Lok Sabha Question No. 2016 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Fluoride Affected Rural Habitations
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Gaddam Ranjith Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2016 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.09.2020

## FLUORIDE AFFECTED RURAL HABITATIONS

## 2016. DR. G. RANJITH REDDY:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)   whether  it  is  true that as per the Integrated Management Information System, one hundred sixty seven rural habitations have been identified as Fluoride affected in Mahaboobnagar district of Telangana in 2012-13;

(b)  if so, the details of such habitations;

- (c)   the steps taken by the Union Government to make these habitations Fluoride-free; and.

(d)  the  details  of  technical  and  financial  assistance  provided  to  the  State  Government  to  deal with the above problem?

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

(a) & (b) As reported by State Government then on Integrated Management Information System, the  details  of  Fluoride-affected  habitations  as  on  01/04/2013  in  Mahaboobnagar  district  is annexed.

(c)  &  (d)  Government  of  India  supplements  the  efforts  of  States  by  providing  technical  and financial  assistance  through  centrally  sponsored  scheme  namely  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM) (erstwhile  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP).  States  have  been  advised  to utilise  central  fund  released  for  taking  up  water  supply  schemes  in  quality-affected  areas including Fluoride-affected habitations,on priority. The programme fund released to State from 2014-15 to 2019-20 to provide safe water is as under:

| Year    |   Amount Relesaed (Rs. in Crore) |
|---------|----------------------------------|
| 2014-15 |                           194.07 |
| 2015-16 |                            88.93 |

| 2016-17   |   110.96 |
|-----------|----------|
| 2017-18   |   155.96 |
| 2018-19   |   123.18 |
| 2019-20   |   105.52 |

In  2020-21,  allocation  of  funds  under  JJM  to  Telangana  is  Rs  412.19  crore,  out  of  which  Rs. 82.71 crore has been released.

In March 2017, National Water Quality Sub-Mission (NWQSM) was launched (now subsumed under  JJM),  with  the  aim  to  provide  safe  drinking  water  to  27,544  Arsenic/  Fluoride  affected habitations in the country. An amount of Rs. 700.23 crore has been released to Telangana State under NWQSM.

In  March  2016,  with  the  recommendation  of  NITI  Aayog,  Rs  1,000  Crore  was  released  to Arsenic  &  Fluoride  affected  States  for  installation  of  community  water  purification  plants  and commissioning  of  piped  water  supply  schemes,  out  of  which  Rs.  94.58  crore  was  released  to Telangana State.

As reported by State Government, potable drinking water has been made available in all qualityaffected habitations, including those affected with Fluoride contamination.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2016 due for reply on 22.09.2020

Details of Fluoride-affected habitations in Mahaboobnagar District, Telangana (erstwhile Andhra Pradesh) as on 01.04.2013

| S. No.   | Block       | No. of Habitations   | S. No.   | Block          |   No. of Habitations |
|----------|-------------|----------------------|----------|----------------|----------------------|
| 1.       | Achampet    | 3                    | 26.      | Kosgi          |                    3 |
| 2.       | Addakal     | 1                    | 27.      | Kothakota      |                    3 |
| 3.       | Alampur     | 1                    | 28.      | Kothur         |                    6 |
| 4.       | Amrabad     | 6                    | 29.      | Lingal         |                    4 |
| 5.       | Atmakur     | 5                    | 30.      | Maddur         |                    1 |
| 6.       | Balangar    | 2                    | 31.      | Maganoor       |                    5 |
| 7.       | Balmoor     | 5                    | 32.      | Mahabubnagar   |                    1 |
| 8.       | Bijinepally | 3                    | 33.      | Makthal        |                    2 |
| 9.       | Bomraspet   | 11                   | 34.      | Maldakal       |                    7 |
| 10.      | Boothpur    | 1                    | 35.      | Manopad        |                    3 |
| 11.      | Cc Kunta    | 7                    | 36.      | Midjil         |                    3 |
| 12.      | Damargidda  | 2                    | 37.      | Nagarkurnool   |                    1 |
| 13.      | Devarkadra  | 1                    | 38.      | Narva          |                    2 |
| 14.      | Dharur      | 5                    | 39.      | Nawabpet       |                    3 |
| 15.      | Gadwal      | 3                    | 40.      | Pangal         |                    6 |
| 16.      | Ghanpur     | 1                    | 41.      | Pebbair        |                    3 |
| 17.      | Gopalpet    | 3                    | 42.      | Peddamandadi   |                    2 |
| 18.      | Ieez        | 4                    | 43.      | Talakondapally |                    2 |
| 19.      | Itikyal     | 6                    | 44.      | Telkapally     |                    8 |
| 20.      | Jadcherla   | 2                    | 45.      | Thimmajipet    |                    4 |
| 21.      | Kalwakurthy | 2                    | 46.      | Uppununthala   |                    5 |
| 22.      | Kodair      | 1                    | 47.      | Utkoor         |                    1 |
| 23.      | Kodangal    | 1                    | 48.      | Vangoor        |                    5 |
| 24.      | Koilkonda   | 1                    | 49.      | Veldanda       |                    8 |
| 25.      | Kollapur    | 9                    | 50.      | Wanaparthy     |                    1 |
| Total    | Total       | Total                | Total    | Total          |                  175 |

Source: IMIS, DWS