Lok Sabha Question No. 4104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-18
Subject: Ground Water Pollution
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan

†4104. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the areas where ground water is excessively polluted and it is affecting people;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to adopt any strategy to deal with it;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether budget has been allocated for this propose in Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) generates ground water quality data of the country on a regional scale as part of its ground water quality monitoring program. State - wise details of contamination of ground water are given at Annexure.

The rural drinking w ater supply is a State subject. State Governments plan, design, execute  and  operate  &  maintain  the  schemes  for  providing  safe  drinking  water  to  rural However,  Department  of  Drinking  Water &  Sanitation Ministry  of  Jal  Shakti provides  te chnical  and financial assistance to States under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) for im the coverage of safe drinking water in rural areas. The details of funds released to var including Rajasthan under National Rural Drinking Water Programme during the last three years areas below:

| Financial Year   |   Fund Released to all States (in Rs. Crores) |   Fund Released to Rajasthan (in Rs. |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 2016- 17         |                                       5875.16 |                              1072.92 |
| 2017- 18         |                                       6968.15 |                               714.24 |
| 2018- 19         |                                       5466.24 |                               655.41 |

Further, The  Department  of  Drinking  Water &  Sanitation  had  launched  the  National  Water Quality sub - mission (NWQSM) on 22 nd March 2017 under NRDWP to provide safe drinking water to 27544 arsenic and fluoride affected rural habitations in a span of 4 yrs subject to a vailability of funds.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4104

ANSWERED ON 1 8.0 7.2019

## GROUND WATER POLLUTI ON

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part s (a)to  (d) of  Unstarred  Q uestionNo. † 4104  to  be answered in Lok Sabha on 18.07.2019  regarding 'Ground Water Pollution'

## 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 Conductivit y)   | Fluorid e (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)                    | Cadmiu m (above 0.003 mg/l)             | Chromi um (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                                          |                                           |                                         |                                           |
|          | Odisha            |                                                                           |                                              |                                            |                                         |                                            |                                           |                                         |                                           |
| 21       |                   | 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                                          |                                         |                                            |                                           |                                         |                                           |
|          | Total             | Parts of 249 districts 18 states & UTs                                    | in Parts of370 district s in 23 states & UTs | Parts of 423 district s in 23 states & UTs | Parts of 152 districts in 21 states UTs | Parts of 341 district s in 27 states & UTs | Pb in parts of 92 district s in 14 states | Cd in parts of 24 districts in 9 states | Cr in parts o f 29distri cts in 10 states |

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