Lok Sabha Question No. 213 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-02
Subject: Har Ghar Jal Yojana
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 213 ANSWERED ON 02/02/2023

## Har Ghar Jal Yojana

## 213. MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   the details of States that have achieved hundred percent tap water supply under Har Ghar Jal Yojana from 2019 to till date, year-wise;
- (b)  whether the Government has ensured the quality of tap water being supplied;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d)  the number of deaths due to consumption of hazardous quality water supply in rural areas from 2019 to till date, State and year-wise; and
- (e)   the  measures  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  to  ensure  uncontaminated  water  supply  in  rural areas in the light of recent deaths in Kerala due to the consumption of contaminated water?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e) Since August 2019, Government of India in partnership with States is implementing Jal Jeevan  Mission  (JJM)  -  Har  Ghar  Jal  to  make  provision  of  potable  water  to  every  rural household of the country by 2024.

At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, 3.23 Crore (17%)  rural households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, more than 7.81 Crore rural households have been provided with tap water connections in last three and half years. Thus, as on 31.01.2023, out of 19.36  Crore  rural  households  in  the  country,  around  11.06  Crore  (57.12%)  households  are reported  to  have  tap  water  supply  in  their  homes.  Year-wise  details  of  States/  UTs  wherein provision of tap water supply has been made to every rural household is as under:

|   2020 | Goa                                                                      |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2021 | Telangana, Puducherry, A & N Islands, Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |
|   2022 | Gujarat, Haryana                                                         |

Under  Jal  Jeevan  Mission,  Bureau  of  Indian  Standards'  BIS:10500  standard  are  adopted  for ensuring safe drinking water supply. States/UTs have been advised to undertake testing of water quality on a periodic basis and take remedial action wherever necessary, to ensure that the water supplied  to  households  is  of  prescribed  quality.  Information  on  deaths  due  to  consumption  of hazardous quality water supply in rural areas, is not maintained centrally.

Under JJM, while allocating the funds to States/ UTs, including Kerala, 10% weightage is being given to the population residing in habitations affected by chemical contaminants. Further, while taking up schemes to make provision of potable tap water supply to rural households, priority is given to quality-affected habitations.  In  case  planning,  implementation,  and  commissioning of piped  water  supply  schemes  in  quality-affected  habitations  takes  time,  purely  as  an  interim measure, States have been advised to install community water purification plants (CWPPs) and individual household purifiers (IHPs) to provide safe water to @ of 8-10 litre per capita per day for drinking and cooking purposes.

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. As reported by States/UTs on WQMIS, as on 31.01.2023, about 42.85 lakh water samples have been tested in the  water  testing  laboratories  and  77.29  lakh  water  samples  using  Field  Testing  Kits,  during 2022-23. The State-wise details of water quality test reported through WQMIS are available in public domain on JJM Dashboard and can also be accessed at:

## https://ejalshakti.gov.in/WQMIS/Main/report

To encourage water quality testing to ensure potable drinking water supply, States/ UTs have opened water quality testing laboratories to general public for testing of their water samples at a nominal rate.

States/  UTs  have  been  advised  to  identify  and  train  5  persons  preferably  women  from  every village to conduct water quality tests using FTKs/ bacteriological vials at village level and report the same on the WQMIS portal. So far, about 18.06 lakh women have been trained.

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