Lok Sabha Question No. 5333 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-25
Subject: Areas facing Drinking Water Crisis
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5333 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2019

## Areas facing Drinking Water Crisis

## †5333. SHRIMATI RANJAN BEN DHANANJAY BHATT:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  there  are  several  places  in  every  State  of  the  country  which  are  facing problem of pure drinking water as on date;

(b) if so, whether the Government proposes to take any steps to obtain information in this regard;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) to (d) Rural Drinking water supply is a State subject. For improving the coverage of safe  drinking  water  to  rural  population,  this  Ministry  supplements  the  efforts  of  the States by providing them with technical and financial assistance through the centrally sponsored scheme National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP). It is the State Governments  who  plan,  design,  approve,  execute,  operate  &  maintain  Water  Quality Testing Laboratory (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 Quality Monitoring and Surveillance (WQM&S) activities which inter-alia includes water quality testing at different levels as per guidelines.

As reported by States in the Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of this Ministry, the State-wise and Contamination-wise details of water quality affected rural habitations are placed at Annexure .

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Annexure

Statement referred in the Reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5333 due for reply on 25/07/2019

State-wise and Contamination-wise details of water quality affected rural habitations

| S.No.   | State             | Contamination WiseNumber Of Habitations   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Habitations   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Habitations   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Habitations   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Habitations   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Habitations   | Total   |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|---------|
| S.No.   | State             | Fluoride                                  | Arsenic                                   | Iron                                      | Salinity                                  | Nitrate                                   | Heavy Metal                               | Total   |
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar  | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0       |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    | 429                                       | 0                                         | 1                                         | 38                                        | 4                                         | 0                                         | 472     |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                         | 0                                         | 27                                        | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 27      |
| 4       | Assam             | 256                                       | 4293                                      | 5212                                      | 0                                         | 0                                         | 7                                         | 9768    |
| 5       | Bihar             | 705                                       | 804                                       | 2300                                      | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 3809    |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      | 281                                       | 0                                         | 227                                       | 0                                         | 4                                         | 0                                         | 512     |
| 7       | Goa               | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0       |
| 8       | Gujarat           | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0       |
| 9       | Haryana           | 87                                        | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 87      |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0       |
| 11      | Jammu &Kashmir    | 4                                         | 0                                         | 7                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 11      |
| 12      | Jharkhand         | 197                                       | 19                                        | 317                                       | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 533     |
| 13      | Karnataka         | 262                                       | 2                                         | 32                                        | 15                                        | 140                                       | 1                                         | 452     |
| 14      | Kerala            | 32                                        | 0                                         | 182                                       | 81                                        | 32                                        | 0                                         | 327     |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    | 143                                       | 0                                         | 0                                         | 10                                        | 0                                         | 0                                         | 153     |
| 16      | Maharashtra       | 53                                        | 0                                         | 14                                        | 42                                        | 66                                        | 0                                         | 175     |
| 17      | Manipur           | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0       |
| 18      | Meghalaya         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 7                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 7       |
| 19      | Mizoram           | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0       |
| 20      | Nagaland          | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0       |
| 21      | Odisha            | 92                                        | 0                                         | 2111                                      | 218                                       | 0                                         | 0                                         | 2421    |
| 22      | Puducherry        | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0       |
| 23      | Punjab            | 330                                       | 660                                       | 233                                       | 15                                        | 131                                       | 1898                                      | 3267    |
| 24      | Rajasthan         | 4177                                      | 0                                         | 5                                         | 12242                                     | 922                                       | 0                                         | 17346   |
| 25      | Sikkim            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0       |
| 26      | Tamil Nadu        | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0       |
| 27      | Telangana         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 35                                        | 174                                       | 135                                       | 0                                         | 344     |
| 28      | Tripura           | 0                                         | 0                                         | 2399                                      | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 2399    |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh     | 119                                       | 650                                       | 346                                       | 79                                        | 9                                         | 0                                         | 1203    |
| 30      | Uttarakhand       | 0                                         | 0                                         | 7                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 9       |
| 31      | West Bengal       | 1359                                      | 7544                                      | 5126                                      | 428                                       | 0                                         | 255                                       | 14712   |
|         | Total             | 8526                                      | 13972                                     | 18588                                     | 13342                                     | 1445                                      | 2161                                      | 58034   |

Source: IMIS, DDWS