Lok Sabha Question No. 1454 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: Water Purification Plants
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: YERRAM VENKATA SUBBAREDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1454 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2016

## 'WATER PURIFICATION PLANTS'

## 1454.  SHRI Y.V. SUBBA REDDY:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to install Community Water Purification Plants (CWPPs) in arsenic and fluoride affected areas in the country, if so, the details there of;
- (b) whether NITI Aayog is providing Rs. 1,000 crores to various States which are suffering due to excess content of arsenic and fluoride in water, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether Government proposes to provide amount to districts which are severely affected with arsenic and fluoride in groundwater, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a) to (c)  Yes, Madam.

There are 1327 arsenic affected and 12014 fluoride affected habitations in the country. The number of arsenic and fluoride affected habitations State-wise is at Annexure.

The proposal of NITI Aayog aims to provide one-time assistance to the States having arsenic and  fluoride  affected  habitations.  Further,  State  Governments  will  be  providing  assistance  to arsenic/fluoride affected districts/habitations in their States.

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## Annexure

## As per IMIS of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) as on 13/12/2015

| Si. No.   |                   | Arsenic affected habitations           | Arsenic affected habitations               | Fluoride affected habitations           | Fluoride affected habitations               | Total Population in Arsenic and Fluoride affected habitations   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Si. No.   | Name of State     | Number of Arsenic affected habitations | Population in Arsenic affected habitations | Number of Fluoride affected habitations | Population in Fluoride affected habitations | Total Population in Arsenic and Fluoride affected habitations   |
| 1         | 2                 | 3                                      | 4                                          | 5                                       | 6                                           | 7=Col.4+6                                                       |
| 1         | Assam             | 288                                    | 102147                                     | 109                                     | 50645                                       | 152792                                                          |
| 2         | Bihar             | 34                                     | 65007                                      | 442                                     | 236504                                      | 301511                                                          |
| 3         | Karnataka         | 7                                      | 11762                                      | 1044                                    | 779213                                      | 790975                                                          |
| 4         | Punjab            | 175                                    | 210349                                     | 254                                     | 309242                                      | 519591                                                          |
| 5         | Uttar Pradesh     | 39                                     | 55594                                      | 143                                     | 121148                                      | 176742                                                          |
| 6         | West Bengal       | 784                                    | 1224568                                    | 1002                                    | 584134                                      | 1808702                                                         |
| 7         | Andhra Pradesh    | 0                                      | 0                                          | 394                                     | 280655                                      | 280655                                                          |
| 8         | Chhattisgarh      | 0                                      | 0                                          | 50                                      | 13803                                       | 13803                                                           |
| 9         | Gujarat           | 0                                      | 0                                          | 5                                       | 11772                                       | 11772                                                           |
| 10        | Haryana           | 0                                      | 0                                          | 10                                      | 35185                                       | 35185                                                           |
| 11        | Jammu and Kashmir | 0                                      | 0                                          | 1                                       | 6227                                        | 6227                                                            |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 0                                      | 0                                          | 10                                      | 1975                                        | 1975                                                            |
| 13        | Kerala            | 0                                      | 0                                          | 95                                      | 260499                                      | 260499                                                          |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 0                                      | 0                                          | 358                                     | 130113                                      | 130113                                                          |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 0                                      | 0                                          | 179                                     | 468707                                      | 468707                                                          |
| 16        | Odisha            | 0                                      | 0                                          | 147                                     | 26375                                       | 26375                                                           |
| 17        | Rajasthan         | 0                                      | 0                                          | 6904                                    | 4374419                                     | 4374419                                                         |
| 18        | Telangana         | 0                                      | 0                                          | 866                                     | 1195168                                     | 1195168                                                         |
| 19        | Uttarakhand       | 0                                      | 0                                          | 1                                       | 8126                                        | 8126                                                            |
| Total     | Total             | 1327                                   | 1669427                                    | 12014                                   | 8893910                                     | 10563337                                                        |