Lok Sabha Question No. 1076 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Chemical Contamination of Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Deepak Baij

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1076

ANSWERED ON 2 7.06.2019

## CHEMICAL CONTAMINATI ON OF WATER

## †1076. SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of arsenic and other chemicals found in water as per the data of the Centra Board, State - wise;
- (b) the funds spent under various heads and items by the Government during th  last five years to provide clean drinking water to people; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government during the said period to increase the availability of in Bastar and adjoining districts of Chhattisgarh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

- (a) State - wise details of areas affected by Arsenic and other contaminants viz. Salinity, Fluoride, Nitrate, Lead,  Cadmium  and  Chromium  in  ground  water,  as  per  data  available  with  CGWB  are  give Annexure.
- (b)  &  (c) The  rural  drinking  water  supply  is  a  State  subject.  It  is  the  State  Governments design, approve, execute and operate & maintain the schemes for providing safe drinking water population.  However,  Department  of  Drinking  Water &  Sanitation Ministry  of  Jal  Shakti provides technical and financial assistance to States under National Rural Drinking Water Programme(NRDWP) for improving the coverage of safe drinking water in rural areas. The details of funds rele States/UTs under National Rural Drinking Water Programme during the last five years is as bel

| Financial Year   |   Fund Release d (in Rs. Crores) |
|------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2014- 15         |                          9007.64 |
| 2015- 16         |                          4206.99 |
| 2016- 17         |                          5875.16 |
| 2017- 18         |                          6968.15 |
| 2018- 19         |                          5466.24 |

The Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation had launched the National Water Quali Mission (NWQSM) on 22 nd March 2017 under NRDWP to provide safe drinking water to 27544 arsen and  fluoride  affected  rural  habitations  in a span  of  4  yrs  subject  to  availability  of  funds.  75  f affected habitations of Chhattisgarh State have been considered under NWQSM.

To deal with arsenic and fluoride contamination, with the recommendation of National I Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, Government of India had released Rs.1,000 c rore in March 2016 to affected  S tates  for  commissioning  of  Community  Wat er  Purification  Plants(CWPPs)  and  last  mil connectivity of piped water supply schemes.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Unstarred Question No. †1076 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 27.06.2019 regarding ' Chemical Contaminationof Water '

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

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