Lok Sabha Question No. 1659 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-29
Subject: Contamination in Drinking Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1659

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2021

## CONTAMINATION IN DRINKING WATER

## 1659. SHRIMATI  SAJDA AHMED:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  survey  for  heavy  metals  and  other contamination in drinking water across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government adopted any policy to check regularly the quality of tap water being provided through Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM); and
- (d) the details of the funds allocated to States including west Bengal under JJM?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) As  per  existing  guidelines,  States/  UTs  have  been  advised  to  carry  out  water quality testing of drinking water sources on regular basis and report the same on Jal Jeevan Mission  -  Water  Quality  Management  Information  System  (JJM  -  WQMIS).  State-wise details  of  habitations  with  Arsenic,  Fluoride,  Iron,  Nitrate,  Salinity  and  Heavy  Metal contaminations beyond permissible limits in drinking water sources, are given at Annex-I . States/ UTs can utilize up to 2% of their allocation under JJM for Water Quality Monitoring & Surveillance (WQM&S) activities.

- (d) Details  of  State-wise  Central  allocation  fund  in  2021-22  under  JJM,  including  for West Bengal, are at Annex-II .

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1659 due for reply on 29.07.2021

State-wise details of rural habitations reported to have drinking water sources affected with chemical contaminants

(as on 26.07.2021)

| S. No.   | State/ UT         | Number of habitations   | Number of habitations   | Number of habitations   | Number of habitations   | Number of habitations   | Number of habitations   | Number of habitations   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/ UT         | Fluoride                | Arsenic                 | Iron                    | Salinity                | Nitrate                 | Heavy Metal             | Total                   |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 86                      | -                       | -                       | 13                      | 1                       | -                       | 100                     |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh | -                       | -                       | 229                     | -                       | -                       | -                       | 229                     |
| 3.       | Assam             | 12                      | 1,194                   | 19,744                  | -                       | -                       | 5                       | 20,955                  |
| 4.       | Bihar             | 23                      | 24                      | 3,919                   | -                       | -                       | -                       | 3,966                   |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh      | 150                     | -                       | 52                      | -                       | -                       | -                       | 202                     |
| 6.       | Haryana           | 1                       | -                       | -                       | -                       | -                       | -                       | 1                       |
| 7.       | Jammu &Kashmir    | 2                       | -                       | 2                       | -                       | -                       | -                       | 4                       |
| 8.       | Jharkhand         | 48                      | 1                       | 199                     | -                       | -                       | -                       | 248                     |
| 9.       | Kerala            | 5                       | -                       | 65                      | 20                      | 8                       | -                       | 98                      |
| 10.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 174                     | -                       | 29                      | 10                      | 6                       | -                       | 219                     |
| 11.      | Maharashtra       | 22                      | -                       | 10                      | 13                      | 53                      | -                       | 98                      |
| 12.      | Odisha            | 69                      | -                       | 3,338                   | 33                      | 25                      | -                       | 3,465                   |
| 13.      | Puducherry        | -                       | -                       | 7                       | -                       | -                       | -                       | 7                       |
| 14.      | Punjab            | 210                     | 605                     | 34                      | -                       | 59                      | 224                     | 1,132                   |
| 15.      | Rajasthan         | 1,347                   | -                       | 5                       | 10,106                  | 691                     | -                       | 12,149                  |
| 16.      | Tripura           | -                       | -                       | 1,335                   | -                       | -                       | -                       | 1,335                   |
| 17.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 53                      | 124                     | 283                     | 79                      | 10                      | -                       | 549                     |
| 18.      | Uttarakhand       | -                       | -                       | 7                       | -                       | 2                       | -                       | 9                       |
| 19.      | West Bengal       | 149                     | 1,083                   | 1,718                   | 73                      | -                       | 69                      | 3,092                   |

Source: JJM-IMIS

## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1659 due for reply on 29.07.2021

State/ UT-wise allocation of Central fund under JJM in 2021-22

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

|   S. No. | State/ UT         | 2021-22   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|
|        1 | A &NIslands       | 8.26      |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 3,182.88  |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1,013.53  |
|        4 | Assam             | 5,601.16  |
|        5 | Bihar             | 6,608.25  |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh      | 1,908.96  |
|        7 | Goa               | 45.53     |
|        8 | Gujarat           | 3,410.61  |
|        9 | Haryana           | 1,119.95  |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh  | 1,262.78  |
|       11 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 2,747.17  |
|       12 | Jharkhand         | 2,479.88  |
|       13 | Karnataka         | 5,008.80  |
|       14 | Kerala            | 1,804.59  |
|       15 | Ladakh            | 1,429.96  |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh    | 5,116.79  |
|       17 | Maharashtra       | 7,064.41  |
|       18 | Manipur           | 481.19    |
|       19 | Meghalaya         | 678.39    |
|       20 | Mizoram           | 303.89    |
|       21 | Nagaland          | 444.81    |
|       22 | Odisha            | 3,323.42  |
|       23 | Puducherry        | 30.22     |
|       24 | Punjab            | 1,656.39  |
|       25 | Rajasthan         | 10,180.50 |
|       26 | Sikkim            | 124.79    |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu        | 3,691.21  |
|       28 | Telangana         | 1,653.09  |
|       29 | Tripura           | 614.09    |
|       30 | Uttar Pradesh     | 10,870.50 |
|       31 | Uttarakhand       | 1,443.80  |
|       32 | West Bengal       | 6,998.97  |

Source: JJM - IMIS