Lok Sabha Question No. 3085 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: Water Quality Testing Laboratories
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3085 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2017

## Water Quality Testing Laboratories

## 3085. SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

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

- (a) whether there are inadequate number of Water Quality Testing Laboratories across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Union Government has urged the State Governments to set up district level Water Quality Testing Laboratories by March, 2017 and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the other  steps  being  taken  by  the  Union Government to  set  up  adequate  number  of Water Quality Testing Laboratories across the country?

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

(a)&(b):  As  reported  by  the  State  Governments  into  the  online  Integrated  Management Information  System  (IMIS)  of  the  Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation  as  on  31 st July,2017,    a  total  of  2,260  Water  Quality  Testing  Laboratories  have  been  set  up  so  far which include 27 State Level Laboratories, 737 District / Divisional Level Laboratories, 281 Block Level Laboratories, 1124 Sub-Divisional Level Laboratories and 91 Mobile Laboratories.   The State-wise details are at Annexure .

- (c): The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation advised all the State Governments to set up  District  Level  Water  Quality  Testing  Laboratories  if  such  a  facility  is  not  already available.
- (d):  In  order  to  ensure proper water  quality  monitoring and surveillance in the country, Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation,  Government  of  India  has  published  and circulated  The  Uniform  Drinking  Water  Quality  Monitoring  Protocol  in  February  2013 which inter-alia include suggestive infrastructure including manpower for setting up and functioning of water quality testing laboratories at various levels.

## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3085 due for answer on 03/08/2017

## State-wise number of drinking water quality testing laboratories set up in the country as on 31/07/2017

| S. No.   | Name of the State   |   State Labs (without mobile labs) |   District Labs/ Divisional Labs/ other 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 and 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 |                                                                 30 |                                  0 |                                       54 |                                                          22 |                                                        107 |
| 5        | BIHAR               |                                  1 |                                                                 41 |                                  0 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |                                                         42 |
| 6        | CHATTISGARH         |                                  1 |                                                                 27 |                                  1 |                                       21 |                                                           6 |                                                         56 |
| 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 |                                       29 |                                                           0 |                                                         44 |
| 11       | JAMMUANDKASHMIR     |                                  0 |                                                                 22 |                                  2 |                                       78 |                                                           0 |                                                        102 |
| 12       | JHARKHAND           |                                  1 |                                                                 24 |                                  1 |                                        7 |                                                           5 |                                                         38 |
| 13       | KARNATAKA           |                                  1 |                                                                 44 |                                 39 |                                      106 |                                                          46 |                                                        236 |
| 14       | KERALA              |                                  1 |                                                                 14 |                                  0 |                                       33 |                                                           0 |                                                         48 |
| 15       | MADHYA PRADESH      |                                  1 |                                                                 51 |                                  3 |                                      106 |                                                           0 |                                                        161 |
| 16       | MAHARASHTRA         |                                  1 |                                                                 60 |                                  2 |                                      139 |                                                           0 |                                                        202 |
| 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 |                                       49 |                                                           0 |                                                         84 |
| 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 |                                                                 28 |                                  1 |                                       14 |                                                           0 |                                                         43 |
| 31       | WEST BENGAL         |                                  1 |                                                                 18 |                                  0 |                                      201 |                                                           0 |                                                        220 |
| Total    | Total               |                                 27 |                                                                737 |                                281 |                                     1124 |                                                          91 |                                                       2260 |