Lok Sabha Question No. 411 (STARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Water Borne Diseases
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 411

ANSWERED ON 31/03/2022

## WATER BORNE DISEASES

†*411. DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of persons who fall ill due to water-borne diseases in the country including Gujarat during the last three years, State-wise;

(b) whether the chemical substances mixed in the process of cleaning water are weakening the bones and if so, the details thereof; and

(c) if so, the corrective measures being taken by the Government to purify water?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) A Statement of reply is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No.411 due for reply on 31/03/2022

(a) to (c) Drinking water supply is a State subject. Water Supply/ Water & Sanitation/ Public Health Engineering Departments and/or parastatal organization of respective State Government/ UT Administration, are responsible for making provision of water supply and ensuring quality of water supplied in their respective State/UT.

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 by 2024, since August, 2019, Government of India in partnership with States/ UTs, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal.

Under Jal Jeevan Mission, as per existing guidelines, IS 10500 is to be adopted for ensuring safe drinking water supply and States/ UTs have been advised to carry out water quality testing of drinking water sources on regular basis.

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)  portal  has  been  developed,  which  is available 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.  On  this  portal  an individual can also register his sample and choose nearby water quality testing laboratory to get the water sample tested.

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  also  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.

There is no case reported regarding weakening of bones by States/ UTs due to use of chemical substances viz. alum, lime and chlorine in the process of cleaning of water in conventional water treatment plants.

As informed by National Centre for Disease Control, an organization under Ministry of Health and  Family  Welfare,  State/UT-wise,  including  Gujarat,  details  of  number  of  cases  of  waterborne diseases during 2019, 2020 and 2021 is annexed .

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## Annex

## Annex referred  in  the  reply  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.411  due  for  reply o n 31/03/2022

State/ UT-wise details of cases of water-borne diseases during 2019

| S. No.   | State Name        | Acute Diarrheal Disease   | Cholera   | Viral Hepatitis-A   | Viral Hepatitis-E   | Leptospir osis   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------|-----------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|
| 1.       | A &NIslands       | 12,331                    | -         | 1                   | -                   | 305              |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 4,61,038                  | 2         | 11                  | 4                   | -                |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 41,158                    | -         | 17                  | 5                   | -                |
| 4.       | Assam             | 5,59,416                  | 1         | 683                 | 98                  | 291              |
| 5.       | Bihar             | 3,08,700                  | -         | 382                 | 25                  | 2                |
| 6.       | Chandigarh        | 48,254                    | 2         | 177                 | 100                 | 10               |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh      | 2,65,187                  | -         | 278                 | 275                 | 6                |
| 8.       | Delhi             | 5,94,000                  | 175       | 812                 | 904                 | 13               |
| 9.       | DNH&DD            | 46,073                    | 1         | 84                  | 13                  | 36               |
| 10.      | Goa               | 29,174                    | -         | 15                  | 4                   | 22               |
| 11.      | Gujarat           | 10,48,134                 | 236       | 2,174               | 3,872               | 75               |
| 12.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 2,16,961                  | -         | 126                 | 7                   | 3                |
| 13.      | Haryana           | 2,41,179                  | 7         | 251                 | 236                 | 4                |
| 14.      | Jharkhand         | 1,47,963                  | -         | 113                 | 62                  | -                |
| 15.      | Jammu And Kashmir | 3,75,464                  | -         | 439                 | 158                 | -                |
| 16.      | Kerala            | 5,46,384                  | 1         | 2,918               | 6                   | 1,217            |
| 17.      | Karnataka         | 10,29,908                 | 7         | 359                 | 87                  | 1,168            |
| 18.      | Lakshadweep       | -                         | -         | -                   | -                   | -                |
| 19.      | Ladakh            | 15,778                    | -         | 1                   | -                   | -                |
| 20.      | Meghalaya         | 1,31,978                  | -         | 158                 | 16                  | 2                |
| 21.      | Maharashtra       | 7,54,255                  | 35        | 2,050               | 1,659               | 3,086            |
| 22.      | Manipur           | 42,014                    | -         | 1                   | -                   | -                |
| 23.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 10,77,734                 | 15        | 1,923               | 399                 | 23               |
| 24.      | Mizoram           | 13,452                    | 30        | 3                   | -                   | 13               |
| 25.      | Nagaland          | 12,191                    | -         | 4                   | 2                   | 1                |
| 26.      | Odisha            | 10,35,570                 | 37        | 147                 | 44                  | 13               |
| 27.      | Punjab            | 2,46,393                  | 34        | 412                 | 294                 | 15               |
| 28.      | Puducherry        | 94,438                    | -         | 16                  | 2                   | 5                |
| 29.      | Rajasthan         | 16,05,092                 | 3         | 628                 | 245                 | 1                |
| 30.      | Sikkim            | 18,217                    | -         | 39                  | 12                  | -                |
| 31.      | Telangana         | 3,29,303                  | 1         | 36                  | 21                  | 105              |
| 32.      | Tamil Nadu        | 3,92,601                  | 7         | 724                 | 283                 | 813              |
| 33.      | Tripura           | 94,339                    | -         | 46                  | 12                  | 7                |
| 34.      | Uttarakhand       | 1,96,111                  | -         | 275                 | 49                  | 2                |
| 35.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 24,96,785                 | 5         | 2,956               | 692                 | 79               |
| 36.      | West Bengal       | 31,20,055                 | 16        | 216                 | 48                  | 18               |
|          | Total             | 1,76,47,630               | 615       | 18,475              | 9,634               | 7,335            |

