Lok Sabha Question No. 4300 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Safe Drinking Water
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN, KIRTI (JHA) AZAD, ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE, KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH, RANJANBEN BHATT, PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU, KAUSHAL KISHORE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4300 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2016

## Safe Drinking Water

## 4300. SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA  KHAN;

SHRI  KIRTI  AZAD;

SHRI ASHOK  MAHADEORAO  NETE;

SHRI  KIRTI  VARDHAN  SINGH;

SHRIMATI  RANJANBEN  BHATT;

SHRI P.K. BIJU;

SHRI KAUSHAL  KISHORE:

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

- (a)  whether  many  people  in  rural  areas  do  not  have  access  to  safe  drinking  water despite implementation of National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), and if  so,  the  present position of the States in regard to providing safe drinking water to the people in their respective States;
- (b) the details of steps taken/being taken by the Government to provide safe drinking water in all the habitations in the country;
- (c) whether the Government has fixed any time frame to provide safe drinking water throughout the country and if so, the details thereof, and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d)  the  funds  allocated  to  various  States  including  current  financial  year  under NRDWP, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the long term measures proposed to be taken by the Government to solve drinking water scarcity in rural areas of the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH  CHANDAPPA  JIGAJINAGI)

(a)  As  per  information  provided  by  States  /  UTs  on  online  portal  Integrated Management  Information  System  (IMIS)  of  the  Ministry,  there  are  total  17,14,528 rural  habitations  in  the  country.  Out  of  them;  13,09,567  rural  habitations  are  fully covered (getting 40 litres per capita per day (lpcd) or more potable drinking water); 3,34,592  habitations  are  partially  covered  (getting  less  than  40  lpcd)  and  70,369 habitations  are  quality  affected  (where  quality  of  drinking  water  is  affected  with  at least  one  water  contaminant  like  Arsenic,  Fluoride,  Iron  etc.)  Hence,  still  there  are about 23% rural areas in the country where the population is getting unsafe drinking water  or  less  than  the  required  present  norm.  The  state  wise  details  of  coverage  of rural habitations as on 08.08.2016 are at Annexure - I .

(b) & (c) Water is a State subject. However, this Ministry supplements the efforts of the  State  Governments  for  rural  drinking  water  supply  by  providing  technical  & financial assistance  through  Central  Sponsored  National  Rural  Drinking  Water Programme (NRDWP) as per the budgetary allocation for the same. This Ministry by organizing various workshops, exhibitions and field visits shares / showcases various technologies / best practices to officials of States for benefitting them in implementation  of  Rural  Water  Supply  Schemes.  In  addition  to  this,  the  Ministry through a high level expert committee suggest various innovative technologies to the States  for  selection  by  them  as  per  their  requirement.  Also,  in  collaboration  with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), this Ministry had got prepared Hydro-GeoMorphological (HGM) Maps (Ground Water Prospect Maps) and distributed to all the States. These maps can be effectively used to drill down to correct locations both for production wells as well as artificial ground water re-charge sites.

The Ministry has prepared a strategic plan to provide safe drinking water to 90% of the  rural  population  of the  country  through piped water supply schemes by the year 2022 subject to availability of funds. States have been advised to prioritize coverage of  all  arsenic  &  fluoride  affected  rural  habitations  with  surface  water  based  piped water supply schemes as the permanent & sustainable solution. States have also been advised  to  set  up  Community  Water  Purification  plants  as  a  short-term  measure  to provide  at  least  8-10  litres  per  capita  per  day  (lpcd)  of  safe  water  for  drinking  & cooking  purpose  in  all  remaining  arsenic  &  fluoride  affected  rural  habitations  by March, 2017.

(d)  The  funds  allocated  to  various  States  for  the  last  three  years  and  current  year  is given at Annexure - II.

(e) The Government of India has directed all States/UT to take the following measures to solve drinking water scarcity in rural areas:

- i. To take up water conservation measure.
- ii. To take up source sustainability measures including water recharging and rain water harvesting.
- iii. To use perennial sustainable surface water source
- iv. For proper O&M (Operation and Maintenance)
- v. Extensive  IEC  (Information  Education  &  Communication)  for  promoting  reduce  & reuse  of  water  and  taking  household  connection  on  paying  connection  charges  and water tariff.
- vi. To accord priority for piped water supply.

Annexure - I Annexure referred in part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No- 4300 to be answered on 11.08.2016

