Lok Sabha Question No. 838 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-17
Subject: Areas Affected by Arsenic and Fluoride in DrinkingWater
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Girish Bhalchandra Bapat

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 838 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.09.2020

## AREAS AFFECTED BY ARSENIC AND FLUORIDE IN DRINKING WATER

## 838. SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)     the number of habitations affected by Arsenic and Fluoride in drinking water as on 1st March, 2015 and 1st August, 2020 in the country, State-wise;
- (b)    the details of habitations covered for piped drinking water supply under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) till date, State-wise; and
- (c)     the details of funds allocated, released and utilised under NRDWP during the last year and the current year, till date, State-wise?

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

- (a) As reported by States, details of habitations having Arsenic and Fluoride-affected drinking water sources is at Annex-I .
- (b) As  reported  by  States,  details  of  habitations  having  piped  water  supply  systems  is  at Annex-II.
- (c) NRDWP has been subsumed into Jal Jeevan Mission-Har Ghar Jal, which aims to provide tap water connection to every rural household by 2024. State-wise details of fund allocated, released and reported utilisation under Jal Jeevan Mission during 2019-20 and 2020-21 is at Annex-III .

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Annex-I referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 838 due for reply on 17.09.2020

## State-wise details of habitations having Arsenic and Fluoride-affected drinking water sources

| S. No.   | State Name     | As on 01.04.2015                     | As on 01.04.2015                      | As on 01.08.2020                     | As on 01.08.2020                      |
|----------|----------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|          |                | No. of Arsenic- affected Habitations | No. of Fluoride- affected Habitations | No. of Arsenic- affected Habitations | No. of Fluoride- affected Habitations |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh | 0                                    | 402                                   | 0                                    | 111                                   |
| 2.       | Assam          | 290                                  | 112                                   | 2,006                                | 34                                    |
| 3.       | Bihar          | 66                                   | 498                                   | 405                                  | 861                                   |
| 4.       | Chhattisgarh   | 0                                    | 78                                    | 0                                    | 154                                   |
| 5.       | Gujarat        | 0                                    | 6                                     | 0                                    | 0                                     |
| 6.       | Haryana        | 0                                    | 10                                    | 0                                    | 33                                    |
| 7.       | Jammu &Kashmir | 0                                    | 1                                     | 0                                    | 2                                     |
| 8.       | Jharkhand      | 0                                    | 10                                    | 2                                    | 81                                    |
| 9.       | Karnataka      | 9                                    | 1,225                                 | 0                                    | 177                                   |
| 10.      | Kerala         | 0                                    | 95                                    | 0                                    | 15                                    |
| 11.      | Madhya Pradesh | 0                                    | 405                                   | 0                                    | 280                                   |
| 12.      | Maharashtra    | 0                                    | 191                                   | 0                                    | 30                                    |
| 13.      | Odisha         | 0                                    | 252                                   | 0                                    | 69                                    |
| 14.      | Punjab         | 178                                  | 257                                   | 616                                  | 211                                   |
| 15.      | Rajasthan      | 0                                    | 7,056                                 | 0                                    | 3,095                                 |
| 16.      | Tamil Nadu     | 0                                    | 0                                     | 0                                    | 236                                   |
| 17.      | Telangana      | 0                                    | 967                                   | 0                                    | 0                                     |
| 18.      | Uttar Pradesh  | 39                                   | 145                                   | 164                                  | 72                                    |
| 19.      | Uttarakhand    | 0                                    | 2                                     | 0                                    | 0                                     |
| 20.      | West Bengal    | 1,218                                | 1,015                                 | 1,395                                | 171                                   |

[Source: IMIS, DDWS]

## Annex-II referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 838 due for reply on 17.09.2020

## State-wise details of habitations having piped water supply(PWS)

[As on 13.09.2020]

|   S. No. | State Name        | Number of habitations having PWS   |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar  | 263                                |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 40,672                             |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3,917                              |
|        4 | Assam             | 37,538                             |
|        5 | Bihar             | 26,119                             |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh      | 23,969                             |
|        7 | Goa               | 378                                |
|        8 | Gujarat           | 33,346                             |
|        9 | Haryana           | 7,372                              |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh  | 52,987                             |
|       11 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 14,664                             |
|       12 | Jharkhand         | 28,978                             |
|       13 | Karnataka         | 48,916                             |
|       14 | Kerala            | 14,736                             |
|       15 | Ladakh            | 1,046                              |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh    | 27,114                             |
|       17 | Maharashtra       | 69,283                             |
|       18 | Manipur           | 2,725                              |
|       19 | Meghalaya         | 5,625                              |
|       20 | Mizoram           | 677                                |
|       21 | Nagaland          | 1,350                              |
|       22 | Odisha            | 47,692                             |
|       23 | Puducherry        | 270                                |
|       24 | Punjab            | 14,065                             |
|       25 | Rajasthan         | 45,446                             |
|       26 | Sikkim            | 2,069                              |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu        | 77,615                             |
|       28 | Telangana         | 23,962                             |
|       29 | Tripura           | 7,275                              |
|       30 | Uttar Pradesh     | 32,451                             |
|       31 | Uttarakhand       | 36,944                             |
|       32 | West Bengal       | 54,679                             |

