Lok Sabha Question No. 587 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-23
Subject: Contamination of Ground Water
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: JAGDAMBIKA PAL, SANTOKH SINGH CHAUDHARY, P.R. SUNDARAM, CH. MALLA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES,

## RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 587

## ANSWERED ON 23.7.2015

**Contamination of Ground Water**

587. 	SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL

SHRI SANTOKH SINGH CHAUDHARY

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM

SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY

Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware that ground water in various parts of the country is contaminated and contain dangerous chemicals, metals including other arsenic contents thereby leading to harmful effects on human beings;

(b) if so, the details thereof indicating the present status of contamination in the ground water in comparison to the last three years, State/location-wise; and

(c) the steps taken/to be taken by the Government to improve the situation along with the details of the schemes chalked out and funds released for the purpose, if any?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION

(PROF. SANWAR LAL JAT)

**(a) & (b)** Yes Madam.  Ground water quality data generated by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) indicates that ground water in various parts in Ten (10) States for Arsenic, Twenty (20) States for Fluoride, Twenty One (21) States for Nitrate, Twenty Four (24) States for Iron, and Fifteen (15) States for Heavy Metals such as Lead, Chromium and Cadmium have concentration higher than the norms, on the date of analysis, prescribed by the Bureau of Indian Standards.  State/UT-wise list / parts of the districts where ground water was found contaminated is given at **Annexure-I.** Status of contamination of ground water for last three years (2012-15) is given at **Annexure-II.**

**(c)** Government of India through Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation (MoDWS) supplements the efforts of the States by providing them technical and financial support to the schemes being developed for drinking water supply in the States.  MoDWS has informed that 20% of the allocated funds under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) are earmarked for water quality problems.  Further, the States may also utilize up to 67% of funds released under NRDWP for improving water quality of ground and surface water.  Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation have informed that as a long term measure, all the State Governments have been advised to provide piped water supply from alternate safe sources to all water quality affected habitations with priority to cover Fluoride and Arsenic affected habitations.   Since these mega schemes take a long gestation period for commissioning, the States have advised to set up community water treatment plants in all the remaining Arsenic, Fluoride, Heavy Metals, toxic elements, pesticides and fertilizers affected habitations as a short term measure and provide 8-10 lpcd (litre per capita per day) of safe drinking water on or before March, 2017.

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**ANNEXURE - I**

Annexure referred in reply to **Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 587** to be answered on **23.07.2015** regarding **“Contamination of Ground Water”**

**States Wise Details of Affected Districts with Ground Water Contamination by different Chemical Constituents**

| **S.No.**   | **State/UT**             | **Fluoride**  **( above 1.5 mg/l)**  **(Name of Districts)**                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | **Nitrate**  **(above 45 mg/l)**  **(Name of Districts)**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | **Arsenic**  **(above 0.05 mg/l)**  **(Name of Districts)**                                                                                                                                                                                                   | **Iron**  **(above 1.0mg/l)**  **(Name of Districts)**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | **Heavy metals:**  **Lead (above 0.01 mg/l)**  **Cadmium (above 0.003 mg/l)**  **Chromium (above 0.05 mg/l)**  **(Name of Districts)**                                                                                                                                                    |
|-------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **1**       | **Andhra Pradesh**       | Visa khapatnam,    West-Godavari   Krishna, Guntur,  Prakasam, Nellore,  Chittoor, Kadapa,  Kurnool,   Ananthapur,  Sirkakulam                                                                                                                                                            | Srikakulam, Vizianagaram,  Visakhapatnam,  East-Godavari,  West-Godavari   Krishna, Guntur,  Prakasam, Nellore,  Chittoor, Kadapa,  Kurnool,  Ananthapur,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Vishakhapatnam Krishna, Guntur,  Nellore, Kurnool,  Chittoor, Cuddapah,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **2**       | **Telangana**            | Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam,  Warangal,    Mahabubnagar, Medak,  Nalgonda,  Rangareddy,  Nizamabad                                                                                                                                                                                      | ###### Adilabad,   Nizamabad,  Karimnagar,  Warangal Khammam, Hyderabad,    Mahabubnagar, Medak,  Nalgonda,  Rangareddy,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Adilabad,  Hyderabad, Karimnagar,  Mahabubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda,  Nizamabad, Ranga Reddy                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | **Lead**  : Rangareddy, Nalgonda  **Cadmium**  : