Lok Sabha Question No. 309 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-19
Subject: Non-Availability of Water in Toilets
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: RAM CHARITRA

## Government of India

## Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 309 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19-07-2018

Non-Availability of Water in Toilets

## 309. SHRI RAM CHARITRANISHAD:

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

- (a)  the  percentage  of  toilets  constructed  under  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  which  remain unutilized due to non-availability of water, State-wise;
- (b) whether the people in rural areas prefer open defecation despite having toilets and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to address the said issues?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FORMINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

(SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

- (a)   to (c)   87.79% of rural households in the country have access to toiletsas on 17.7.2018. A recent independent survey found that 93.2% of households with access to toilets used them. State/UT-wise details of percentage of persons using the toilets is annexed.

Annexure. Statement referred in part (a) of the reply to LokSabha Un-starred Question No.309

due for reply on 19-07-2018 State/UT-wise, percentage of persons using toilets for the households having toilets

| S.N.   | State/UT Name            |   Percentage of persons using toilets |
|--------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                                  98.4 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh           |                                  96.3 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                  97.5 |
| 4      | Assam                    |                                  99.7 |
| 5      | Bihar                    |                                  95.8 |
| 6      | Chattisgarh              |                                  97   |
| 7      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                                  99.6 |
| 8      | Goa                      |                                  99.9 |
| 9      | Gujarat                  |                                  97.5 |
| 10     | Haryana                  |                                  99.5 |
| 11     | Himanchal Pradesh        |                                  99.9 |
| 12     | Jammu &Kashmir           |                                  93.6 |
| 13     | Jharkhand                |                                  92.2 |
| 14     | Karnataka                |                                  94.4 |
| 15     | Kerela                   |                                 100   |
| 16     | Madhya Pradesh           |                                  92.9 |
| 17     | Mahrashtra               |                                  96.9 |
| 18     | Manipur                  |                                 100   |
| 19     | Meghalaya                |                                  99.7 |
| 20     | Mizoram `                |                                 100   |
| 21     | Nagaland                 |                                  99.8 |
| 22     | Odisha                   |                                  85.4 |
| 23     | Puducheery               |                                  78.4 |
| 24     | Punjab                   |                                  98.6 |
| 25     | Rajasthan                |                                  94.3 |
| 26     | Sikkim                   |                                 100   |
| 27     | Tamil Nadu               |                                  71.4 |
| 28     | Telangana                |                                  95.4 |
| 29     | Tripura                  |                                  99.6 |
| 30     | Uttar Pradesh            |                                  87.9 |
| 31     | Uttarakhand              |                                  99.6 |
| 32     | West Bengal              |                                  94.1 |
|        | India                    |                                  93.2 |