Lok Sabha Question No. 4712 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Selection of Pipe Material under JJM
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Kuldeep Rai Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO -4712

ANSWERED ON - 31/3/2022

## SELECTION OF PIPE MATERIAL UNDER JJM

## 4712. SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:-

(a) whether any of the particular type of pipe material namely PVC, DI, GI, CI, ACP or HDPE being used under various  schemes  for drinking  water supply  is  banned  by the Government or National Green Tribunal (NGT) due to health hazard or otherwise and if so, the details thereof;

(b) if not, whether the Government has conducted any study regarding hazardous impact of pipe material on human health, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(c) whether the Government has issued any guideline/directive for adherence of Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO) Manual while selection of pipe materials among alternatives as mentioned above under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c)    As  reported  by  Ministry  of  Environment,    Forest  and    Climate    Change (MoEFCC), Hon'ble National Green Tribunal (NGT) in O.A. 477 of 2015 titled  'Jan Sahyog Manch  Vs.    Union  of    India  and    Others'  vide  its    order  dated    25.05.2017,  had  directed MoEFCC    to    regulate  the  quality  standards  of    lead  to  be  used  for  PVC  pipes, inter-alia. Pursuant to that MoEF&CC has notified Lead Stabilizer in Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)  Pipes and Fittings Rules, 2021 vide Gazette Notification no.  G.S. R. 228 (E), dated 30th March 2021.

Further,  as  reported  by  Central  Public  Health  and  Environmental  Engineering  Organisation (CPHEEO), an advisory on 'Pipe Materials for Transmission of Water', 2020, has been  issued by  them    recommending    all    pipe    materials  with  their  advantages  and  disadvantages  for adoption by the Implementing Agency in water supply projects.

Water is a State  subject. Power to plan, design, approve, implement, operate and  maintain the water supply scheme is vested with the States. The Government of India supplements the efforts of the States by providing technical and financial assistance. Since August 2019, the Government of India in partnership with States is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), to make provision of potable tap water supply to every rural household of the country, by 2024. The Govt. of India has issued JJM Operational Guidelines under which it is provided that the type of material to be used under different terrain/ conditions should adhere to the CPHEEO recommendations for  such  conditions,  as  the  case  may  be  and  as  amended  from  time  to  time.  Being  the implementing agency, it is the responsibility of the Public Health Engineering Departments (PHED)/ Rural Water Supply (RWS)/ concerned Department in the States/ UTs, to ensure the adherence to the CPHEEO recommendations. As such, neither MoEFCC nor CPHEEO has indicated any ban on any of the referred pipe materials being used in drinking water supply schemes. Under  JJM,  no  study  has  been  undertaken  by  the  Department  regarding  the  hazardous impact of pipe material on human health.

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