Lok Sabha Question No. 1626 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Ground Water Contamination
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: B.V. NAYAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 1626

ANSWERED ON 28 .12.2017

## GROUND WATER CONTAMI NATION

## 1626. SHRI B.V. NAIK

## Will  the  Minister  of  WATER  RESOURCES,  RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND  GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

(a) the details of arsenic and other toxic elements, present in the groundwater in eac of  the  country  including  Karnataka  and  the  arrangements  m ade  for  potable  water  in  such districts; and

(b) the details about the programmes implemented and the amount spent thereon includ the number of beneficiary regions along with the target set by the Government during t three years to tackle the pr oblem of contamination of groundwater as well as the drinking water crisis in the affected States?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a) & (b) State/UT - wise number of fluoride, arsenic, iron, nitrate, salinity & heavy m affected habitations as reported by the States into Integrated Management Information (IMIS) of the Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation, as on 26 th December, 2017is given at Annexure - I .

State - wise financial support provided during the last three years and current ye on 15 Dec, 2017) for providing safe drinking water to rural population under National Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) is given at Annexure - II.

Rural drinking water supply is a State subject.  For improving the coverage o drinking water to rural population, the Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation supplements the efforts of the States by providing them with technical and fin a ci ssistance through the centrally sponsored National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP).  It is the Sta Governments who plan, design, approve,  execute and operate  & maintain the schemes fo providing safe drinking water to rural population. The funds provided to the States under NRDWP can be utilized for coverage and tackling water quality problems with priorit arsenic and fluoride affected habitations.

The Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation has  informed  all  the  States  to commission  surface  water  based  piped  water  supply  schemes  in  all  water  quality  aff habitations  as  a  long  term  sustainable  solution. To  deal  with  arsenic  and  fluoride contamination, with the recommendation of NITI Aayog, Government of India has released Rs 800 crore in March' 2016 for commissioning community water purification plants in 1,327 arsenic and 12,014 fluoride affected habitations so that safe water for drinking and needs is addressed immediately. In add ition, funds to the tune of Rs.100 Crore each are als provided  for  tackling  arsenic  and  fluoride  problems  in  West  Bengal  and  Rajast respectively for the last mile connectivity in commissioning surface water based pipe supply schemes.

Further, the  Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation  had  launched  the  Nationa Water Quality Sub - Mission  on  22nd  March,  2017  under  NRDWP  to  provide  safe  drinking water to about 28,000 arsenic / fluoride affected habitations over a span of 4 years, avai lability of funds.

Other arrangements made by Central Government for potable water in such districts are -

- Awareness generation programs/ workshop on preventing ground water pollution and use of contaminated water, rain water harvesting and artificial recharge to groun are being conducted by CGWB periodically.
- Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) under MoWR , RD& GR carries out exploratory drilling  to  delineate  contaminant  free  aquifer  zones  for  arsenic  affected  ar successful exploratory wells are handed over to the concerned agencies in the Sta utilization by them.
- Under the National Aquifer Ma pping Programme, CGWB is giving special attention to map ground water quality affected areas. The reports of the National Aquifer Map Programme are shared with State Governments.
- Further, CGWB monitors ground water quality periodically to ascertain the magnitude and special extent of different contaminants in ground water. The ground water qu data  is  shared  with  concerned  State  Governments  for  taking  necessary  remedi measures.

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Annexure referredto in reply to part (a) & (b) of Unstarred Question No. 1626 to be answered in Lok Sabhaon 2 8 .12.2017 regarding ' Ground Water Contamination '

State /UT - wise  number  of  fluoride,  arsenic,  iron,  nitrate,  salinity  &  heavy  metals affected habitations, as reported by the States into Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as on 26 th December, 2017

