Lok Sabha Question No. 2011 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Fluoride Mitigation Centers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Pratima Mondal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2011 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.09.2020

## FLUORIDE MITIGATION CENTERS

## 2011.  SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government proposes to set up Fluoride  Mitigation Centres  in the country including West Bengal;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the funds allocated for the purpose;
- (c) the time by which these centres are likely to be started; and
- (d) the percentage of population suffering from fluorosis, State-wise?

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

- (a) to (c) The  Government  has  decided  to  set  up  National  Centre  for  Drinking  Water, Sanitation  and  Quality  (NCDWSQ)  at  Kolkata  at  a  capital  outlay  of  Rs.  96.21  crore.  The construction  of  building  and  campus  development  of  the  Centre  has  been  taken  up  and  is nearing  completion.  The  mandate  of  the  Centre inter  alia includes  the  issue  of  Fluoride mitigation.
- (d)  As  reported  by  the  State/  UTs,  as on  18.09.2020, there  are  5,443  rural  habitations  with 43.28 lakh population, having Fluoride contamination  in drinking water sources. The Statewise list of Fluoride-affected habitations with population as on date is provided at Annex-I . Prolonged consumption of excess Fluoride through various sources,  may  lead to Fluorosis. To provide safe water to every rural household through tap water connections by 2024, Jal Jeevan  Mission-Har  Ghar  Jal  is  under  implementation  in  partnerships  with  States,  at  an estimated outlay of Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore.

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## Annex-I referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2011 due for reply on 22.09.2020

## State-wise number of rural habitations and population therein,having Fluoride contamination in local drinking water sources

(as on 18.09.2020)

| S.No.   | State          | Number of habitations   | Population   |
|---------|----------------|-------------------------|--------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh | 111                     | 56,831       |
| 2.      | Assam          | 33                      | 15,935       |
| 3.      | Bihar          | 861                     | 9,45,883     |
| 4.      | Chhattisgarh   | 154                     | 54,828       |
| 5.      | Haryana        | 33                      | 52,455       |
| 6.      | Jammu &Kashmir | 2                       | 6,816        |
| 7.      | Jharkhand      | 81                      | 41,599       |
| 8.      | Karnataka      | 176                     | 1,66,485     |
| 9.      | Kerala         | 15                      | 27,454       |
| 10.     | Madhya Pradesh | 276                     | 2,59,645     |
| 11.     | Maharashtra    | 29                      | 30,310       |
| 12.     | Odisha         | 69                      | 23,253       |
| 13.     | Punjab         | 211                     | 2,76,698     |
| 14.     | Rajasthan      | 2,930                   | 20,30,291    |
| 15.     | Tamil Nadu     | 236                     | 1,17,582     |
| 16.     | Uttar Pradesh  | 72                      | 1,12,512     |
| 17.     | West Bengal    | 154                     | 1,09,844     |
|         | Total          | 5,443                   | 43,28,421    |