Lok Sabha Question No. 2090 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-04
Subject: Supply of Contaminated Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ritesh Pandey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2090 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.07.2019

## Supply of Contaminated Water

## 2090. SHRI RITESH PANDEY:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the number of habitations receiving contaminated water in the country;

(b) the measures planned and in place to reduce the number of habitations receiving contaminated water; and

(c) the targets set for the next five years to reduce the number of habitations receiving contaminated water?

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

(a) As reported by various State Govt./UT Administrations on the Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, the State/UT wise number of Water Quality affected rural habitations in the country is placed at Annexure I .

(b) & (c) 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 the schemes for providing safe drinking water to rural population.

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

In  addition  to  this,  the  Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation  had  launched theNational  Water  Quality  Sub-Mission  (NWQSM) on  22 nd March  2017 under  NRDWP toprovide  safe  drinking  water  to  27,544  arsenic  /  fluoride  affected  rural  habitations inthecountry.

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## Annexure I referred in the Statement referred in the Reply to LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 2090 due for reply on 04/07/2019

## State/UT-wise number of Water Quality affected rural habitations as on 27.06.2019

|      |                   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Habitations &Population   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Habitations &Population   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Habitations &Population   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Habitations &Population   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Habitations &Population   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Habitations &Population   | Contamination WiseNumber Of Habitations &Population   |
|------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| .No. | State             | Total                                                 | Fluoride                                              | Arsenic                                               | Iron                                                  | Salinity                                              | Nitrate                                               | Heavy Metal                                           |
|      | Total             | 58,037                                                | 8,526                                                 | 13,972                                                | 18,588                                                | 13,343                                                | 1,446                                                 | 2,162                                                 |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 473                                                   | 429                                                   | 0                                                     | 1                                                     | 39                                                    | 4                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 27                                                    | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 27                                                    | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 3    | Assam             | 9,768                                                 | 256                                                   | 4,293                                                 | 5,212                                                 | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 7                                                     |
| 4    | Bihar             | 3,809                                                 | 705                                                   | 804                                                   | 2,300                                                 | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 512                                                   | 281                                                   | 0                                                     | 227                                                   | 0                                                     | 4                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 6    | Haryana           | 87                                                    | 87                                                    | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 7    | Jammu &Kashmir    | 11                                                    | 4                                                     | 0                                                     | 7                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 8    | Jharkhand         | 533                                                   | 197                                                   | 19                                                    | 317                                                   | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 9    | Karnataka         | 452                                                   | 262                                                   | 2                                                     | 32                                                    | 15                                                    | 140                                                   | 1                                                     |
| 10   | Kerala            | 327                                                   | 32                                                    | 0                                                     | 182                                                   | 81                                                    | 32                                                    | 0                                                     |
| 11   | Madhya Pradesh    | 153                                                   | 143                                                   | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 10                                                    | 0                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 12   | Maharashtra       | 176                                                   | 53                                                    | 0                                                     | 14                                                    | 42                                                    | 67                                                    | 0                                                     |
| 13   | Meghalaya         | 7                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 7                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 14   | Odisha            | 2,421                                                 | 92                                                    | 0                                                     | 2,111                                                 | 218                                                   | 0                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 15   | Punjab            | 3,268                                                 | 330                                                   | 660                                                   | 233                                                   | 15                                                    | 131                                                   | 1,899                                                 |
| 16   | Rajasthan         | 17,346                                                | 4,177                                                 | 0                                                     | 5                                                     | 12,242                                                | 922                                                   | 0                                                     |
| 17   | Telangana         | 344                                                   | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 35                                                    | 174                                                   | 135                                                   | 0                                                     |
| 18   | Tripura           | 2,399                                                 | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 2,399                                                 | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 19   | Uttar Pradesh     | 1,203                                                 | 119                                                   | 650                                                   | 346                                                   | 79                                                    | 9                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 20   | Uttarakhand       | 9                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 7                                                     | 0                                                     | 2                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 21   | West Bengal       | 14,712                                                | 1,359                                                 | 7,544                                                 | 5,126                                                 | 428                                                   | 0                                                     | 255                                                   |
|      | Total             | 58,037                                                | 8,526                                                 | 13,972                                                | 18,588                                                | 13,343                                                | 1,446                                                 | 2,162                                                 |

Source: IMIS, DDWS