Lok Sabha Question No. 3117 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Collection of Drinking Water Samples
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Kanimozhi Karunanidhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3117

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2021

## COLLECTION OF DRINKING WATER SAMPLES

## 3117. SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   the details of distribution of drinking water samples collected for the Government's drinking water testing and surveillance programme in 2021, State-wise;
- (b)  the  details  of  total  samples  along  with  contaminated  samples  collected  from  the  State  of Tamil Nadu, district-wise;
- (c)   the  details  of  total  number of  women  from rural India trained  to use  field  test kits  to  test water contamination so far, State-wise; and
- (d)   whether the Government has taken any proactive steps to improve water quality and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) As reported by States/ UTs, State/ UT-wise details of water samples tested in laboratories and using Field Testing Kits (FTKs) during 2021-22, are at Annex-I.

(b) District-wise details of water samples tested in laboratories and using FTKs in Tamil Nadu during 2021-22, are at Annex-II .

(c) As reported by States/ UTs, as on 13.12.2021, State/ UT-wise details of women trained to conduct water quality testing using FTKs/ bacteriological vials are at Annex-III.

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

Under Jal Jeevan Mission, while taking up schemes to make provision of potable tap water supply to rural households, priority is given to quality-affected habitations. Since planning, implementation  and  commissioning  of  piped  water  supply  schemes  in  quality-affected habitations  takes  time,  purely  as  an  interim  measure,  States  have  been  advised  to  install community water purification plants (CWPPs) to provide safe water to @ of 8-10 litre per capita per day for drinking and cooking purposes especially in Arsenic and Fluoride affected habitations. Children being more susceptible to water-borne diseases and contamination in drinking water, on 2 nd October, 2020, a special campaign was launched to make provision of potable tap water supply in schools, anganwadi centres, ashramshalas, etc. on priority basis. As a result, provision of tap water supply has become available in 8.32 lakhs (81%) schools and 8.75 lakhs (78.3%) anganwadi centres of the country.

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.

Under JJM, States/ UTs have been advised to carry out testing of drinking water sources once in year for chemical and physical parameters and twice in a year for bacteriological parameters. To enable States/ UTs to test water samples for water quality, and for sample collection, reporting, monitoring and surveillance of drinking water sources, an online JJM-Water Quality Management  Information  System  (WQMIS)  has  been  developed  in  partnerships  with  Indian Council  of  Medical  Research  (ICMR),  which  is  in  public  domain.  The  State-wise  details  of water quality test reported on WQMIS is in public domain on JJM Dashboard and can also be accessed at:

https://neer.icmr.org.in/website/main.php .

This portal also provides automated alerts to concerned authorities in States/  UTs, if the water sample tested is contaminated, to initiate remedial actions. To encourage water quality testing to ensure  potable  drinking  water  supply,  States/  UTs  have  been  advised  to  open  water  quality testing laboratories to general public at a nominal rate for testing of their water samples.

States/ UTs have been advised to identify and train 5 persons preferably women in each village from local community  viz. ASHA workers, health workers, VWSC members, teachers, etc. to conduct water quality tests using FTKs/ bacteriological vials at village level and report the same on the portal.

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## Annex-I referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3117 due for reply on 16.12.2021

State-wise details of water samples tested in laboratories and using Field Testing Kits (FTKs) during 2021-22

