Lok Sabha Question No. 1848 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: Water Borne Infectious Diseases
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1848 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH February, 2021

## WATER BORNE INFECTIO US DISEASES

## 1848. SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether lakhs of people lose their lives due to water borne infectious diseases every year;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of  total  number  of  Bacteriologists work ng  in  the  country  at  presen t, State/UT - wise;
- (c) whether the number of Bacteriologists in the country are sufficient in view of the overall population of the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether there is any provision for setting up well - equipped laboratories in hilly, far - flung and backwardareas of the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): As per the data reported by Central Bureau of health Intelligence (CBHI), the deta deaths  due  to  water  borne  diseases  in  the  country  in  the  year  2018  and  2019  are  pl Annexure-I.
- (b) to (e): As  per  information  provide  by  Ministry  of  Jal  Shakti ,  Government  of  India  is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission(JJM) in partnership with States, to provide tap water sup every rural household by 2024.  Under JJM, upto 2% of the allocation to States/UTs ca utilized for Water Quality Monitoring & Surve illance activities (WQM&S), inter - alia including for  setting  up  /  upgrading  of  various  level  drinking  water  quality  testing  labo procurement of equipments, instruments, chemicals, glassware's, consumables and outsourcing of services, etc. The stat e- wise details of water quality testing laboratories and bacteriologis reported  by  State/UTs  in  JJM - Integrated  Management  Information  System(IMIS)  are  at Annexure-II.

Microbiol

Under the sub - cadre of Central Health Scheme (CHS) in Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, the sanctioned strength for the posts of Bacteriologists/ Serologists is 118.

## Annexure - I

| States/UTs - wiseDeaths Due to Water Borne Diseases reported during 2018 - 2019   | States/UTs - wiseDeaths Due to Water Borne Diseases reported during 2018 - 2019   | States/UTs - wiseDeaths Due to Water Borne Diseases reported during 2018 - 2019   | States/UTs - wiseDeaths Due to Water Borne Diseases reported during 2018 - 2019   | States/UTs - wiseDeaths Due to Water Borne Diseases reported during 2018 - 2019   | States/UTs - wiseDeaths Due to Water Borne Diseases reported during 2018 - 2019   | States/UTs - wiseDeaths Due to Water Borne Diseases reported during 2018 - 2019   | States/UTs - wiseDeaths Due to Water Borne Diseases reported during 2018 - 2019   | States/UTs - wiseDeaths Due to Water Borne Diseases reported during 2018 - 2019   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl No                                                                             | State/ U.T.                                                                       | Cholera                                                                           | Cholera                                                                           | Acute Diarrheal Diseases                                                          | Acute Diarrheal Diseases                                                          | Enteric Fever (Typhoid)                                                           | Enteric Fever (Typhoid)                                                           | Viral Hepatitis (A & E)                                                           |
|                                                                                   |                                                                                   | 2018                                                                              | 2019                                                                              | 2018                                                                              | 2019                                                                              | 2018 2019                                                                         | 2018                                                                              | 2019                                                                              |
| 1                                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                    | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 72                                                                                | 118                                                                               | 7 3                                                                               | 141                                                                               | 141                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0 0                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                 | Assam                                                                             | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 395                                                                               | 337                                                                               | 30 0                                                                              | 3                                                                                 | 3                                                                                 |
| 4                                                                                 | Bihar                                                                             | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 14                                                                                | 0                                                                                 | 1 0                                                                               | 1                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |
| 5                                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                                      | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 20                                                                                | 41                                                                                | 5 4                                                                               | 7                                                                                 | 7                                                                                 |
| 6                                                                                 | Goa                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0 0                                                                               | 1                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |
| 7                                                                                 | Gujarat                                                                           | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 5                                                                                 | 1 0                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 8                                                                                 | Haryana                                                                           | 2                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 55                                                                                | 70                                                                                | 7 1                                                                               | 14                                                                                | 14                                                                                |
| 9                                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                                  | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 14                                                                                | 21                                                                                | 5 6                                                                               | 4                                                                                 | 4                                                                                 |
| 10                                                                                | J & K                                                                             | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0 0                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 11                                                                                | Jharkhand                                                                         | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 8                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0 0                                                                               | 1                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |
| 12                                                                                | Karnataka                                                                         | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 4                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 | 0 0                                                                               | 8                                                                                 | 8                                                                                 |
| 13                                                                                | Kerala                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 3                                                                                 | 7                                                                                 | 0 0                                                                               | 7                                                                                 | 7                                                                                 |
| 14                                                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                                                    | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 34                                                                                | 10                                                                                | 3 4                                                                               | 3                                                                                 | 3                                                                                 |
| 15                                                                                | Maharashtra                                                                       | 4                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 37                                                                                | 163                                                                               | 9 7                                                                               | 2                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 |
| 16                                                                                | Manipur                                                                           | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 15                                                                                | 19                                                                                | 0 0                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 17                                                                                | Meghalaya                                                                         | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 6                                                                                 | 134                                                                               | 0 0                                                                               | 4                                                                                 | 4                                                                                 |
| 18                                                                                | Mizoram                                                                           | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 4                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0 0                                                                               | 2                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                | Nagaland                                                                          | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0 0                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 20                                                                                | Odisha                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 76                                                                                | 73                                                                                | 5 1                                                                               | 10                                                                                | 6                                                                                 |
| 21                                                                                | Punjab                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 43                                                                                | 24                                                                                | 2 1                                                                               | 25                                                                                | 25                                                                                |
| 22                                                                                | Rajasthan                                                                         | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0 3                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 23                                                                                | Sikkim                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 5                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0 0                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 24                                                                                | Tamil Nadu                                                                        | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 8                                                                                 | 10                                                                                | 1 0                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 25                                                                                | Telangana                                                                         | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 | 4                                                                                 | 0 1                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 26                                                                                | Tripura                                                                           | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 7                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 | 2 2                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 27                                                                                | Uttarakhand                                                                       | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 5                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 | 4 1                                                                               | 23                                                                                | 23                                                                                |
| 28                                                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                                                     | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 229                                                                               | 2208                                                                              | 224 225                                                                           | 42                                                                                | 42                                                                                |
| 29                                                                                | West Bengal                                                                       | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 167                                                                               | 141                                                                               | 17 14                                                                             | 81                                                                                | 81                                                                                |
| 30                                                                                | A & N Islands                                                                     | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0 0                                                                               | 1                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |
| 31                                                                                | Chandigarh                                                                        | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 47                                                                                | 78                                                                                | 0 31                                                                              | 10                                                                                | 32                                                                                |
| 32                                                                                | D & N Haveli                                                                      | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 4                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 | 0 0                                                                               | 5                                                                                 | 5                                                                                 |
| 33                                                                                | Daman & Diu                                                                       |                                                                                   | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
|                                                                                   |                                                                                   | 0                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |                                                                                   | 0                                                                                 |                                                                                   |                                                                                   |
| 34                                                                                | Delhi                                                                             | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 127                                                                               | 148                                                                               | 20 20                                                                             | 180                                                                               | 180                                                                               |
| 35                                                                                | Lakshadweep                                                                       | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0 0                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| 36                                                                                | Puducherry                                                                        | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 8                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 | 2 4                                                                               | 6                                                                                 | 6                                                                                 |
|                                                                                   | Total                                                                             | 6                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 1412                                                                              | 3618                                                                              | 345 328                                                                           | 581                                                                               | 599                                                                               |