| S. No.   | State               |   Total Nos. of Habitations |   Nos. of Fully Covered Habitations |   Nos. of Partially Covered Habitations |   Nos. of Quality Affected Habitations |
|----------|---------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andman And Nicobar  |                         400 |                                 324 |                                      76 |                                      0 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh      |                       48342 |                               32502 |                                   15269 |                                    571 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                        7577 |                                2824 |                                    4696 |                                     57 |
| 4        | Assam               |                       88099 |                               55727 |                                   23532 |                                   8840 |
| 5        | Bihar               |                      110234 |                               64347 |                                   40313 |                                   5574 |
| 6        | Chandigarh          |                          18 |                                   0 |                                      18 |                                      0 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh        |                       74647 |                               70495 |                                    3004 |                                   1148 |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                          70 |                                   0 |                                      70 |                                      0 |
| 9        | Daman &Diu          |                          21 |                                   0 |                                      21 |                                      0 |
| 10       | Goa                 |                         347 |                                 345 |                                       2 |                                      0 |
| 11       | Gujarat             |                       36066 |                               36042 |                                       7 |                                     17 |
| 12       | Haryana             |                        7948 |                                7486 |                                     253 |                                    209 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh    |                       53604 |                               41099 |                                   12505 |                                      0 |
| 14       | Jammu And Kashmir   |                       15958 |                                8688 |                                    7265 |                                      5 |
| 15       | Jharkhand           |                      120067 |                              112803 |                                     430 |                                   6834 |
| 16       | Karnataka           |                       60220 |                               23870 |                                   34233 |                                   2117 |
| 17       | Kerala              |                       11883 |                                3526 |                                    7701 |                                    656 |
| 18       | Lakshadweep         |                           9 |                                   0 |                                       9 |                                      0 |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh      |                      128067 |                              127825 |                                      49 |                                    193 |
| 20       | Maharashtra         |                      100066 |                               87977 |                                   11695 |                                    394 |
| 21       | Manipur             |                        2868 |                                2167 |                                     701 |                                      0 |
| 22       | Meghalaya           |                       10475 |                                1666 |                                    8799 |                                     10 |
| 23       | Mizoram             |                         738 |                                 440 |                                     298 |                                      0 |
| 24       | Nagaland            |                        1530 |                                 623 |                                     864 |                                     43 |
| 25       | Odisha              |                      156468 |                              124233 |                                   29436 |                                   2799 |
| 26       | Puducherry          |                         266 |                                 153 |                                     113 |                                      0 |
| 27       | Punjab              |                       15384 |                                9770 |                                    1844 |                                   3770 |
| 28       | Rajasthan           |                      121648 |                               54616 |                                   46137 |                                  20895 |
| 29       | Sikkim              |                        2084 |                                 721 |                                    1363 |                                      0 |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu          |                      100204 |                               90914 |                                    8939 |                                    351 |
| 31       | Telangana           |                       24582 |                               12860 |                                   10238 |                                   1484 |
| 32       | Tripura             |                        8723 |                                4181 |                                     523 |                                   4019 |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh       |                      260801 |                              259386 |                                    1054 |                                    361 |
| 34       | Uttarakhand         |                       39209 |                               21477 |                                   17714 |                                     18 |
| 35       | West Bengal         |                      105905 |                               50480 |                                   45421 |                                  10004 |
|          | Total               |                     1714528 |                             1309567 |                                  334592 |                                  70369 |

(source: IMIS format c-17)

Annexure - II Annexure referred in part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No- 4300 to be answered on

## 11.08.2016

## Allocation

| S. No.   | State               | 2013-14   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (as on 07.08.2016) |
|----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman And Nicobar | 1.04      |      0.86 |      0.38 |                         0.44 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh      | 635.44    |    364.3  |    156.69 |                       147.68 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 201.23    |     64.21 |     58.08 |                        63.59 |
| 4        | Assam               | 470       |    501.1  |    211.73 |                       227.84 |
| 5        | Bihar               | 432.38    |    441.07 |    209.6  |                       217.08 |
| 6        | Chandigarh          | 0         |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
| 7        | Chattisgarh         | 136.13    |    159.08 |     63.69 |                        65.83 |
| 8        | Dadra&Nagar Haveli  | 0         |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
| 9        | Daman &Diu          | 0         |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
| 10       | Goa                 | 5.5       |      4.61 |      2.08 |                         2.38 |
| 11       | Gujarat             | 533.73    |    509.48 |    230.68 |                       238.12 |
| 12       | Haryana             | 229.46    |    213.04 |     97.65 |                       107.31 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh    | 138.51    |    131.84 |     59.58 |                        67.58 |
| 14       | Jammu And Kashmir   | 462.43    |    441.33 |    199.4  |                       227.5  |
| 15       | Jharkhand           | 172.85    |    169.86 |     76.85 |                        86.99 |
| 16       | Karnataka           | 868.76    |    605.38 |    307.62 |                       298.92 |
| 17       | Kerala              | 155.58    |    115.59 |     52.78 |                        58.23 |
| 18       | Lakshadweep         | 0         |      0    |      0    |                         0    |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh      | 404.81    |    397.18 |    181.76 |                       200.28 |
| 20       | Maharashtra         | 788.48    |    780.06 |    344.16 |                       346.16 |
| 21       | Manipur             | 58.75     |     90.35 |     28.98 |                        26.42 |
| 22       | Meghalaya           | 92.18     |     44.61 |     30.52 |                        34.35 |
| 23       | Mizoram             | 38.41     |     42.43 |     17.71 |                        18.38 |
| 24       | Nagaland            | 56.66     |    103.19 |     35.27 |                        22.7  |
| 25       | Odisha              | 227.35    |    205.69 |     96.9  |                       105.1  |
| 26       | Puducherry          | 1.59      |      1.62 |      0.74 |                         0.83 |
| 27       | Punjab              | 96.89     |     93.88 |     39.77 |                        39.18 |
| 28       | Rajasthan           | 1231.05   |   1194.46 |    547.17 |                       609.59 |
| 29       | Sikkim              | 16.88     |     30.38 |     10.64 |                         7.63 |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu          | 273.63    |    367.36 |    137.5  |                       126.72 |
| 31       | Telangana           |           |    200.65 |     88.77 |                        89.44 |
| 32       | Tripura             | 59.29     |     62.06 |     28.07 |                        26.6  |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh       | 923.18    |    962.43 |    437.69 |                       403.27 |
| 34       | Uttarakhand         | 145.58    |    135.01 |     63.57 |                        69.99 |
| 35       | West Bengal         | 490.63    |    436.53 |    199.68 |                       199.27 |
|          | Total               | 9348.4    |   8869.64 |   4015.71 |                      4135.4  |

(source: IMIS format D-1A)

(Rs. in crores)