| S. No.                    | Name of the State/ UT     | Water samples tested in Labs   | Water samples tested using Field Test Kits(FTKs)   |
|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| 1.                        | A &NIslands               | 418                            | 459                                                |
| 2.                        | Andhra Pradesh            | 2,20,251                       | 36,807                                             |
| 3.                        | Arunachal Pradesh         | 15,391                         | 8,190                                              |
| 4.                        | Assam                     | 1,01,410                       | 91,915                                             |
| 5.                        | Bihar                     | 92,969                         | -                                                  |
| 6.                        | Chhattisgarh              | 33,631                         | 5,68,771                                           |
| 7.                        | Goa                       | 4,279                          | 0                                                  |
| 8.                        | Gujarat                   | 1,54,570                       | 20,510                                             |
| 9.                        | Haryana                   | 4,308                          | 59,212                                             |
| 10.                       | Himachal Pradesh          | 1,83,887                       | 54,030                                             |
| 11.                       | Jammu &Kashmir            | 73,304                         | 2,165                                              |
| 12.                       | Jharkhand                 | 72,270                         | 18                                                 |
| 13.                       | Karnataka                 | 78,803                         | 45,898                                             |
| 14.                       | Kerala                    | 1,28,246                       | 2,18,472                                           |
| 15.                       | Ladakh                    | 5,894                          | 2,368                                              |
| 16.                       | Madhya Pradesh            | 2,08,930                       | 88,330                                             |
| 17.                       | Maharashtra               | 9,658                          | -                                                  |
| 18.                       | Manipur                   | 2,486                          | 1,876                                              |
| 19.                       | Meghalaya                 | 4,623                          | 1,911                                              |
| 20.                       | Mizoram                   | 11,940                         | 8,043                                              |
| 21.                       | Nagaland                  | 2,652                          | 4,499                                              |
| 22.                       | Odisha                    | 1,64,096                       | 58,643                                             |
| 23.                       | Puducherry                | -                              | -                                                  |
| 24.                       | Punjab                    | 6,325                          | 32,347                                             |
| 25.                       | Rajasthan                 | 63,389                         | 64                                                 |
| 26.                       | Sikkim                    | 3,005                          | 705                                                |
| 27.                       | Tamil Nadu                | 1,36,900                       | 499                                                |
| 28.                       | Telangana                 | 1,75,955                       | 904                                                |
| 29.                       | Tripura                   | 23,075                         | 9,608                                              |
| 30.                       | Uttar Pradesh             | 63,715                         | 10,323                                             |
| 31.                       | Uttarakhand               | 22,616                         | 1,258                                              |
| 32.                       | West Bengal               | 3                              | 0                                                  |
| Total 20,68,999 13,27,825 | Total 20,68,999 13,27,825 | Total 20,68,999 13,27,825      | Total 20,68,999 13,27,825                          |

