Lok Sabha Question No. 1346 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Water Treatment Plants
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO, ANOOP MISHRA, GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1346 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.03.2016

## Water Treatment Plants

1346.   SHRI KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO:

SHRI ANOOP MISHRA: .

DR. GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  community  Water  Treatment  Plants  (WTPs)  set  up  at  present  and proposed to be set up in the near future in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether some State Governments including Madhya Pradesh have submitted proposals regarding  setting  up  of  WTPs  for  treating  water  containing  fluoride  and  arsenic  in  their respective States;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise;
- (d) the action taken by the Government on the said proposals, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the time by which the WTPs are likely to be set up, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE

## IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

- (a) Many  States  have  not  updated  the  factual  position  of  commissioning  Community Water Treatment Plants into the online Integrated Management Information System of the Ministry of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation.  However,  based  on  review  meetings,  discussions  with  State officials,  video conferencing, IMIS data, 7,368 Community Water Purification plants, mostly using Reverse  Osmosis  technology,  have  been  commissioned  by  the  States.  Madhya  Pradesh  State  has reported  installation  of  1,278  number  of  Community  Water  Treatment  Plants.  The  State-wise information of installation of Community Water Treatment Plants is at Annexure.
- (b) to (d) The power to sanction and implement all types of water supply projects including commissioning of Community  Water Treatment Plants has been delegated to the State Governments.  Therefore,  there  is  no  proposal  pending  for  approval  at  the  Government  of  India level.
- (e) Government of India, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, has advised all the State  Governments  that  Community  Water  Treatment  Plants  shall  be  provided  in  all  remaining 1,311 arsenic affected habitations and 11,285 fluoride affected habitations before March'2017.

State-wise list of number of Community Water Treatment Plants installed by the States

| S.No   | Name of the State   |   No: of Community water purification plants installed |
|--------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Kerala              |                                                     27 |
| 2      | Puducherry          |                                                     24 |
| 3      | Jharkhand           |                                                    100 |
| 4      | Punjab              |                                                   1824 |
| 5      | Karnataka           |                                                   1502 |
| 6      | Haryana             |                                                    121 |
| 7      | Gujarat             |                                                    126 |
| 8      | Andhra Pradesh      |                                                     26 |
| 9      | Telangana           |                                                    938 |
| 10     | Rajasthan           |                                                    850 |
| 11     | Tamil Nadu          |                                                     17 |
| 12     | Maharashtra         |                                                    180 |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh      |                                                   1278 |
| 14     | Uttar Pradesh       |                                                      4 |
| 15     | Chhattisgarh        |                                                      5 |
| 16     | West B engal        |                                                    330 |
| 17     | Bihar               |                                                      1 |
| 18     | Assam               |                                                     15 |
|        | Total               |                                                   7368 |