| S. No.   |                     | Contamination-wise Number of Habitations   | Contamination-wise Number of Habitations   | Contamination-wise Number of Habitations   | Contamination-wise Number of Habitations   | Contamination-wise Number of Habitations   | Contamination-wise Number of Habitations   | Contamination-wise Number of Habitations   |
|----------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|          | State /UT           | Total                                      | Fluoride                                   | Arsenic                                    | Iron                                       | Salinity                                   | Nitrate                                    | Heavy Metal                                |
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh      | 418                                        | 349                                        | 0                                          | 1                                          | 62                                         | 6                                          | 0                                          |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 31                                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | 31                                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 4        | Assam               | 11024                                      | 285                                        | 4518                                       | 6214                                       | 0                                          | 0                                          | 7                                          |
| 5        | Bihar               | 4231                                       | 898                                        | 871                                        | 2462                                       | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 6        | Ch hattisgarh       | 1170                                       | 405                                        | 19                                         | 734                                        | 2                                          | 10                                         | 0                                          |
| 7        | Goa                 | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 8        | Gujarat             | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 9        | Haryana             | 128                                        | 119                                        | 0                                          | 0                                          | 9                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh    | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 11       | Jammu And Kashmir   | 16                                         | 4                                          | 0                                          | 12                                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 12       | Jharkhand           | 2896                                       | 552                                        | 102                                        | 2235                                       | 0                                          | 4                                          | 0                                          |
| 13       | Karnataka           | 1050                                       | 600                                        | 4                                          | 78                                         | 40                                         | 327                                        | 1                                          |
| 14       | Kerala              | 363                                        | 34                                         | 0                                          | 199                                        | 98                                         | 32                                         | 0                                          |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh      | 187                                        | 171                                        | 0                                          | 5                                          | 11                                         | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 16       | Maharashtra         | 283                                        | 81                                         | 0                                          | 17                                         | 94                                         | 91                                         | 0                                          |
| 17       | Manipur             | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 18       | Meghalaya           | 32                                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | 32                                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 19       | Mizoram             | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 20       | Nagaland            | 30                                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | 30                                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 21       | Odisha              | 3051                                       | 105                                        | 0                                          | 2566                                       | 380                                        | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 22       | Puducherry          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 23       | Punjab              | 3600                                       | 304                                        | 720                                        | 275                                        | 14                                         | 148                                        | 2139                                       |
| 24       | Rajasthan           | 19893                                      | 6159                                       | 0                                          | 5                                          | 12655                                      | 1074                                       | 0                                          |
| 25       | Sikkim              | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu          | 198                                        | 0                                          | 0                                          | 176                                        | 22                                         | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 27       | Telangana           | 1350                                       | 987                                        | 0                                          | 36                                         | 182                                        | 145                                        | 0                                          |
| 28       | Tripura             | 2542                                       | 0                                          | 0                                          | 2542                                       | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh       | 1379                                       | 179                                        | 748                                        | 362                                        | 80                                         | 10                                         | 0                                          |
| 30       | Uttarakhand         | 16                                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | 13                                         | 0                                          | 3                                          | 0                                          |
| 31       | West Bengal         | 18812                                      | 1336                                       | 10928                                      | 5792                                       | 483                                        | 0                                          | 273                                        |
|          | Total               | 72700                                      | 12568                                      | 17910                                      | 23817                                      | 14132                                      | 1850                                       | 2420                                       |

Annexure referredto in reply to part (a) & (b)  of Unstarred Question No. 1626 to be answered in Lok Sabhaon 2 8.12.2017 regarding ' Ground Water Contamination '

State - wise financial support provided during the last three years and current year (as on 15 Dec 2017) for providing safe drinking wat to rural population under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP)

