Lok Sabha Question No. 791 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: National Water Quality Sub-mission
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 791 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019

## National Water Quality Sub-mission

## 791. SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA: SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

- Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state: (a) whether  the  Government  have  launched  a  National  Water  Quality  Submission aimed at providing the safe drinking water to the habitats affected by Arsenic and Fluoride; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether  any  time-frame  has  been  fixed  to  provide  safe  drinking  water  to  all  the habitats affected by Arsenic and Fluoride; and (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

(a) to  (d)  The  Ministry  of Drinking  Water  had  launched  National  Water  Quality  SubMission (NWQSM) on 22 nd  March, 2017 to provide safe drinking water to 27,544 arsenic  /  fluoride  affected  rural  habitations,  in  a  span  of  4  years,  subject  to availability of funds. The National Water Quality Sub-Mission has been formulated based on the number of habitations affected by arsenic / fluoride as reported by the States in Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as on 18 th  August, 2016. State-wise number of habitations affected by arsenic and fluoride considered under NWQSM is at Annexure.

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Annexure: referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 791 due for reply on 07/02/2019 Number of habitations affected by arsenic and fluoride as reported by the states in Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as on 18 th August, 2016.

Fluoride

| S. No.   | State          | Arsenic (>0.01 mg/L)   | Fluoride (>1.5 mg/L)   |
|----------|----------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH | -                      | 421                    |
| 2        | ASSAM          | 3,726                  | 155                    |
| 3        | BIHAR          | 1,077                  | 1,043                  |
| 4        | CHATTISGARH    | -                      | 75                     |
| 5        | HARYANA        | 45                     | 200                    |
| 6        | JHARKHAND      | 130                    | 998                    |
| 7        | KARNATAKA      | 21                     | 1,038                  |
| 8        | KERALA         | -                      | 73                     |
| 9        | MADHYA PRADESH | -                      | 136                    |
| 10       | MAHARASHTRA    | -                      | 100                    |
| 11       | ODISHA         | -                      | 65                     |
| 12       | PUNJAB         | 492                    | 285                    |
| 13       | RAJASTHAN      | -                      | 6,849                  |
| 14       | TELANGANA      | -                      | 1,041                  |
| 15       | UTTAR PRADESH  | 262                    | 200                    |
| 16       | WEST BENGAL    | 8,066                  | 1,046                  |
| Total    | Total          | 13,819                 | 13,725                 |