Lok Sabha Question No. 264 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-19
Subject: Piped Water Supply
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: JAYADEV GALLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.264 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2018

## Piped Water Supply

## 264. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that his Ministryhas undertaken and completed 400 pipedwater supply (multi village schemes) andmore than 30,000 piped water supply(single village schemes) schemes in AndhraPradesh during the last five years;
- (b) if so, the details of villages coveredunder multi village schemes and singlevillage schemes separately, district-wise;and
- (c) the efforts being made to cover theleft out villages in the State?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

- (a) & (b) Rural drinking water supply is a state subject. This Ministry provides financial and technical assistance to States for coverage of rural drinking water supply through National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP). It is the State Government who plan, design, approve, execute and operate & maintain the schemes for providing safe drinking  water  to  rural  population.  As  reported  by  State  Government  of  Andhra Pradesh,  574  multi  village  piped  water  supply  schemes  (MVS)  and  35241  single village  piped  water  supply  schemes  (SVS)  have  been  taken  up  and  completed.  The district wise details and villages covered are as follows:-

|     |               | MVS   | MVS              | SVS   | SVS   | SVS   | SVS              | Total villages            |
|-----|---------------|-------|------------------|-------|-------|-------|------------------|---------------------------|
| SNO | District      | CPWS  | Villages covered | PWS   | MPWS  | Total | Villages covered | covered through MVS + SVS |
| 1   | SRIKAKULAM    | 38    | 974              | 908   | 206   | 1114  | 810              | 1784                      |
| 2   | VIZIANAGARAM  | 32    | 980              | 1145  | 572   | 1717  | 1056             | 2036                      |
| 3   | VISAKHAPATNAM | 42    | 452              | 2073  | 1498  | 3571  | 2530             | 2982                      |
| 4   | EAST GODAVARI | 57    | 1757             | 1697  | 553   | 2250  | 1212             | 2969                      |
| 5   | WEST GODAVARI | 34    | 793              | 2008  | 530   | 2538  | 1436             | 2229                      |
| 6   | KRISHNA       | 40    | 800              | 1388  | 181   | 1569  | 1596             | 2396                      |
| 7   | GUNTUR        | 79    | 573              | 760   | 480   | 1240  | 850              | 1423                      |
| 8   | PRAKASAM      | 53    | 1064             | 1047  | 990   | 2037  | 954              | 2018                      |
| 9   | NELLORE       | 40    | 651              | 1443  | 1111  | 2554  | 1786             | 2437                      |
| 10  | CHITTOOR      | 6     | 338              | 6390  | 433   | 6823  | 6579             | 6917                      |

| 11    | KADAPA    |   25 |   1052 |   1602 |   903 |   2505 |   1633 |   2685 |
|-------|-----------|------|--------|--------|-------|--------|--------|--------|
| 12    | ANANTAPUR |   67 |   2131 |   4143 |   363 |   4506 |    970 |   3101 |
| 13    | KURNOOL   |   61 |    634 |   1933 |   884 |   2817 |    771 |   1405 |
| Total | Total     |  574 |  12199 |  26537 |  8704 |  35241 |  22183 |  34382 |

***certain villages are covered through both MVS and SVS and 22183 villages are covered through only SVSs.

*Comprehensive Protected Water Supply **Mini Protected Water Supply

- (c)There are 48,692 habitations (villages) in the State. So far 34,382 habitations have been covered though piped water supply schemes through MVS/SVS. The State Government is  planning  to  provide  70  litres  per  capita  per  day  (LPCD)  service  level  with  100% household  connections  for  all  habitations  through  sustainable  surface  /  ground  water sources on annuity mode and banks assistance. Accordingly Andhra Pradesh Drinking Water Supply Corporation has been formed and Survey and preparation of DPRs are under process.