|        |                     | 2014- 15       | 2014- 15       | 2014- 15       | 2014- 15       | 2015- 16     | 2015- 16       | 2015- 16       | 2015- 16      | 2016- 17     | 2016- 17       | 2016- 17      | 2016- 17      | (Rs. in crores)   | (Rs. in crores)          | (Rs. in crores)    | (Rs. in crores)   |
|--------|---------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
| S. No. | State /UT           | OB             | Allocation     | Release        | Exp.           | OB           | Allocation     | Release        | Exp.          | OB           | Allocation     | Release       | Exp.          | OB                | 2017- 18 ason Allocation | 15.12.2017 Release | Exp.              |
| 1      | ANDAMAN and NICOBAR | 0.28           | 0.86           | 0.81           | 0.43           | 0.67         | 0.38           | 0.16           | 0             | 0.83         | 0.45           | 0.22          | 0             | 1.05              | 0.30                     | 0                  | 0                 |
| 2      | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 82.74          | 372.43         | 377.78         | 427.08         | 33.44        | 156.69         | 170.05         | 190.6         | 12.88        | 181.01         | 204           | 157.38        | 59.51             | 165.68                   | 119.85             | 130.99            |
| 3      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 25.77          | 87.21          | 109.83         | 119.5          | 16.09        | 58.08          | 65.4           | 66.23         | 15.26        | 100.89         | 110.84        | 113.71        | 12.4              | 88.78                    | 58.4               | 4.07              |
| 4      | ASSAM               | 92.7           | 501.1          | 585.32         | 586.88         | 92.64        | 268.26         | 284.11         | 216.2         | 160.83       | 398.37         | 348.06        | 206.61        | 309.59            | 325.02                   | 158.8              | 138.15            |
| 5      | BIHAR               | 259.33         | 441.07         | 399.11         | 381.9          | 276.54       | 229.6          | 202.73         | 295.38        | 183.89       | 313.22         | 373.81        | 473.29        | 84.97             | 249.95                   | 215.28             | 120.03            |
| 6      | CHATTISGARH         | 31.56          | 159.08         | 150.74         | 173.08         | 12.05        | 63.69          | 60.83          | 64.64         | 8.24         | 70.65          | 84.28         | 65.66         | 26.86             | 72.74                    | 31.23              | 36.9              |
| 7      | GOA                 | 3.73           | 4.61           | 0              | 0              | 3.73         | 2.08           | 1.66           | 0             | 5.39         | 2.44           | 1.19          | 3.35          | 3.23              | 1.67                     | 0                  | 0                 |
| 8      | GUJARAT             | 134.24         | 509.48         | 405.58         | 491.44         | 48.38        | 240.13         | 238.91         | 274.78        | 12.5         | 281.14         | 278.5         | 265.16        | 25.84             | 225.51                   | 107.06             | 132.49            |
| 9      | HARYANA             | 13.96          | 218.09         | 277.98         | 228.82         | 63.13        | 97.65          | 122.65         | 150.74        | 35.19        | 114.53         | 111.53        | 116.42        | 30.3              | 94.85                    | 51.83              | 52.11             |
| 10     | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 45.27          | 131.84         | 120.89         | 120.18         | 45.97        | 65.2           | 64.38          | 69.88         | 12.82        | 69.65          | 83.31         | 66.04         | 30.09             | 76.74                    | 31.22              | 49.73             |
| 11     | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 59.11          | 461.33         | 474.41         | 458.03         | 75.49        | 199.4          | 192.12         | 222.16        | 45.44        | 232.88         | 225.14        | 219.94        | 57.87             | 241.98                   | 87.74              | 89.1              |
| 12     | JHARKHAND           | 102.26         | 169.86         | 175.18         | 206.88         | 89.26        | 126.85         | 132.09         | 133.7         | 99.65        | 115.77         | 131.74        | 157.89        | 80.62             | 92.47                    | 90.09              | 94.85             |
| 13     | KARNATAKA           | 237.76         | 623.2          | 563.91         | 622.37         | 179.31       | 307.62         | 278.08         | 366.68        | 90.71        | 359.38         | 343.72        | 341.33        | 93.1              | 279.69                   | 123.58             | 77.28             |
| 14     | KERALA              | 40.87          | 115.59         | 124.1          | 131.86         | 33.11        | 52.78          | 48.05          | 64.45         | 16.71        | 62.35          | 75.22         | 74.21         | 17.72             | 70.00                    | 47.8               | 24.78             |
| 15     | MADHYA PRADESH      | 133.97         | 397.18         | 440.18         | 399.94         | 174.76       | 181.76         | 193.73         | 381.15        | 16.15        | 213.61         | 232.26        | 212.48        | 35.92             | 201.68                   | 86.71              | 75.25             |
