Lok Sabha Question No. 1038 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Water Testing Laboratories
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ashok Mahadeorao Nete, Harish Dwivedi

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1038

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.06.2019

## Water Testing Laboratories

## † 1038. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE: SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of Jal Shakti be pleased to state:

- (a)  the total number of drinking water testing laboratories in the country as on date State-wise;
- (b)  whether the Government is considering any proposal regarding setting up of a water testing laboratory in each district of the country
- (c)  if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has received any proposal from some States during the last three years to set up water testing laboratories in each district;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the action taken or likely to be taken by the Government in this regard?

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

(a) to (f) 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 setting up of and upgrading  existing  Water  Quality  Laboratories  at  various  levels,  providing  chemicals  and consumables to laboratories etc as per guidelines .

The State-wise details of drinking water testing laboratories as reported by the States in Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of this Ministry, as on 20.06.2019, are placedatAnnexure.

## Annexure referred in the Statement referred in the Reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1038 due for reply on 27/06/2019

State-wise number of drinking water testing laboratories as reported by the states in Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of this Ministry, as on 20.06.2019

| 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 |                                 48 |                                        0 |                                                           6 |                                                         87 |
| 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 |                                      141 |                                                           0 |                                                        209 |
| 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 |                                                           0 |                                                         83 |
| 30       | Uttarakhand       |                                  1 |                                    29 |                                  1 |                                       14 |                                                           0 |                                                         45 |
| 31       | West Bengal       |                                  1 |                                    20 |                                  0 |                                      198 |                                                           0 |                                                        219 |
|          | Total             |                                 28 |                                   731 |                                244 |                                     1134 |                                                          58 |                                                       2195 |

Source: IMIS, DDWS.