Lok Sabha Question No. 5380 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-25
Subject: Safe Drinking Water on Permanent Basis
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ravi Kishan Shukla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5380 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2019

## Safe Drinking Water on Permanent Basis

## † 5380. SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  scheme  to  provide  safe  drinking  water  on permanent basis in the country; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether the Government has identified the areas with polluted water in the country and if so, the details thereof; (d) whether the Government has taken any action for purity and supply of safe drinking water in various States including Uttar Pradesh and fixed any time-limit in this regard; (e) if so, the details thereof; and (f) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

(a) & (b) Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti administers centrally sponsored National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) through which the department provides technical and financial assistance to states for improving coverage of drinking water in rural areas.

In  addition,  as  announced  in  the  Union  Budget  Speech  2019-20,  it  has  been envisaged to ensure piped water supply to all rural households by 2024 under the Jal Jeevan Mission. This Mission, under the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, will focus on integrated demand and supply side management of water at the local level, including  creation  of  local infrastructure  for  source sustainability  like  rainwater harvesting, groundwater recharge and management of household wastewater for reuse in agriculture.

(c)  Yes  Sir,  as  reported  by  States  in  the  Integrated  Management  Information  System (IMIS) of this Ministry, the State-wise and Contamination-wise details of water quality affected rural habitations are placed at Annexure .

(d) to (f) Drinking water supply is a State subject. For improving the coverage of safe drinkingwater to rural population, this Ministry supplements the efforts of the States byproviding them  with  technical and financial assistance through the centrally sponsoredscheme  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP).  It  is  the StateGovernments who plan, design, approve, execute, operate & maintain the schemes forproviding safe drinking water to rural population.The funds provided to the States under NRDWP can be utilized for taking up schemes in water quality affected areas on priority including fluoride affected areas.

During March 2016, with the recommendation of NITI Aayog, an amount of Rs. 1000 crores was released to various Arsenic & Fluoride affected States/UTs for installation of Communitywater purification plants. An amount of Rs. 13.39 Cr. was provided to Uttar Pradesh.

In  addition to this, this Ministry had launched theNational Water Quality Sub-Mission (NWQSM) on 22 nd March 2017 under NRDWPtoprovide safe drinking water to 27,544 Arsenic  /  Fluoride  affected rural  habitationsinthecountry.  An  amount of  Rs. 49.95  Cr. has been released to Uttar Pradesh so far.

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## Annexure

## Statement referred in the Reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5380 due for reply on 25/07/2019

## State-wise and Contamination-wise details of water quality affected rural habitations

| S.No.   | State             | Contamination WiseNumber Of Rural Habitations   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Rural Habitations   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Rural Habitations   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Rural Habitations   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Rural Habitations   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Rural Habitations   | Total   |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|---------|
| S.No.   | State             | Fluoride                                        | Arsenic                                         | Iron                                            | Salinity                                        | Nitrate                                         | Heavy Metal                                     | Total   |
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0       |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    | 429                                             | 0                                               | 1                                               | 38                                              | 4                                               | 0                                               | 472     |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                               | 0                                               | 27                                              | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 27      |
| 4       | Assam             | 256                                             | 4293                                            | 5212                                            | 0                                               | 0                                               | 7                                               | 9768    |
| 5       | Bihar             | 705                                             | 804                                             | 2300                                            | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 3809    |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      | 281                                             | 0                                               | 227                                             | 0                                               | 4                                               | 0                                               | 512     |
| 7       | Goa               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0       |
| 8       | Gujarat           | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0       |
| 9       | Haryana           | 87                                              | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 87      |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0       |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 4                                               | 0                                               | 7                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 11      |
| 12      | Jharkhand         | 197                                             | 19                                              | 317                                             | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 533     |
| 13      | Karnataka         | 262                                             | 2                                               | 32                                              | 15                                              | 140                                             | 1                                               | 452     |
| 14      | Kerala            | 32                                              | 0                                               | 182                                             | 81                                              | 32                                              | 0                                               | 327     |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    | 143                                             | 0                                               | 0                                               | 10                                              | 0                                               | 0                                               | 153     |
| 16      | Maharashtra       | 53                                              | 0                                               | 14                                              | 42                                              | 66                                              | 0                                               | 175     |
| 17      | Manipur           | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0       |
| 18      | Meghalaya         | 0                                               | 0                                               | 7                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 7       |
| 19      | Mizoram           | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0       |
| 20      | Nagaland          | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0       |
| 21      | Odisha            | 92                                              | 0                                               | 2111                                            | 218                                             | 0                                               | 0                                               | 2421    |
| 22      | Puducherry        | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0       |
| 23      | Punjab            | 330                                             | 660                                             | 233                                             | 15                                              | 131                                             | 1898                                            | 3267    |
| 24      | Rajasthan         | 4177                                            | 0                                               | 5                                               | 12242                                           | 922                                             | 0                                               | 17346   |
| 25      | Sikkim            | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0       |
| 26      | Tamil Nadu        | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0       |
| 27      | Telangana         | 0                                               | 0                                               | 35                                              | 174                                             | 135                                             | 0                                               | 344     |
| 28      | Tripura           | 0                                               | 0                                               | 2399                                            | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 2399    |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh     | 119                                             | 650                                             | 346                                             | 79                                              | 9                                               | 0                                               | 1203    |
| 30      | Uttarakhand       | 0                                               | 0                                               | 7                                               | 0                                               | 2                                               | 0                                               | 9       |
| 31 West | Bengal            | 1359                                            | 7544                                            | 5126                                            | 428                                             | 0                                               | 255                                             | 14712   |
| Total   | Total             | 8526                                            | 13972                                           | 18588                                           | 13342                                           | 1445                                            | 2161                                            | 58034   |

Source: IMIS, DDWS