Lok Sabha Question No. 1444 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-15
Subject: Water Testing Laboratories
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: P. Ravindhranath, Sangeeta Azad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1444

TO BE ANSWERED ON - 15.12.2022

## WATER TESTING LABORATORIES

## 1444.  SHRI P. RAVINDHRANATH: SHRIMATI SANGEETA AZAD:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  any  proposal  has  been  received  by  the  Union  Government  from  some  States including  Tamil  Nadu  to  set  up  limited  number  of  water  testing  laboratories  at block/district level in each State during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof especially in the backward and rural regions of Tamil Nadu;
- (c) the action taken or being taken by the Union Government thereon;
- (d) whether the Union Government is contemplating/implementing any proposal/scheme in regard to setting up of water testing laboratories in the country including Tamil Nadu, especially  in  each  district  of  backward  regions  to  ensure  potable  water  to  rural  and backward regions; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e)  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  including  in  Tamil  Nadu  by  2024,  since  August,2019,  Government  of  India  in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal.

Water  being  a  state  subject,  planning,  approval  and  implementation  of  drinking  water supply  schemes  and  setting  up  of  drinking  water  quality  testing  laboratories,  lies  with State/UT  governments.  As  such  individual  projects/  schemes  for  rural  water  supply  and water testing laboratories are not approved at the Government of India level.

Under JJM, States/ UTs can utilize upto 2% of their annual allocation for taking up  water quality  monitoring  &  surveillance  activities inter  alia which  includes  setting  up  and strengthening of drinking water quality testing laboratories at different levels viz. State, District, sub-division and/or block level. As reported by States/UTs, as on date, there are 2,073  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 .

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## Annex Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1444 to be answered

## on 15.12.2022

## State-wise details of drinking water quality testing laboratories

| S. No.   | State             | No. of drinking water quality testing laboratories   | No. of drinking water quality testing laboratories   | No. of drinking water quality testing laboratories   | No. of drinking water quality testing laboratories   |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State             | State                                                | Regional/ District                                   | Block/ sub- Division/ Mobile                         | Total                                                |
| 1.       | A &NIslands       | 1                                                    | 3                                                    | 7                                                    | 11                                                   |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 1                                                    | 13                                                   | 98                                                   | 112                                                  |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                                                    | 20                                                   | 15                                                   | 36                                                   |
| 4.       | Assam             | 1                                                    | 26                                                   | 56                                                   | 83                                                   |
| 5.       | Bihar             | 1                                                    | 37                                                   | 84                                                   | 122                                                  |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh      | 1                                                    | 28                                                   | 41                                                   | 70                                                   |
| 7.       | Goa               | 1                                                    | -                                                    | 13                                                   | 14                                                   |
| 8.       | Gujarat           | 1                                                    | 33                                                   | 46                                                   | 80                                                   |
| 9.       | Haryana           | 1                                                    | 21                                                   | 22                                                   | 44                                                   |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh  | -                                                    | 14                                                   | 57                                                   | 71                                                   |
| 11.      | Jammu &Kashmir    | 2                                                    | 20                                                   | 76                                                   | 98                                                   |
| 12.      | Jharkhand         | 1                                                    | 24                                                   | 5                                                    | 30                                                   |
| 13.      | Karnataka         | 2                                                    | 31                                                   | 47                                                   | 80                                                   |
| 14.      | Kerala            | 4                                                    | 14                                                   | 70                                                   | 88                                                   |
| 15.      | Ladakh            | -                                                    | 2                                                    | 3                                                    | 5                                                    |
| 16.      | Lakshadweep       | -                                                    | -                                                    | 9                                                    | 9                                                    |
| 17.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 1                                                    | 51                                                   | 103                                                  | 155                                                  |
| 18.      | Maharashtra       | -                                                    | 34                                                   | 143                                                  | 177                                                  |
| 19.      | Manipur           | 1                                                    | 12                                                   | -                                                    | 13                                                   |
| 20.      | Meghalaya         | 1                                                    | 7                                                    | 22                                                   | 30                                                   |
| 21.      | Mizoram           | 1                                                    | 8                                                    | 18                                                   | 27                                                   |
| 22.      | Nagaland          | 1                                                    | 11                                                   | -                                                    | 12                                                   |
| 23.      | Odisha            | 1                                                    | 30                                                   | 46                                                   | 77                                                   |
| 24.      | Puducherry        | -                                                    | 2                                                    | -                                                    | 2                                                    |
| 25.      | Punjab            | 1                                                    | 23                                                   | 9                                                    | 33                                                   |
| 26.      | Rajasthan         | 2                                                    | 32                                                   | 20                                                   | 54                                                   |
| 27.      | Sikkim            | 1                                                    | 1                                                    | -                                                    | 2                                                    |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu        | 1                                                    | 31                                                   | 81                                                   | 113                                                  |
| 29.      | Telangana         | 1                                                    | 19                                                   | 56                                                   | 76                                                   |
| 30.      | Tripura           | 1                                                    | 8                                                    | 12                                                   | 21                                                   |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 1                                                    | 75                                                   | 5                                                    | 81                                                   |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand       | 1                                                    | 13                                                   | 13                                                   | 27                                                   |
| 33.      | West Bengal       | 1                                                    | 22                                                   | 197                                                  | 220                                                  |
| Total    | Total             | 34                                                   | 665                                                  | 1,374                                                | 2,073                                                |

Source: JJM-WQMIS