Lok Sabha Question No. 3401 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-20
Subject: Setting up of New Water Treatment Plant
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Smt. Lovely Anand

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3401 ANSWERED ON 20.03.2025

## SETTING UP OF NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT

†3401. SMT. LOVELY ANAND:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is planning for setting up of new water treatment plants to provide clean drinking water; and

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI V. SOMANNA)

(a) & (b) The Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal, is being implemented since August, 2019, in partnership with States, to make provision of potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on regular & long-term basis to rural households. The Government of India supports the States by providing technical and financial assistance. Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, as  per  existing  guidelines,  Bureau  of  Indian  Standards'  BIS:10500  standards  are  adopted  as benchmark for quality of water being supplied through the piped water supply schemes. Drinking Water being a State subject, the responsibility of Planning, Approval, Implementation, Operation & Maintenance of drinking water supply schemes, including those under the Jal Jeevan Mission, is vested with State/UT Governments. The choice of technology, best suited to the context in a State/UT, for making provision of potable water supply to households is to be decided by the respective State/UT Governments.

A  Handbook  on  Drinking  Water  Treatment  Technologies  was  released  in  March  2023  to disseminate  information  regarding  new  technologies  available  amongst  all  stakeholders  to understand and implement the new technologies that address local issues and challenges faced in water-quality affected villages. The States may take up appropriate numbers of water treatment system of one or a combination of technologies depending upon techno-economic feasibility. As on date, as reported by the States/ UTs there are a total of 35,578 water treatment plants geo-tagged under JJM for various categories of schemes.  The details are placed at Annex-1.

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## Annex-I referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 3401 answered on 20.03.2025

## State and UT wise details of water treatment plant which have been geo-tagged and reported on JJM-IMIS

| S. No.   | State Name                         | Water Treatment Plant (WTP)   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 0                             |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 277                           |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 3,311                         |
| 4        | Assam                              | 17,762                        |
| 5        | Bihar                              | 0                             |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                       | 63                            |
| 7        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli And Daman &Diu | 0                             |
| 8        | Goa                                | 12                            |
| 9        | Gujarat                            | 209                           |
| 10       | Haryana                            | 1,059                         |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 662                           |
| 12       | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 1,315                         |
| 13       | Jharkhand                          | 351                           |
| 14       | Karnataka                          | 1,871                         |
| 15       | Kerala                             | 522                           |
| 16       | Ladakh                             | 0                             |
| 17       | Lakshadweep                        | 2                             |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 416                           |
| 19       | Maharashtra                        | 919                           |
| 20       | Manipur                            | 444                           |
| 21       | Meghalaya                          | 1,471                         |
| 22       | Mizoram                            | 295                           |
| 23       | Nagaland                           | 643                           |
| 24       | Odisha                             | 104                           |
| 25       | Puducherry                         | 0                             |
| 26       | Punjab                             | 763                           |
| 27       | Rajasthan                          | 547                           |
| 28       | Sikkim                             | 136                           |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                         | 254                           |
| 30       | Telangana                          | 0                             |
| 31       | Tripura                            | 445                           |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                      | 650                           |
| 33       | Uttarakhand                        | 532                           |
| 34       | West Bengal                        | 543                           |
| Total    | Total                              | 35,578                        |