[Source: IMIS, DDWS]

## Annex-III referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 838 due for reply on 17.09.2020

State-wise details of fund allocated, released and utilized under JJM (As on 13.09.2020 )

(Amount Rs. in Crore)

| S. No.   | State/UT          | 2019-20         | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21         | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| S. No.   | State/UT          | Opening Balance | Allocated | Released  | Utilized  | Opening Balance | Allocated | Released  | Utilized  |
| 1.       | A&NIslands        | 0               | 1.78      | 0.5       | 0         | 0.5             | 2.93      | 0         | 0         |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 25.74           | 372.64    | 372.64    | 121.62    | 276.76          | 790.48    | 0         | 32.71     |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 6.22            | 132.55    | 177.47    | 126.14    | 57.56           | 254.85    | 63.71     | 20.32     |
| 4.       | Assam             | 359.35          | 694.95    | 442.36    | 358.87    | 452.45          | 1408.51   | 323.62    | 72.19     |
| 5.       | Bihar             | 313.16          | 787.31    | 417.35    | 473.33    | 257.18          | 1839.16   | 350.42    | 189.78    |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh      | 31.58           | 208.04    | 65.82     | 39.23     | 58.17           | 445.52    | 111.38    | 57.24     |
| 7.       | Goa               | 0               | 7.57      | 3.08      | 3.08      | 0               | 12.41     | 3.1       | 0         |
| 8.       | Gujarat           | 0               | 390.31    | 390.31    | 384.61    | 5.7             | 883.08    | 220.77    | 143.78    |
| 9.       | Haryana           | 10.13           | 149.95    | 149.95    | 69.29     | 90.8            | 289.52    | 59.29     | 72.2      |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 0               | 148.67    | 205.83    | 197.87    | 7.95            | 326.2     | 163.1     | 147.52    |
| 11.      | Jammu & Kashmir   | 27.14           | 322.03    | 322.03    | 200.25    | 148.92          | 681.77    | 53.72     | 1.55      |
| 12.      | Jharkhand         | 75.79           | 267.69    | 291.19    | 114.58    | 268.39          | 572.24    | 62.34     | 107.88    |
| 13.      | Karnataka         | 26.61           | 546.06    | 546.06    | 492.24    | 80.42           | 1189.4    | 296.29    | 34.87     |
| 14.      | Kerala            | 2.58            | 248.76    | 101.29    | 62.69     | 41.18           | 404.24    | 72.16     | 19.47     |
| 15.      | Ladakh            | 8.1             | 166.65    | 67.86     | 0         | 75.96           | 352.09    | 0         | 0.78      |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 1.26            | 571.6     | 571.6     | 326.65    | 246.21          | 1280.13   | 132.24    | 77.21     |
| 17.      | Maharashtra       | 248.12          | 847.97    | 345.28    | 308.04    | 285.35          | 1828.92   | 457.23    | 267.34    |
| 18.      | Manipur           | 0               | 67.69     | 91.17     | 28.2      | 62.96           | 131.8     | 2.58      | 60.77     |
| 19.      | Meghalaya         | 0.8             | 86.02     | 43.01     | 26.35     | 17.46           | 174.92    | 43.73     | 13.99     |
| 20.      | Mizoram           | 0.14            | 39.87     | 68.05     | 37.41     | 30.77           | 79.3      | 19.83     | 13.47     |
| 21.      | Nagaland          | 0               | 56.49     | 56.49     | 23.54     | 34.9            | 114.09    | 28.52     | 30.37     |
| 22.      | Odisha            | 0.78            | 364.74    | 364.74    | 275.02    | 90.5            | 812.15    | 149.02    | 133.43    |
| 23.      | Puducherry        | 1.27            | 2.5       | 0         | 0.97      | 0.3             | 4.64      | 0         | 0.2       |
| 24.      | Punjab            | 102.91          | 227.46    | 227.46    | 73.27     | 257.1           | 362.79    | 0         | 27.19     |
| 25.      | Rajasthan         | 313.67          | 1301.71   | 1301.71   | 620.31    | 995.07          | 2522.03   | 129.81    | 197.51    |
| 26.      | Sikkim            | 0.84            | 15.41     | 26.15     | 14.71     | 12.3            | 31.36     | 7.84      | 3.41      |
| 27.      | Tamil Nadu        | 1.49            | 373.87    | 373.1     | 114.58    | 264.09          | 921.99    | 2.46      | 0         |
| 28.      | Telangana         | 4.48            | 259.14    | 105.52    | 88.33     | 31.1            | 412.19    | 82.71     | 35.01     |
| 29.      | Tripura           | 48.94           | 107.64    | 145.37    | 59.45     | 136.46          | 156.61    | 17.74     | 20.48     |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 58.33           | 1206.28   | 1513.14   | 639.32    | 932.16          | 2550.94   | 50.8      | 403.37    |
| 31.      | Uttarakhand       | 6.12            | 170.53    | 170.53    | 110.04    | 66.6            | 362.58    | 41.1      | 17.72     |
| 32.      | West Bengal       | 760.82          | 995.33    | 994.75    | 609       | 1,146.58        | 1,614.18  | 0         | 270.67    |

[Source: IMIS, DDWS]