Lok Sabha Question No. 706 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Drinking Water and Sanitation Schemes
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Chandeshwar Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-706

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2021

## DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION SCHEMES

706 SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   the status of implementation of drinking water and sanitation schemes in Bihar including Jehanabad, Arwal and Gaya districts;
- (b)   whether it is a fact that the drinking water supplied there is unsafe; and
- (c)   if so, the details of the action taken or proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)   Since August, 2019, Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in partnership  with  States,  to  make  provision  of  tap  water supply to  every  rural household  by 2024. As reported by the State Government of Bihar, out of 1.72 Crore rural households in the State, as on date, 1.53 Crore (88.95%) households have been provided tap water connection. Details of tap water connections provided to rural households (HHs) in these three districts, is as under:

| District   |   Total rural HHs (in lakh) |   No. of HHs provided tap water connection (in lakh) |   %HHSs with provision of tap water supply |
|------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Jehanabad  |                        1.72 |                                                 1.64 |                                      94.89 |
| Arwal      |                        1.22 |                                                 1.21 |                                      99.77 |
| Gaya       |                        5.78 |                                                 5.76 |                                      99.6  |

As  reported  by  the  State,  under  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (Grameen),  1.21  Crore  individual household latrines (IHHLs) have been constructed in Bihar from 2014-15 to 2021-22, and all 38,691 villages in the State, have declared themselves Open Defecation Free (ODF). Number of IHHLs constructed in Jehanabad, Arwal and Gaya districts are as follows:

| District   |   No. of IHHLs constructed (in lakh) |
|------------|--------------------------------------|
| Jehanabad  |                                 1.02 |
| Arwal      |                                 0.9  |
| Gaya       |                                 4.29 |

Having achieved the outcomes of ODF, Phase-II of SBM (G) is now being implemented in the country including all the districts of Bihar with the focus to sustain the ODF status and to cover all the villages with solid and liquid waste management (SLWM).

(b) & (c) An online JJM - Water Quality Management Information System (WQMIS) has been  developed  to  enable  States/  UTs  to  monitor  and  track  the  quality  of  drinking  water supplied and also enable local community to test water samples using Field Test Kits (FTKs) for  surveillance.  No  habitations  with  water  quality  issues  has  been  reported  in  Jehanabad, Arwal and Gaya districts.

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