Lok Sabha Question No. 2971 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-11
Subject: Poisonous Ground-Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2971 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.07.2019

## Poisonous Ground Water

## † 2971. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  the  names  of  districts  of  Uttar  Pradesh  where  people  are  suffering  from  various ailments due to the use of poisonous ground water;

(b)  the  details  of  arsenic  and  other  poisonous  substances  found  in  water  of  such districts along with the details of the arrangements made to provide safe drinking water to these areas;

(c) the details of the programmes implemented by the Government in Uttar Pradesh to deal with the potable water crisis; and

(d) the number of districts benefited from such programmes along with the details of the target fixed for future?

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

(a)  to  (b):  As  per  the  information  entered by the  State  Government in  the  Integrated Management Information System(IMIS) of this Department, the District wise number of various quality affected rural habitations in Uttar Pradesh is placed at Annexure I.

Drinking water supply is a State subject. For improving  the  coverage of safe drinkingwater to rural population, this Ministry supplements the efforts of the States byproviding them  with  technical and financial assistance through the centrally sponsoredscheme  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP).  It  is  the StateGovernments who plan, design, approve, execute, operate & maintain the schemes forproviding safe drinking water to rural population.

During  March  2016,  with  the  recommendation  of  NITI  Aayog,  an  amount  of  Rs. 1000Crores  was  released  to  various  Arsenic  &  Fluoride  affected  States/UTs  for installation of

Communitywater purification plants.Out of which Rs. 13.39 Cr. was provided to Uttar Pradesh State.

In  addition  to  this,  the  Ministry  had  launchedNational  Water  Quality  Sub-Mission (NWQSM) on 22 nd March 2017 under NRDWPtoprovide safe drinking water to 27,544 arsenic / fluoride affected rural habitationsinthecountry. An amount Rs. 49.95 Cr. has been released to Uttar Pradesh.

Apart from above State can utilize NRDWP coverage funds for providing safe drinking water in Arsenic/Fluoride affected habitations.

(c)&(d)  According  to  the  Govt.  Of  Uttar  Pradesh,  following  programmesare  being implemented in the State  to deal with the potable water:

- i. National Rural Drinking water supply Programme.
- ii. State Rural Drinking water supply Programme.
- iii. Bundelkhand Package
- iv. Border Area Development programme.
- v. PardhanMantri Jan VikasKaryakram.

According to the State Government, all the 75 district of the state are benefitted from the above programme.

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## Annexure I referred in the Statement referred in the Reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2971 due for reply on 11/07/2019

The district wise number of various quality affected rural habitations in Uttar Pradesh as on 08-Jul-2019

| S.No.   | District            | Contamination Wise Number Of Habitations   | Contamination Wise Number Of Habitations   | Contamination Wise Number Of Habitations   | Contamination Wise Number Of Habitations   | Contamination Wise Number Of Habitations   | Contamination Wise Number Of Habitations   | Contamination Wise Number Of Habitations   |
|---------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | District            | Total                                      | Fluoride                                   | Arsenic                                    | Iron                                       | Salinity                                   | Nitrate                                    | Heavy Metal                                |
| 1       | Agra                | 8                                          | 6                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 2                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 2       | Aligarh             | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 3       | Allahabad           | 45                                         | 3                                          | 0                                          | 36                                         | 0                                          | 6                                          | 0                                          |
| 4       | Ambedkar Nagar      | 1                                          | 1                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 5       | Amethi              | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 6       | Auraiya             | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 7       | Azamgarh            | 7                                          | 5                                          | 2                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 8       | Baghpat             | 3                                          | 3                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 9       | Bahraich            | 701                                        | 0                                          | 500                                        | 201                                        | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 10      | Ballia              | 90                                         | 2                                          | 88                                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 11      | Balrampur           | 103                                        | 0                                          | 1                                          | 102                                        | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 12      | Banda               | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 13      | Barabanki           | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 14      | Bareilly            | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 15      | Basti               | 9                                          | 2                                          | 7                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 16      | Bijnor              | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 17      | Budaun              | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 18      | Bulandshahr         | 13                                         | 6                                          | 0                                          | 4                                          | 0                                          | 3                                          | 0                                          |
| 19      | Chandauli           | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 20      | Chitrakoot          | 2                                          | 2                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 21      | Deoria              | 6                                          | 1                                          | 5                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 22      | Etah                | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 23      | Etawah              | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 24      | Faizabad            | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 25      | Farrukhabad         | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 26      | Fatehpur            | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 27      | Firozabad           | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 28      | Gautam Buddha Nagar | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 29      | Ghaziabad           | 1                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 1                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 30      | Ghazipur            | 17                                         | 17                                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 31      | Gonda               | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 32      | Gorakhpur           | 6                                          | 1                                          | 4                                          | 1                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 33      | Hamirpur            | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 34      | Hapur               | 2                                          | 1                                          | 0                                          | 1                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 35      | Hardoi              | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 36      | Jalaun              | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 37      | Jaunpur             | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 38      | Jhansi              | 2                                          | 2                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 39      | JyotibaPhoole Nagar | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 40      | Kannauj             | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |
| 41      | Kanpur Dehat        | 4                                          | 4                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          | 0                                          |

| 42   | Kanpur Nagar      |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|------|-------------------|------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 43   | Kasganj           |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 44   | Kaushambi         |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 45   | Kheri             |   18 |   3 |  15 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 46   | Kushi Nagar       |   17 |   0 |  17 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 47   | Lalitpur          |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 48   | Lucknow           |    1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 49   | Mahamaya Nagar    |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 50   | Maharajganj       |    3 |   0 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 51   | Mahoba            |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 52   | Mainpuri          |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 53   | Mathura           |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 54   | Mau               |    1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 55   | Meerut            |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 56   | Mirzapur          |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 57   | Moradabad         |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 58   | Muzaffarnagar     |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 59   | Pilibhit          |    2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 60   | Pratapgarh        |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 61   | Rae Bareli        |   77 |   0 |   0 |   0 |  77 |   0 |   0 |
| 62   | Rampur            |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 63   | Saharanpur        |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 64   | Sambhal           |    1 |   0 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 65   | SantKabeer Nagar  |    2 |   0 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 66   | SantRavidas Nagar |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 67   | Shahjahanpur      |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 68   | Shamli            |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 69   | Shravasti         |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 70   | Nagar             |    2 |   0 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 71   | Sitapur           |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 72   | Sonbhadra         |   58 |  57 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 73   | Sultanpur         |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 74   | Unnao             |    0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 75   | Varanasi          |    1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|      | Total             | 1203 | 119 | 650 | 346 |  79 |   9 |   0 |

Source: IMIS, DDWS