State/ UT-wise details of cases of water-borne diseases during 2020

| S. No.   | State Name        | Acute Diarrheal Disease   | Cholera   | Viral Hepatitis-A   | Viral Hepatitis-E   | Leptospiros is   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------|-----------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|
| 1.       | A &NIslands       | 7,912                     | -         | -                   | -                   | 51               |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 2,60,701                  | -         | -                   | -                   | -                |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 24,499                    | -         | 55                  | 13                  | -                |
| 4.       | Assam             | 1,82,016                  | 1         | 112                 | 28                  | 58               |
| 5.       | Bihar             | 82,908                    | -         | 172                 | 19                  | 2                |
| 6.       | Chandigarh        | 23,799                    | -         | 81                  | 52                  | 39               |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh      | 1,40,459                  | -         | 12                  | 24                  | 1                |
| 8.       | Delhi             | 1,85,938                  | 2         | 177                 | 193                 | 10               |
| 9.       | DNH&DD            | 17,321                    | -         | 31                  | 7                   | 11               |
| 10.      | Goa               | 13,221                    | -         | 9                   | 1                   | 5                |
| 11.      | Gujarat           | 6,63,628                  | 3         | 600                 | 1,232               | 22               |
| 12.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 77,362                    | -         | 11                  | 4                   | 1                |
| 13.      | Haryana           | 1,47,126                  | 1         | 138                 | 107                 | 75               |
| 14.      | Jharkhand         | 44,359                    | 1         | 12                  | 1                   | 3                |
| 15.      | Jammu And Kashmir | 1,78,307                  | -         | 240                 | 68                  | -                |
| 16.      | Kerala            | 2,38,522                  | 3         | 1,189               | 15                  | 979              |
| 17.      | Karnataka         | 5,82,560                  | 9         | 90                  | 38                  | 948              |
| 18.      | Lakshadweep       | 246                       | -         | -                   | -                   | -                |
| 19.      | Ladakh            | 8,882                     | -         | -                   | -                   | -                |
| 20.      | Meghalaya         | 82,988                    | -         | 50                  | 8                   | -                |
| 21.      | Maharashtra       | 4,55,110                  | 21        | 471                 | 280                 | 2,297            |
| 22.      | Manipur           | 16,498                    | -         | 4                   | -                   | -                |
| 23.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 6,15,150                  | 5         | 773                 | 37                  | 26               |
| 24.      | Mizoram           | 7,313                     | 1         | 10                  | 1                   | 1                |
| 25.      | Nagaland          | 7,669                     | -         | 6                   | 2                   | 4                |
| 26.      | Odisha            | 8,99,182                  | -         | 69                  | 1                   | 5                |
| 27.      | Punjab            | 64,430                    | 1         | 27                  | 43                  | -                |
| 28.      | Puducherry        | 48,917                    | 4         | 4                   | 2                   | 15               |
| 29.      | Rajasthan         | 8,49,494                  | -         | 122                 | 25                  | 17               |
| 30.      | Sikkim            | 14,569                    | -         | 7                   | 10                  | -                |
| 31.      | Telangana         | 1,65,304                  | -         | 8                   | 2                   | 17               |
| 32.      | Tamil Nadu        | 2,07,989                  | 13        | 268                 | 67                  | 290              |
| 33.      | Tripura           | 46,910                    | -         | 8                   | 1                   | 6                |
| 34.      | Uttarakhand       | 77,948                    | -         | 36                  | 11                  | -                |
| 35.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 4,62,813                  | -         | 458                 | 53                  | 48               |
| 36.      | West Bengal       | 20,32,291                 | 5         | 53                  | 17                  | 19               |
|          | Total             | 89,34,341                 | 70        | 5,303               | 2,362               | 4,950            |