| 16     | MAHARASHTRA         | 587.39         | 780.06         | 748.23         | 901.96         | 433.66       | 344.16         | 330.88         | 584           | 180.69       | 412.33         | 404.45        | 412.32        | 172.82            | 397.47                   | 161.08             | 105.16            |
| 17     | MANIPUR             | 27.09          | 90.35          | 88.54          | 92.25          | 23.38        | 28.98          | 27.92          | 43.44         | 7.87         | 41.83          | 40.61         | 18.87         | 29.61             | 37.24                    | 15.66              | 41.94             |
| 18     | MEGHALAYA           | 22.89          | 59.61          | 69.5           | 81.02          | 11.6         | 30.52          | 31.24          | 30.92         | 12.14        | 42.02          | 40.42         | 49.29         | 3.39              | 48.15                    | 34.27              | 18.85             |
| 19     | MIZORAM             | 35.09          | 42.43          | 34.5           | 39.81          | 30.99        | 17.71          | 17.32          | 23.16         | 25.15        | 25.33          | 24.49         | 24.82         | 24.83             | 25.92                    | 10.91              | 8.65              |
| 20     | NAGALAND            | 12.38          | 108.19         | 101.44         | 86.45          | 27.37        | 39.27          | 38.53          | 61.9          | 4.25         | 37.93          | 36.84         | 40.2          | 0.89              | 27.10                    | 12.81              | 13                |
| 21     | ODISHA              | 106.02         | 205.69         | 230.67         | 272.83         | 78.88        | 96.9           | 103.19         | 165.25        | 16.82        | 114.9          | 134.96        | 100.59        | 53.47             | 120.17                   | 44.98              | 27.94             |
| 22     | PUDUCHERRY          | 0.94           | 1.62           | 0              | 0              | 0.98         | 0.74           | 0              | 0             | 0.98         | 0.86           | 0.29          | 0             | 1.27              | 0.62                     | 0                  | 0                 |
| 23     | PUNJAB              | 14.94          | 93.88          | 97.38          | 90.23          | 22.1         | 39.77          | 42.79          | 36.57         | 28.31        | 46.02          | 51.89         | 53.56         | 26.64             | 68.47                    | 17.97              | 28.76             |
| 24     | RAJASTHAN           | 199.22         | 1194.46        | 1304.64        | 1386.79        | 117.07       | 547.17         | 526.75         | 480.21        | 163.61       | 1073.52        | 1072.92       | 681.21        | 555.31 558.08     |                          | 261.84             | 400.07            |
| 25     | SIKKIM              | 2.47           | 30.38          | 31.7           | 32.03          | 0.98         | 10.64          | 12.05          | 12.49         | 0.54         | 14.77          | 19.42         | 16.51         | 3.45              | 9.14                     | 2.91               | 6.43              |
| 26     | TAMIL NADU          | 44.97          | 367.36         | 382.46         | 432.39         | 5.48         | 169.5          | 182.35         | 164.85        | 27.49        | 157.6          | 174.68        | 188.98        | 14.35             | 144.50                   | 101.77             | 62.88             |
| 27     | TELANGANA           | 0              | 200.65         | 212.24         | 189.25         | 22.99        | 88.77          | 97.71          | 106.42        | 14.52        | 115.97         | 133.09        | 111.89        | 35.71             | 114.85                   | 422.41             | 386.8             |
| 28     | TRIPURA             | 3.4            | 62.06          | 68.31          | 64.81          | 8.18         | 28.07          | 31.68          | 39.97         | 0.8          | 39.48          | 43.73         | 38.73         | 6.54              | 43.65                    | 13.69              | 20.13             |
| 29     | UTTAR PRADESH       | 485.61         | 1006.43        | 1073.22        | 1146.18        | 412.65       | 477.69         | 490.31         | 690.46        | 272.38       |                |               | 639.54        | 257.82            | 397.81                   | 234.14             | 342.63            |
| 30     | UTTARAKHAND         | 124.32         |                |                | 138.05         |              | 63.57          |                |               |              | 651.58         | 621.95        |               | 52.66             | 82.93                    |                    |                   |
| 31     |                     |                | 135.01         | 111.48         |                | 97.76        |                | 60.06          | 99.79         | 63.75        | 90.88          | 88.19         | 99.95         |                   |                          | 58.81              | 55.92             |
|        | WEST BENGAL Total   | 143.68 3073.96 | 436.53 9007.64 | 431.09 9191.22 | 480.72 9783.16 | 96.94 2535.6 | 199.68 4233.31 | 216.85 4264.58 | 288.75 5324.8 | 25.49 1561.3 | 423.39 5804.75 | 440.15 5931.9 | 444.86 5394.8 | 20.78 2128.61     | 274.23 4537.39           | 337.05 2939.89     | 198.38 2743.3     |

OB  Opening Balance