Lok Sabha Question No. 1717 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-28
Subject: Contamination of Ground Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Nusrat Jahan Ruhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1717

ANSWERED ON 2 8.11 .2019

## CONTAMINATION OF GRO UND WATER

## 1717. SHRIMATI NUSRAT JAHAN RUHI

W ill the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of presence of arsenic and other chemical substances in water as per the Ground Water Board, State - wise;

(b) the quantum of funds spent during the last three years by th e Government to ensure availability of pur potable water to the people, head - wise; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government during this period to enhance the availability of pot the Basirhat and its adjacent districts of West Bengal?

## ANSW ER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

( a) Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) generates ground water quality data on a regional scal various  scientific  studies  and  ground  water  quality  monitoring  throughout  the  country.  T indicate the occurrence of Fluoride, Arsenic, Nitrate, Iron and Heavy Metals beyond the BIS permissible limits in isolated pockets in various parts of the country. State - wise details of contamination of ground water are given at Annexure I.

(b) &(c) Rural drinking water supply is a State subject and Government of India supplements of  States  by  providing  financial  and  technical  assistance  to  provide  potable  water  to  ru through  the  centrally  sponsored  scheme  Jal  Jeevan  Mis sion  (JJM).  Powers  to  plan,  approve,  and implement rural drinking water supply schemes are vested with States. The funds provided t under JJM can be utilized for taking up schemes in water quality affected areas on priority.

In March 2016, Rs . 1,000 Crore was released to various Arsenic & Fluoride affected Sta installation of community water purification plants and commissioning of piped water supply s amount of Rs. 236.98 Crore was released to State of West Bengal.

Further, in March 2017, National Water Quality Sub - Mission (NWQSM) was launched as a part of National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), which has now been subsumed under Jal Jee Mission, to provide safe drinking water to Arsenic/ Fluoride af fected rural habitations in the Country. amount ofRs. 1305.7 crore was released to State of West Bengal. The year - wise releases and expenditure incurred by the states under NWQSM is as under:

(Rs. in Crore)

| S. No.   | Financial Year   | Release   |   Expenditure |
|----------|------------------|-----------|---------------|
| 1        | 2016- 17         | 814.13    |        384.36 |
| 2        | 2017- 18         | 2011.55   |        934.57 |
| 3        | 2018- 19         | 864.66    |        665.94 |
| 4        | 2019- 20         | -         |        214.41 |
| Total    | Total            | 3690.34   |       2199.3  |

The State - wise details of central expenditure incurred including West Bengal during last three years under NRDWP is givenat Annexure - II .

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Annexure referred  to in reply to part (a) of Unstarred Question No. 1717 to be answered Sabha on 28.11.2019 regarding ' Contamination of groundwater '.