Annexure - II

## State - wise detail sof water quality testing laboratories and bacteriologist

|   S. No. | Name of State             |   Total N o. of drinking quality testing laboratory |   water Total no. of bacteriologist |
|----------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                                   3 |                                   0 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh            |                                                 107 |                                 107 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                                  49 |                                   0 |
|        4 | Assam                     |                                                 106 |                                  17 |
|        5 | Bihar                     |                                                 123 |                                   2 |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh              |                                                  70 |                                   3 |
|        7 | Goa                       |                                                  14 |                                   6 |
|        8 | Gujarat                   |                                                  86 |                                  81 |
|        9 | Haryana                   |                                                  44 |                                   1 |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh          |                                                  48 |                                   8 |
|       11 | Jammu & Kashmir           |                                                  87 |                                  24 |
|       12 | Jharkhand                 |                                                  33 |                                   6 |
|       13 | Karnataka                 |                                                  77 |                                   0 |
|       14 | Kerala                    |                                                  52 |                                  53 |
|       15 | Ladakh                    |                                                   6 |                                   0 |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh            |                                                 155 |                                   0 |
|       17 | Maharashtra               |                                                 199 |                                 191 |
|       18 | Manipur                   |                                                  12 |                                   0 |
|       19 | Meghalaya                 |                                                  33 |                                   0 |
|       20 | Mizoram                   |                                                  27 |                                  21 |
|       21 | Nagaland                  |                                                  13 |                                   0 |
|       22 | Odisha                    |                                                  77 |                                   2 |
|       23 | Puducherry                |                                                   2 |                                   0 |
|       24 | Punjab                    |                                                  33 |                                   3 |
|       25 | Rajasthan                 |                                                  54 |                                  32 |
|       26 | Sikkim                    |                                                   2 |                                   0 |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu                |                                                 113 |                                   4 |
|       28 | Telangana                 |                                                  75 |                                  75 |
|       29 | Tripura                   |                                                  21 |                                   4 |
|       30 | Uttar Pradesh             |                                                  89 |                                   3 |
|       31 | Uttarakhand               |                                                  27 |                                   1 |
|       32 | West Bengal               |                                                 220 |                                 204 |

Source: IMIS, DDWS