Lok Sabha Question No. 4686 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Water Testing Laboratories
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Gautam Gambhir

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4686

ANSWERED ON 31/03/2022

## WATER TESTING LABORATORIES

## 4686. SHRI GAUTAM  GAMBHIR:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the number of water testing laboratories functioning in various parts of the country; and

(b) whether the Government has set any target for total number of such laboratories for the next five years and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH  PATEL)

(a)  &  (b)  As  reported  by  States/UTs,  as  on  date,  there  are  2,022  drinking  water  quality testing laboratories at different levels viz. State, District, sub-division and/ or block level in the country. State-wise details of drinking water quality testing laboratories is Annexed .

Since August, 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan  Mission  (JJM)  -  Har  Ghar  Jal  to  make  provision  of  potable  tap  water  supply  in adequate  quantity,  of  prescribed  quality  and  on  regular  &  long-term  basis  to  every  rural household in the country by 2024.

Drinking Water being a State subject, it is States who plan, design, approve and implement drinking water supply schemes and set up drinking water quality testing laboratories.

Under JJM, States/ UTs can utilize upto 2% of their annual allocation of funds under JJM for Water Quality  Monitoring  & Surveillance (WQM&S)  activities inter  alia which includes setting up and strengthening of water quality testing laboratories, procurement of equipment, instruments, chemicals, glassware, consumables, hiring of skilled manpower, surveillance by community using field test kits (FTKs), awareness generation, educational programmes on water quality, accreditation/ recognition of laboratories, etc.

All  States/  UTs  have  been  advised  to  review  the  existing  network  of  drinking  water  quality testing  laboratories  in  the  State  and  to  strengthen  it  by  setting  up/  exploring  Public-Private Partnership for additional labs at regional level, district level and block/ sub-division level in the State.

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Annex  referred  to  in  the  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  4686  due  for reply    on 31/03/2022

State/UT-wise detail of drinking water quality testing laboratories

(As on 25.03.2022)

| S. No.   | State             | No. of drinking water quality testing labs   | No. of drinking water quality testing labs   | No. of drinking water quality testing labs   | No. of drinking water quality testing labs   | No. of drinking water quality testing labs   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State             | State level                                  | District level                               | Block/sub- Division level                    | Mobile                                       | Total                                        |
| 1.       | A&NIslands        | 1                                            | 3                                            | 7                                            | -                                            | 11                                           |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 1                                            | 13                                           | 98                                           | -                                            | 112                                          |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                                            | 17                                           | 30                                           | 1                                            | 49                                           |
| 4.       | Assam             | 1                                            | 25                                           | 51                                           | 3                                            | 80                                           |
| 5.       | Bihar             | 1                                            | 38                                           | 75                                           | 9                                            | 123                                          |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh      | 1                                            | 27                                           | 22                                           | 17                                           | 67                                           |
| 7.       | Goa               | 1                                            | -                                            | 13                                           | -                                            | 14                                           |
| 8.       | Gujarat           | 1                                            | 32                                           | 47                                           | 1                                            | 81                                           |
| 9.       | Haryana           | 1                                            | 21                                           | 21                                           | 1                                            | 44                                           |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 1                                            | 14                                           | 46                                           | 1                                            | 62                                           |
| 11.      | Jammu &Kashmir    | -                                            | 20                                           | 72                                           | -                                            | 92                                           |
| 12.      | Jharkhand         | 1                                            | 24                                           | 5                                            | -                                            | 30                                           |
| 13.      | Karnataka         | 2                                            | 30                                           | 47                                           | -                                            | 79                                           |
| 14.      | Kerala            | 1                                            | 14                                           | 37                                           | -                                            | 52                                           |
| 15.      | Ladakh            | -                                            | 2                                            | 4                                            | -                                            | 6                                            |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 1                                            | 51                                           | 103                                          | -                                            | 155                                          |
| 17.      | Maharashtra       | -                                            | 34                                           | 143                                          | -                                            | 177                                          |
| 18.      | Manipur           | 1                                            | 12                                           | -                                            | -                                            | 13                                           |
| 19.      | Meghalaya         | 1                                            | 7                                            | 23                                           | -                                            | 31                                           |
| 20.      | Mizoram           | 1                                            | 8                                            | 18                                           | -                                            | 27                                           |
| 21.      | Nagaland          | 1                                            | 10                                           | -                                            | 1                                            | 12                                           |
| 22.      | Odisha            | 1                                            | 32                                           | 44                                           | -                                            | 77                                           |
| 23.      | Puducherry        | -                                            | 2                                            | -                                            | -                                            | 2                                            |
| 24.      | Punjab            | 2                                            | 22                                           | 8                                            | 1                                            | 33                                           |
| 25.      | Rajasthan         | 1                                            | 32                                           | -                                            | 21                                           | 54                                           |
| 26.      | Sikkim            | -                                            | 2                                            | -                                            | -                                            | 2                                            |
| 27.      | Tamil Nadu        | 1                                            | 31                                           | 81                                           | -                                            | 113                                          |
| 28.      | Telangana         | 1                                            | 19                                           | 55                                           | -                                            | 75                                           |
| 29.      | Tripura           | 1                                            | 8                                            | 12                                           | -                                            | 21                                           |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 1                                            | 75                                           | -                                            | 5                                            | 81                                           |
| 31.      | Uttarakhand       | 1                                            | 13                                           | 13                                           | -                                            | 27                                           |
| 32.      | West Bengal       | 1                                            | 21                                           | 196                                          | 2                                            | 220                                          |
| Total    | Total             | 29                                           | 659                                          | 1,271                                        | 63                                           | 2,022                                        |

Source: JJM-IMIS