## States Wise Number of Partly Affected Districts with different Contaminants in Ground Water o India

| S. No.   | State/ UT         | Salinity (EC above 3000 micro mhos/ cm) (EC: Electrical Conductivity)   | Fluoride (above 1.5 mg/l)              | Nitrate (above 45 mg/l)                      | Arsenic (above 0.01 mg/l)                 | Iron (above 1mg/l)                     | Lead (above 0.01 mg/l)                   | Cadmium (above 0.003 mg/l)     | Chromium (above 0.05 mg/l)        |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 12                                                                      | 12                                     | 13                                           | 3                                         | 7                                      |                                          |                                |                                   |
| 2        | Telangana         | 8                                                                       | 10                                     | 10                                           | 1                                         | 8                                      | 2                                        | 1                              | 1                                 |
| 3        | Assam             |                                                                         | 9                                      |                                              | 19                                        | 18                                     |                                          |                                |                                   |
| 4        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                                         |                                        |                                              |                                           | 4                                      |                                          |                                |                                   |
| 5        | Bihar             |                                                                         | 13                                     | 10                                           | 22                                        | 19                                     |                                          |                                |                                   |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      | 1                                                                       | 19                                     | 12                                           | 1                                         | 17                                     | 1                                        | 1                              | 1                                 |
| 7        | Delhi             | 7                                                                       | 7                                      | 8                                            | 2                                         |                                        | 3                                        | 1                              | 4                                 |
| 8        | Goa               |                                                                         |                                        |                                              |                                           | 2                                      |                                          |                                |                                   |
| 9        | Gujarat           | 21                                                                      | 22                                     | 24                                           | 12                                        | 10                                     |                                          |                                |                                   |
| 10       | Haryana           | 18                                                                      | 21                                     | 21                                           | 15                                        | 17                                     | 17                                       | 7                              | 1                                 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                                         |                                        | 6                                            | 1                                         |                                        |                                          |                                |                                   |
| 12       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                                         | 2                                      | 6                                            | 3                                         | 9                                      | 3                                        | 1                              |                                   |
| 13       | Jharkhand         |                                                                         | 12                                     | 11                                           | 2                                         | 6                                      | 1                                        |                                |                                   |
| 14       | Karnataka         | 29                                                                      | 30                                     | 29                                           | 2                                         | 22                                     |                                          |                                |                                   |
| 15       | Kerala            | 4                                                                       | 5                                      | 11                                           |                                           | 14                                     | 2                                        |                                | 1                                 |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh    | 18                                                                      | 43                                     | 51                                           | 8                                         | 41                                     | 16                                       |                                |                                   |
| 17       | Maharashtra       | 25                                                                      | 17                                     | 30                                           |                                           | 20                                     | 19                                       |                                |                                   |
| 18       | Manipur           |                                                                         | 1                                      |                                              | 2                                         | 4                                      |                                          |                                |                                   |
| 19       | Meghalaya         |                                                                         | 1                                      |                                              |                                           | 6                                      |                                          |                                |                                   |
| 20       | Nagaland          |                                                                         | 1                                      |                                              |                                           | 1                                      |                                          |                                |                                   |
| 21       | Odisha            | 17                                                                      | 26                                     | 28                                           | 1                                         | 30                                     |                                          |                                | 1                                 |
| 22       | Punjab            | 10                                                                      | 19                                     | 21                                           | 10                                        | 9                                      | 6                                        | 8                              | 10                                |
| 23       | Rajasthan         | 30                                                                      | 33                                     | 33                                           | 1                                         | 33                                     | 3                                        |                                |                                   |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 28                                                                      | 25                                     | 29                                           | 9                                         | 2                                      | 3                                        | 1                              | 5                                 |
| 25       | Tripura           |                                                                         |                                        |                                              |                                           | 4                                      |                                          |                                |                                   |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     | 13                                                                      | 34                                     | 59                                           | 28                                        | 15                                     | 10                                       | 2                              | 3                                 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       |                                                                         |                                        | 4                                            |                                           | 5                                      |                                          |                                |                                   |
| 28       | West Bengal       | 6                                                                       | 8                                      | 5                                            | 9                                         | 16                                     | 6                                        | 2                              | 2                                 |
| 29       | Andaman& Nicobar  | 1                                                                       |                                        |                                              |                                           | 2                                      |                                          |                                |                                   |
| 30       | Daman & Diu       | 1                                                                       |                                        | 1                                            | 1                                         |                                        |                                          |                                |                                   |
| 31       | Puducherry        |                                                                         |                                        | 1                                            |                                           |                                        |                                          |                                |                                   |
|          | Total             | Parts of 249 districts in 18 states & UTs                               | Parts of 370 districts 23 states & UTs | in Parts of 423 districts in 23 states & UTs | Parts of 152 districts in 21 states & UTs | Parts of 341 districts 27 states & UTs | in Pb in parts of 92 districts 14 states | in Cd in 24 districts 9 states | in Cr in 29districts in 10 states |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) & (c) of Unstarred Question No. 1717 to be answe in Lok Sabha on 28.11.2019 regarding ' Contamination of groundwater '.

State - wise details of central expenditure incurred during last three years under NRDWP

(Amount in Rs Crore)

|   S. No. | State             |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |    157.38 |    267.03 |    186.28 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |     95.71 |     62.93 |     97.21 |
|        3 | Assam             |    203.09 |    387.2  |    336.25 |
|        4 | Bihar             |    470.96 |    216.1  |    148.48 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh      |     65.66 |     49.89 |     43.41 |
|        6 | Goa               |      3.35 |      1.83 |      3.07 |
|        7 | Gujarat           |    265.16 |    315.14 |    223.42 |
|        8 | Haryana           |    114.2  |     87.34 |     94.48 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh  |     64.73 |    129.42 |     85.43 |
|       10 | Jammu & Kashmir   |    219.94 |    344.86 |    251.88 |
|       11 | Jharkhand         |    157.89 |    171.47 |    136.73 |
|       12 | Karnataka         |    339.83 |    272.77 |    433.95 |
|       13 | Kerala            |     74.21 |     95.53 |     84.62 |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh    |    212.48 |    163.35 |    250.43 |
|       15 | Maharashtra       |    412.32 |    187.84 |    258.4  |
|       16 | Manipur           |     18.87 |     68.3  |     65.11 |
|       17 | Meghalaya         |     50    |     87.43 |     48.71 |
|       18 | Mizoram           |     24.82 |     25.93 |     46.46 |
|       19 | Nagaland          |     36.2  |     18.77 |     17.36 |
|       20 | Odisha            |    100.14 |     93.48 |    172.45 |
|       21 | Punjab            |     53.56 |    103.64 |    112.78 |
|       22 | Rajasthan         |    681.21 |    728.81 |    878.48 |
|       23 | Sikkim            |     15.21 |     11.6  |     21.06 |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu        |    175.08 |    191.4  |    168.92 |
|       25 | Telangana         |    111.89 |    592.47 |    420.9  |
|       26 | Tripura           |     38.73 |     42.77 |     53.88 |
|       27 | Uttar Pradesh     |    639.54 |    616.77 |    755.08 |
|       28 | Uttarakhand       |     99.69 |    138.2  |     91.85 |
|       29 | West Bengal       |    423.68 |    599.45 |    547.47 |

Source: IMIS, DDWS

Note: Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Puducherry have not updated Central Expenditure in IMIS during said year

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