Lok Sabha Question No. 1927 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Mapping of Potable Water
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: George Baker

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1927 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28/7/2016

Mapping of Potable Water

1927. SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government provides financial and technical assistance to the States for ground water surveys and mapping of potable water; and

(b) if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING   WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

(a) & (b) Rural  water  supply  is  a  State  subject.  The  Ministry  of  Drinking  Water and Sanitation, Government of India assists the States technically and financially through  the  centrally  sponsored  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme (NRDWP). Under NRDWP, upto 10% funds allocated to the States can be utilized for  Source  sustainability.  Whenever  ground  water  aquifer  is  to  be  selected  as source  for  water  supply  project,  necessary  geo-physical  survey  has  to  be  done after using the Hydro-Geo-Morphological (HGM) Maps. The HGM maps were got done  by  the  Ministry  utilizing  the  services  of  National  Remote  Sensing  Centre (NRSC),  Hyderabad  for  the  entire  country  except  for  certain  ice  capped  and international border areas. These maps were then distributed to all the States in the country. At present, NRSC has been entrusted to insert water quality layer into the HGM maps and the status of these maps including during the last three years and current year in different States is given in Annexure.

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## Annexure referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1927 due for reply on 28/7/2016

## State-wise Status of insertion of Water Quality layer into HGM Maps

|   Sl No. | Name of the State/UT          |   No of maps | Year of completion   |
|----------|-------------------------------|--------------|----------------------|
|        1 | A&N islands                   |           40 | In progress          |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                |          233 | In progress          |
|        3 | Telangana                     |          160 | 2016-2017            |
|        4 | Assam                         |          103 | In progress          |
|        5 | Bihar                         |          140 | In progress          |
|        6 | Odhisa                        |          220 | 2014-2015            |
|        7 | Jharkhand                     |          129 | In progress          |
|        8 | Punjab                        |           82 | In progress          |
|        9 | Chandigarh                    |            1 | In progress          |
|       10 | Chhattisgarh                  |          202 | In progress          |
|       11 | Dadra &Ngr Haveli; Daman &Diu |            3 | 2015-2016            |
|       12 | Maharashtra                   |          455 | In progress          |
|       13 | Delhi                         |            3 | In progress          |
|       14 | Puducherry                    |            1 | 2015-2016            |
|       15 | Goa                           |            5 | In progress          |
|       16 | Haryana                       |           68 | In progress          |
|       17 | Gujarat                       |          284 | In progress          |
|       18 | Himachal Pradesh              |           91 | 2014-2015            |
|       19 | Jammu &Kashmir                |          174 | 2014-2015            |
|       20 | Karnataka                     |          267 | 2014-2015            |
|       21 | Kerala                        |           67 | In progress          |
|       22 | Lakshadweep islands           |            3 | In progress          |
|       23 | Madhya Pradesh                |          458 | In progress          |
|       24 | Manipur                       |           39 | In progress          |
|       25 | Meghalaya                     |           39 | In progress          |
|       26 | Mizoram                       |           37 | 2013-2014            |
|       27 | Nagaland                      |           28 | In progress          |
|       28 | Rajasthan                     |          416 | In progress          |
|       29 | Sikkim                        |           14 | No data              |
|       30 | Tripura                       |           20 | In progress          |
|       31 | Uttar Pradesh                 |          258 | In progress          |
|       32 | Uttarakhand                   |           80 | 2013-2014            |
|       33 | West Bengal                   |           70 | 2015-2016            |
|       34 | Arunachal Pradesh             |          128 | In progress          |