Lok Sabha Question No. 5252 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-25
Subject: Water Testing Laboratories
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5252 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2019

## Water Testing Laboratories

## † 5252.  SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  contemplating  on  a  proposal  to  set  up  water  testing laboratory in each district of the country particularly of backward areas;

(b) if so, the details thereof with special reference to backward and rural areas;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  to  set  up  water  testing laboratory in each district from some States during the last three years;

(d) if so, the details thereof with special reference to backward and rural areas; and

(e) the steps taken or being taken by the Government in this regard?

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

(a) to (e) Rural Drinking water supply is a State subject. For improving the coverage of safedrinking  water  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 State Governmentswho  plan,  design,  approve,  execute,  operate  &  maintain  Water  Quality TestingLaboratory(WQTL) for ensuring safe drinking water to rural population.

Under the Centrally Sponsored National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP)guidelines,  upto  5%  of  NRDWP  coverage  funds  can  be  used  by  states  for Water QualityMonitoring and Surveillance(WQM&S) activities which inter-alia includes setting  up  of  andupgrading  existing  Water  Quality  Laboratories  at  various  levels, providing chemicals andconsumables to laboratories etc as per guidelines.

State-wise  number  of  drinking  water  testing  laboratories  as  reported  by  the  states inIntegrated  Management  Information  System  (IMIS)  of  this  Ministry,  is  placed  at Annexure.

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Annexure

## Statement referred in the Reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5252 due for reply on 25/07/2019

State-wise number of drinking water testing laboratories as reported by the states in Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of this Ministry

|   S.No. | State             |   State Labs (without mobile labs) |   District Labs (without mobile labs) |   Block Labs (without mobile labs) |   SubDivision Labs (without mobile labs) |   Mobile Labs (State/ District/ Block/ Sub- division Level) |   Total Labs (State/ District/ Block/ Sub- division Level) |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman& Nicobar  |                                  1 |                                     0 |                                  0 |                                        0 |                                                           2 |                                                          3 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                  1 |                                    32 |                                  0 |                                       74 |                                                           0 |                                                        107 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                  1 |                                    16 |                                  0 |                                       31 |                                                           1 |                                                         49 |
|       4 | Assam             |                                  1 |                                    29 |                                  0 |                                       54 |                                                          23 |                                                        107 |
|       5 | Bihar             |                                  1 |                                    41 |                                  0 |                                        1 |                                                           0 |                                                         43 |
|       6 | Chhattisgarh      |                                  1 |                                    27 |                                  1 |                                       24 |                                                          18 |                                                         71 |
|       7 | Goa               |                                  1 |                                     0 |                                  1 |                                        9 |                                                           0 |                                                         11 |
|       8 | Gujarat           |                                  1 |                                    32 |                                 49 |                                        0 |                                                           6 |                                                         88 |
|       9 | Haryana           |                                  1 |                                    21 |                                  0 |                                       22 |                                                           0 |                                                         44 |
|      10 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                  1 |                                    14 |                                  0 |                                       30 |                                                           0 |                                                         45 |
|      11 | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                  0 |                                    22 |                                  4 |                                       76 |                                                           0 |                                                        102 |
|      12 | Jharkhand         |                                  1 |                                    26 |                                  1 |                                        7 |                                                           5 |                                                         40 |
|      13 | Karnataka         |                                  1 |                                    30 |                                  0 |                                      100 |                                                           0 |                                                        131 |
|      14 | Kerala            |                                  1 |                                    14 |                                  0 |                                       37 |                                                           0 |                                                         52 |
|      15 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                  1 |                                    51 |                                  3 |                                      106 |                                                           0 |                                                        161 |
|      16 | Maharashtra       |                                  1 |                                    65 |                                  2 |                                      142 |                                                           0 |                                                        210 |
|      17 | Manipur           |                                  1 |                                     9 |                                  0 |                                        2 |                                                           0 |                                                         12 |
|      18 | Meghalaya         |                                  1 |                                     7 |                                  0 |                                       25 |                                                           0 |                                                         33 |
|      19 | Mizoram           |                                  1 |                                     8 |                                  0 |                                       18 |                                                           0 |                                                         27 |
|      20 | Nagaland          |                                  0 |                                    11 |                                  0 |                                        1 |                                                           2 |                                                         14 |
|      21 | Odisha            |                                  1 |                                    32 |                                  0 |                                       44 |                                                           0 |                                                         77 |
|      22 | Puducherry        |                                  0 |                                     2 |                                  0 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |                                                          2 |
|      23 | Punjab            |                                  2 |                                    22 |                                  8 |                                        0 |                                                           1 |                                                         33 |
|      24 | Rajasthan         |                                  1 |                                    32 |                                165 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |                                                        198 |
|      25 | Sikkim            |                                  0 |                                     2 |                                  0 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |                                                          2 |
|      26 | Tamil Nadu        |                                  1 |                                    34 |                                  0 |                                       55 |                                                           0 |                                                         90 |
|      27 | Telangana         |                                  1 |                                    19 |                                  0 |                                       56 |                                                           0 |                                                         76 |
|      28 | Tripura           |                                  1 |                                     8 |                                  7 |                                        6 |                                                           0 |                                                         22 |
|      29 | Uttar Pradesh     |                                  1 |                                    76 |                                  3 |                                        3 |                                                           1 |                                                         84 |
|      30 | Uttarakhand       |                                  1 |                                    29 |                                  1 |                                       14 |                                                           0 |                                                         45 |
|      31 | West Bengal       |                                  1 |                                    20 |                                  0 |                                      198 |                                                           0 |                                                        219 |

Source: IMIS, DDWS