636 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Water Quality Testing Laboratories
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK   SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2636 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2018

## Water Quality Testing Laboratories

## †2636.    SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government proposes to establish one Water Quality Testing Laboratory (WQTL) in every district of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has received any proposal from some States to establish WQTL in every district during the last three years;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

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

(a)  to  (e)  :  The  Ministry  supplements  the  efforts  of  states  financially  and  technically  to provide safe and adequate drinking water to rural population. It is the State Governments who  plan,  design,  approve,  execute  and  maintain  Water  Quality  Testing  Laboratory (WQTL)for ensuring safe drinking water to rural population.

Under the Centrally sponsored National Rural Drinking Programme (NRDWP), upto  5% of coverage funds can be used by states for water quality monitoring &surveillance activities which  inter-alia  includes  setting  up  of  &  upgrading  existing  Water  Quality  Testing Laboratories  at  various  levels.  The  details  of  Water  Testing  Laboratories  set  up  so  far  is placed at Annexure-I.

Based on the (i) requirements of sampling, (ii) Nos. of water sources, (iii) spread, nature and concentration of contaminations, the planning for setting up of or modernization of WQTL are  taken  up  in  States/Union  Territories  and State  Level  Schemes  Sanctioning  Committee (SLSSC) takes up and approves such proposals.

## Annexure-I referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2636 due for reply on 2/8/2018

State-wise number of Water Quality Testing Laboratory.

| S.No.   | State             |   State Labs (without mobile labs) |   District Labs (without mobile labs) |   Block Labs (without mobile labs) |   SubDivision Labs (without mobile labs) |   Mobile Labs (State/ District/ Block/ Sub- division Level) |   Total Labs (State/ District/ Block/ Sub- division Level) |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman& Nicobar  |                                  1 |                                     0 |                                  0 |                                        0 |                                                           2 |                                                          3 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    |                                  1 |                                    32 |                                  0 |                                       73 |                                                           0 |                                                        106 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh |                                  1 |                                    16 |                                  0 |                                       31 |                                                           1 |                                                         49 |
| 4       | Assam             |                                  1 |                                    29 |                                  0 |                                       54 |                                                          22 |                                                        106 |
| 5       | Bihar             |                                  1 |                                    41 |                                  0 |                                        1 |                                                           0 |                                                         43 |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      |                                  1 |                                    27 |                                  1 |                                       24 |                                                          18 |                                                         71 |
| 7       | Goa               |                                  1 |                                     0 |                                  1 |                                        9 |                                                           0 |                                                         11 |
| 8       | Gujarat           |                                  1 |                                    32 |                                 48 |                                        0 |                                                           6 |                                                         87 |
| 9       | Haryana           |                                  0 |                                    21 |                                  0 |                                       22 |                                                           0 |                                                         43 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  |                                  1 |                                    14 |                                  0 |                                       30 |                                                           0 |                                                         45 |
| 11      | Jammu& Kashmir    |                                  0 |                                    22 |                                  3 |                                       75 |                                                           0 |                                                        100 |
| 12      | Jharkhand         |                                  1 |                                    26 |                                  1 |                                        7 |                                                           5 |                                                         40 |
| 13      | Karnataka         |                                  1 |                                    44 |                                 39 |                                      107 |                                                          46 |                                                        237 |
| 14      | Kerala            |                                  1 |                                    14 |                                  0 |                                       33 |                                                           0 |                                                         48 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    |                                  1 |                                    51 |                                  3 |                                      106 |                                                           0 |                                                        161 |
| 16      | Maharashtra       |                                  1 |                                    63 |                                  2 |                                      140 |                                                           0 |                                                        206 |
| 17      | Manipur           |                                  1 |                                     9 |                                  0 |                                        2 |                                                           0 |                                                         12 |
| 18      | Meghalaya         |                                  1 |                                     7 |                                  0 |                                       22 |                                                           0 |                                                         30 |
| 19      | Mizoram           |                                  1 |                                     8 |                                  0 |                                       18 |                                                           0 |                                                         27 |
| 20      | Nagaland          |                                  0 |                                    11 |                                  0 |                                        1 |                                                           2 |                                                         14 |
| 21      | Odisha            |                                  1 |                                    32 |                                  0 |                                       44 |                                                           0 |                                                         77 |
| 22      | Puducherry        |                                  0 |                                     2 |                                  0 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |                                                          2 |
| 23      | Punjab            |                                  3 |                                    22 |                                  8 |                                        0 |                                                           1 |                                                         34 |
| 24      | Rajasthan         |                                  1 |                                    33 |                                165 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |                                                        199 |
| 25      | Sikkim            |                                  0 |                                     2 |                                  0 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |                                                          2 |
| 26      | Tamil Nadu        |                                  1 |                                    34 |                                  0 |                                       55 |                                                           0 |                                                         90 |
| 27      | Telangana         |                                  1 |                                    19 |                                  0 |                                       56 |                                                           0 |                                                         76 |
| 28      | Tripura           |                                  1 |                                     8 |                                  7 |                                        6 |                                                           0 |                                                         22 |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh     |                                  1 |                                    76 |                                  3 |                                        3 |                                                           0 |                                                         83 |
| 30      | Uttarakhand       |                                  0 |                                    29 |                                  1 |                                       14 |                                                           0 |                                                         44 |
| 31      | West Bengal       |                                  1 |                                    19 |                                  1 |                                      201 |                                                           0 |                                                        222 |
|         | Total             |                                 27 |                                   743 |                                283 |                                     1134 |                                                         103 |                                                       2290 |