Source: JJM-WQMIS

## Annex-II referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3117 due for reply on 16.12.2021

## District-wise details of water samples tested in laboratories and using FTKs in Tamil Nadu during 2021-22

| S. No.   | Name of the district   | Water samples tested in Labs   | Water samples tested in Labs   | Water samples tested using FTKs   | Water samples tested using FTKs   |
|----------|------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of the district   | Total samples tested           | Samples found contaminated     | Total samples tested              | Samples found contaminated        |
| 1.       | Ariyalur               | 2,830                          | -                              | -                                 | -                                 |
| 2.       | Chengalpattu           | 4,366                          | -                              | 126                               | -                                 |
| 3.       | Chennai                | -                              | -                              | -                                 | -                                 |
| 4.       | Coimbatore             | 5,524                          | 6                              | -                                 | -                                 |
| 5.       | Cuddalore              | 3,711                          | -                              | -                                 | -                                 |
| 6.       | Dharmapuri             | 3,343                          | 280                            | -                                 | -                                 |
| 7.       | Dindigul               | 4,829                          | 136                            | -                                 | -                                 |
| 8.       | Erode                  | 7,833                          | 104                            | 311                               | -                                 |
| 9.       | Kallakurichi           | 1,212                          | -                              | -                                 | -                                 |
| 10.      | Kanchipuram            | 2,851                          | -                              | 5                                 | -                                 |
| 11.      | Kanniyakumari          | 4,135                          | -                              | -                                 | -                                 |
| 12.      | Karur                  | 2,350                          | 299                            | -                                 | -                                 |
| 13.      | Krishnagiri            | 4,934                          | 130                            | -                                 | -                                 |
| 14.      | Madurai                | 2,349                          | 118                            | -                                 | -                                 |
| 15.      | Nagapattinam           | 3,635                          | 166                            | -                                 | -                                 |
| 16.      | Namakkal               | 5,009                          | 254                            | 25                                | -                                 |
| 17.      | Nilgiris               | 4,997                          | -                              | -                                 | -                                 |
| 18.      | Perambalur             | 2,160                          | 13                             | -                                 | -                                 |
| 19.      | Pudukkottai            | 4,812                          | 53                             | -                                 | -                                 |
| 20.      | Ramanathapuram         | 5,431                          | 171                            | -                                 | -                                 |
| 21.      | Ranipet                | 200                            | -                              | 38                                | -                                 |
| 22.      | Salem                  | 7,974                          | 159                            | 8                                 | -                                 |
| 23.      | Sivaganga              | 5,829                          | 100                            | -                                 | -                                 |
| 24.      | Tenkasi                | 1,928                          | 19                             | -                                 | -                                 |
| 25.      | Thanjavur              | 5,698                          | 69                             | -                                 | -                                 |
| 26.      | Theni                  | 3,775                          | -                              | -                                 | -                                 |
| 27.      | Thoothukudi            | 1,184                          | -                              | -                                 | -                                 |
| 28.      | Tiruchirappalli        | 2,892                          | 351                            | 10                                | -                                 |
| 29.      | Tirunelveli            | 2,149                          | -                              | 3                                 | 3                                 |
| 30.      | Tirupathur             | 2,809                          | 26                             | 30                                | -                                 |
| 31.      | Tiruppur               | 7,431                          | -                              | 2                                 | -                                 |
| 32.      | Tiruvallur             | 306                            | -                              | 1                                 | -                                 |
| 33.      | Tiruvannamalai         | 1,924                          | -                              | 2                                 | -                                 |
| 34.      | Tiruvarur              | 4,612                          | 19                             | -                                 | -                                 |
| 35.      | Vellore                | 2,721                          | 88                             | 33                                | -                                 |
| 36.      | Villupuram             | 4,182                          | -                              | -                                 | -                                 |
| 37.      | Virudhunagar           | 5,324                          | 289                            | -                                 | -                                 |
| Total    | Total                  | 1,37,249                       | 2,850                          | 594                               | 3                                 |

Source: JJM-WQMIS

## Annex-III referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3117 due for reply on 16.12.2021

State/ UT-wise details of women trained to conduct water quality testing using FTKs/ bacteriological vials

| S. No.         | State/UT          | Number of Women Trained   |
|----------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
| 1.             | A &NIslands       | 1,019                     |
| 2.             | Andhra Pradesh    | 44,517                    |
| 3.             | Arunachal Pradesh | 16,597                    |
| 4.             | Assam             | 32,373                    |
| 5.             | Bihar             | 369                       |
| 6.             | Chhattisgarh      | 73,436                    |
| 7.             | DNH&DD            | 69                        |
| 8.             | Goa               | -                         |
| 9.             | Gujarat           | 41,719                    |
| 10.            | Haryana           | 32,740                    |
| 11.            | Himachal Pradesh  | 30,041                    |
| 12.            | Jammu &Kashmir    | 4,668                     |
| 13.            | Jharkhand         | 8,767                     |
| 14.            | Karnataka         | 60,184                    |
| 15.            | Kerala            | 1                         |
| 16.            | Ladakh            | 1,150                     |
| 17.            | Madhya Pradesh    | 46,570                    |
| 18.            | Maharashtra       | 1,79,497                  |
| 19.            | Manipur           | 12,776                    |
| 20.            | Meghalaya         | 22,943                    |
| 21.            | Mizoram           | 2,961                     |
| 22.            | Nagaland          | 6,092                     |
| 23.            | Odisha            | 20,184                    |
| 24.            | Puducherry        | 987                       |
| 25.            | Punjab            | 37,652                    |
| 26.            | Rajasthan         | 15,053                    |
| 27.            | Sikkim            | 2,019                     |
| 28.            | Tamil Nadu        | 62,626                    |
| 29.            | Telangana         | 6,760                     |
| 30.            | Tripura           | 5,517                     |
| 31.            | Uttar Pradesh     | 31,280                    |
| 32.            | Uttarakhand       | 38,581                    |
| 33.            | West Bengal       | 760                       |
| Total 8,39,908 | Total 8,39,908    | Total 8,39,908            |

Source: JJM-IMIS