Lok Sabha Question No. 4155 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-18
Subject: States Lacking Safe Drinking Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4155 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2019

## States Lacking Safe Drinking Water

## †4155. SHRIMATI RANJAN BEN DHANANJAY BHATT:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  there  are  many  such  States  in  the  country  which  lack  safe  drinking water; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FORJAL SHAKTI (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

(a) & (b) Water is a State subject. Under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), Department  of Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation,  Ministry  of  Jal  Shakti provides technical& financial assistance to the States to improve the coverage of safe drinking water in rural areas. Coverage of safe drinking water is maintained in terms of Fully Covered (FC) Habitations (i.e. getting more than 40 liters per capita per day (lpcd), Partially Covered (PC) (i.e. getting less than 40 lpcd) and Quality Affected (QA) habitation (i.e. containing chemical contamination).As per information furnished by the States on Integrated Management Information System (IMIS), the State/ UT wise details of FC, PC and QA habitations as on 14.07.2019 are at Annexure .

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| S.No.                                                                                        | State                                                                                        | Total No of Habitations                                                                      | No of Fully Covered Habitations                                                              | No of Partially Covered Habitations                                                          | No of Quality Affected Habitations                                                           |
|                                                                                              | Total                                                                                        | 17,25,808                                                                                    | 13,98,331                                                                                    | 2,69,441                                                                                     | 58,036                                                                                       |
| 1                                                                                            | ANDAMAN and NICOBAR                                                                          | 400                                                                                          | 324                                                                                          | 76                                                                                           | 0                                                                                            |
| 2                                                                                            | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                               | 48,895                                                                                       | 34,673                                                                                       | 13,749                                                                                       | 473                                                                                          |
| 3                                                                                            | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                            | 7,525                                                                                        | 3,303                                                                                        | 4,195                                                                                        | 27                                                                                           |
| 4                                                                                            | ASSAM                                                                                        | 88,076                                                                                       | 55,171                                                                                       | 23,137                                                                                       | 9,768                                                                                        |
| 5                                                                                            | BIHAR                                                                                        | 1,10,218                                                                                     | 70,982                                                                                       | 35,427                                                                                       | 3,809                                                                                        |
| 6                                                                                            | CHATTISGARH                                                                                  | 74,753                                                                                       | 72,775                                                                                       | 1,466                                                                                        | 512                                                                                          |
| 7                                                                                            | GOA                                                                                          | 347                                                                                          | 345                                                                                          | 2                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 8                                                                                            | GUJARAT                                                                                      | 35,996                                                                                       | 35,996                                                                                       | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            |
| 9                                                                                            | HARYANA                                                                                      | 7,655                                                                                        | 7,305                                                                                        | 263                                                                                          | 87                                                                                           |
| 10                                                                                           | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                             | 54,469                                                                                       | 42,583                                                                                       | 11,886                                                                                       | 0                                                                                            |
| 11                                                                                           | JAMMUAND KASHMIR                                                                             | 15,778                                                                                       | 9,481                                                                                        | 6,286                                                                                        | 11                                                                                           |
| 12                                                                                           | JHARKHAND                                                                                    | 1,20,591                                                                                     | 1,19,724                                                                                     | 334                                                                                          | 533                                                                                          |
| 13                                                                                           | KARNATAKA                                                                                    | 59,774                                                                                       | 34,342                                                                                       | 24,980                                                                                       | 452                                                                                          |
| 14                                                                                           | KERALA                                                                                       | 21,520                                                                                       | 6,144                                                                                        | 15,049                                                                                       | 327                                                                                          |
| 15                                                                                           | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                               | 1,28,231                                                                                     | 1,28,076                                                                                     | 2                                                                                            | 153                                                                                          |
| 16                                                                                           | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                  | 99,641                                                                                       | 84,748                                                                                       | 14,718                                                                                       | 175                                                                                          |
| 17                                                                                           | MANIPUR                                                                                      | 2,976                                                                                        | 2,050                                                                                        | 926                                                                                          | 0                                                                                            |
| 18                                                                                           | MEGHALAYA                                                                                    | 10,470                                                                                       | 4,124                                                                                        | 6,339                                                                                        | 7                                                                                            |
| 19                                                                                           | MIZORAM                                                                                      | 720                                                                                          | 490                                                                                          | 230                                                                                          | 0                                                                                            |
| 20                                                                                           | NAGALAND                                                                                     | 1,450                                                                                        | 742                                                                                          | 708                                                                                          | 0                                                                                            |
| 21                                                                                           | ODISHA                                                                                       | 1,57,013                                                                                     | 1,54,461                                                                                     | 131                                                                                          | 2,421                                                                                        |
| 22                                                                                           | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                   | 266                                                                                          | 153                                                                                          | 113                                                                                          | 0                                                                                            |
| 23                                                                                           | PUNJAB                                                                                       | 15,190                                                                                       | 10,406                                                                                       | 1,516                                                                                        | 3,268                                                                                        |
| 24                                                                                           | RAJASTHAN                                                                                    | 1,21,526                                                                                     | 61,641                                                                                       | 42,539                                                                                       | 17,346                                                                                       |
| 25                                                                                           | SIKKIM                                                                                       | 2,337                                                                                        | 861                                                                                          | 1,476                                                                                        | 0                                                                                            |
| 26                                                                                           | TAMIL NADU                                                                                   | 1,00,014                                                                                     | 96,796                                                                                       | 3,218                                                                                        | 0                                                                                            |
| 27                                                                                           | TELANGANA                                                                                    | 24,597                                                                                       | 15,405                                                                                       | 8,848                                                                                        | 344                                                                                          |
| 28                                                                                           | TRIPURA                                                                                      | 8,723                                                                                        | 4,992                                                                                        | 1,332                                                                                        | 2,399                                                                                        |
| 29                                                                                           | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                | 2,60,018                                                                                     | 2,56,865                                                                                     | 1,950                                                                                        | 1,203                                                                                        |
| 30                                                                                           | UTTARAKHAND                                                                                  | 39,311                                                                                       | 23,156                                                                                       | 16,146                                                                                       | 9                                                                                            |
| 31                                                                                           | WEST BENGAL                                                                                  | 1,07,328                                                                                     | 60,217                                                                                       | 32,399                                                                                       | 14,712                                                                                       |
|                                                                                              | Total                                                                                        | 17,25,808                                                                                    | 13,98,331                                                                                    | 2,69,441                                                                                     | 58,036                                                                                       |
|                                                                                              | Percentage                                                                                   |                                                                                              | 81.02                                                                                        | 15.61                                                                                        | 3.36                                                                                         |

(Source: IMIS, DDWS)