State/ UT-wise details of cases of water-borne diseases during 2021

| S. No.   | State Name        | Acute Diarrheal Disease   | Choler a   | Viral Hepatitis-A   | Viral Hepatitis-E   | Leptospiro sis   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------|------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|
| 1.       | A &N Islands      | 8,244                     | -          | 2                   | -                   | 44               |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 1,99,309                  | -          | -                   | 1                   | 9                |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 13,899                    | -          | 54                  | 15                  | -                |
| 4.       | Assam             | 70,495                    | -          | 50                  | 30                  | 27               |
| 5.       | Bihar             | 28,629                    | -          | 324                 | -                   | -                |
| 6.       | Chandigarh        | 16,514                    | 39         | 49                  | 13                  | 19               |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh      | 42,686                    | -          | -                   | -                   | -                |
| 8.       | Delhi             | 76,458                    | 11         | 137                 | 69                  | 5                |
| 9.       | DNH&DD            | 11,149                    | 1          | 9                   | 1                   | 6                |
| 10.      | Goa               | 3,537                     | -          | 3                   | -                   | 4                |
| 11.      | Gujarat           | 3,93,819                  | 115        | 968                 | 425                 | 8                |
| 12.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 50,690                    | -          | 9                   | 3                   | -                |
| 13.      | Haryana           | 1,30,621                  | 5          | 128                 | 27                  | 172              |
| 14.      | Jharkhand         | 33,049                    | 5          | 49                  | 24                  | 2                |
| 15.      | Jammu And Kashmir | 54,990                    | -          | 41                  | 2                   | -                |
| 16.      | Kerala            | 2,34,190                  | 4          | 352                 | 17                  | 1,895            |
| 17.      | Karnataka         | 3,34,389                  | 1          | 35                  | 30                  | 356              |
| 18.      | Lakshadweep       | -                         | -          | -                   | -                   | -                |
| 19.      | Ladakh            | 5,681                     | -          | -                   | -                   | -                |
| 20.      | Meghalaya         | 35,754                    | -          | 13                  | 32                  | -                |
| 21.      | Maharashtra       | 3,28,848                  | -          | 440                 | 88                  | 3,051            |
| 22.      | Manipur           | 3,461                     | -          | -                   | -                   | -                |
| 23.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 2,26,275                  | 2          | 225                 | 51                  | -                |
| 24.      | Mizoram           | 4,137                     | -          | 2                   | -                   | 2                |
| 25.      | Nagaland          | 4,849                     | -          | -                   | -                   | 3                |
| 26.      | Odisha            | 3,78,042                  | 7          | 6                   | 6                   | -                |
| 27.      | Punjab            | 37,599                    | 7          | 7                   | 3                   | -                |
| 28.      | Puducherry        | 18,869                    | -          | -                   | -                   | 1                |
| 29.      | Rajasthan         | 6,00,562                  | -          | 107                 | 15                  | 2                |
| 30.      | Sikkim            | 10,747                    | -          | -                   | -                   | -                |
| 31.      | Telangana         | 73,306                    | -          | 5                   | 2                   | 33               |
| 32.      | Tamil Nadu        | 74,012                    | -          | 172                 | 27                  | 212              |
| 33.      | Tripura           | 26,605                    | -          | 5                   | -                   | 8                |
| 34.      | Uttarakhand       | 1,03,204                  | -          | 103                 | 6                   | -                |
| 35.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 2,15,765                  | -          | 563                 | 427                 | 92               |
| 36.      | West Bengal       | 20,57,188                 | 12         | 219                 | 45                  | 135              |
| Total    | Total             | 59,07,572                 | 209        | 4,077               | 1,359               | 6,086            |