Lok Sabha Question No. 581 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-22
Subject: Chemical Contamination of Drinking Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sarmistha Sethi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 581

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2021

## CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION OF DRINKING WATER

## 581. SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the funds allocated under the National Rural Drinking Water programme during each of the last three years; State-wise;
- (b) whether 40 per cent of villages of the country are affected by chemical contamination of water;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, district and State-wise; and

(d) the action taken by the Government in this regard so as to supply safe drinking water to each household?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) Since August, 2019, Government  of India in partnership with States, is implementing  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM)  -  Har  Ghar  Jal  after  subsumingthe  then  National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), to provide tap water connection to every rural household by 2024 inter alia which includes quality-affected habitations/ villages.Under JJM, habitations reported to have water quality issues in drinking water sources are given priority.

As reported by States/ UTs, as on 20.07.2021, out of 17.01 lakh with sources at a reasonable distance, 13.46 lakh [79.12%] rural habitations have provision of minimum 40 litre per capita per day (lpcd) of potable drinking water and 3.07 lakh [18.07%] rural habitations have service level of less than 40 lpcd potable water and 0.48 lakh [2.81%] rural habitations are reported to have water quality issues in drinking water sources. Out of these 0.48 lakh rural habitations, in  3,732  habitations  have  been  covered  through  Community  Water  Purification  Plants (CWPPs) as interim measure to provide safe drinking water to every household at rate of 8-10 litre per capita per day to meet their drinking and cooking requirement. District &State/ UTwise details  of  remaining  0.44 lakh  habitations  reported  to  have  water  quality  issues  are  at Annex-I.

The State/  UT-wise details of  funds allocated,  released  and  utilized  for  last  three  years  i.e. under NRDWP in 2018-19 and under JJM in 2019-20 &2020-21are at Annex-II.

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Annexreferred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 581 due for reply on 22.07.2021

State/  UT-wise  details  of  habitations  reported  to  have  water  quality  issues  as  on 20.07.2021

| S. No.   | State/ UT         |   No. of districts wherein rural habitations have water sources with quality issues | No. of rural habitations having water sources with quality issues   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                                                   4 | 13                                                                  |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                                                   5 | 229                                                                 |
| 3.       | Assam             |                                                                                  28 | 19,729                                                              |
| 4.       | Bihar             |                                                                                  18 | 3,954                                                               |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh      |                                                                                   6 | 177                                                                 |
| 6.       | Haryana           |                                                                                   1 | 1                                                                   |
| 7.       | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                                                                   2 | 4                                                                   |
| 8.       | Jharkhand         |                                                                                   5 | 200                                                                 |
| 9.       | Kerala            |                                                                                  12 | 95                                                                  |
| 10.      | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                                                  11 | 218                                                                 |
| 11.      | Maharashtra       |                                                                                  10 | 94                                                                  |
| 12.      | Odisha            |                                                                                  25 | 3,463                                                               |
| 13.      | Puducherry        |                                                                                   1 | 7                                                                   |
| 14.      | Punjab            |                                                                                  18 | 919                                                                 |
| 15.      | Rajasthan         |                                                                                  30 | 10,779                                                              |
| 16.      | Tripura           |                                                                                   8 | 1,335                                                               |
| 17.      | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                                                  10 | 375                                                                 |
| 18.      | Uttarakhand       |                                                                                   1 | 9                                                                   |
| 19.      | West Bengal       |                                                                                  19 | 2,559                                                               |
| Total    | Total             |                                                                                 214 | 44,160                                                              |

Source: JJM-IMIS

## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 581 due for reply on 22.07.2021

## Details of fund allocated under erstwhile NRDWP in 2018-19 & under JJM in 2019-20 & 2020-21

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

|   S. No. | State/ UT         | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | A &NIslands       | 0.62      | 1.78      | 2.93      |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 197.56    | 372.64    | 790.48    |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 96.95     | 132.55    | 254.85    |
|        4 | Assam             | 567.89    | 694.95    | 1,608.51  |
|        5 | Bihar             | 476.63    | 787.31    | 1,839.16  |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh      | 95.47     | 208.04    | 445.52    |
|        7 | Goa               | 3.34      | 7.57      | 12.41     |
|        8 | Gujarat           | 237.09    | 390.31    | 883.08    |
|        9 | Haryana           | 81.88     | 149.95    | 289.52    |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh  | 91.12     | 148.67    | 326.20    |
|       11 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 309.07    | 322.03    | 681.77    |
|       12 | Jharkhand         | 207.97    | 267.69    | 572.24    |
|       13 | Karnataka         | 331.04    | 546.06    | 1,189.40  |
|       14 | Kerala            | 90.37     | 248.76    | 404.24    |
|       15 | Ladakh            | NA        | 166.65    | 352.09    |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh    | 274.09    | 571.60    | 1,280.13  |
|       17 | Maharashtra       | 474.16    | 847.97    | 1,828.92  |
|       18 | Manipur           | 40.25     | 67.69     | 131.80    |
|       19 | Meghalaya         | 52.43     | 86.02     | 174.92    |
|       20 | Mizoram           | 28.00     | 39.87     | 79.30     |
|       21 | Nagaland          | 34.72     | 56.49     | 114.09    |
|       22 | Odisha            | 154.99    | 364.74    | 812.15    |
|       23 | Puducherry        | 1.29      | 2.50      | 4.64      |
|       24 | Punjab            | 125.97    | 227.46    | 362.79    |
|       25 | Rajasthan         | 692.13    | 1,301.71  | 2,522.03  |
|       26 | Sikkim            | 11.62     | 15.41     | 31.36     |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu        | 180.99    | 373.87    | 921.99    |
|       28 | Telangana         | 131.40    | 259.14    | 412.19    |
|       29 | Tripura           | 55.18     | 107.64    | 156.61    |
|       30 | Uttar Pradesh     | 713.95    | 1,206.28  | 2,570.94  |
|       31 | Uttarakhand       | 99.17     | 170.53    | 362.58    |
|       32 | West Bengal       | 917.82    | 995.33    | 1,614.18  |

NA: Not Applicable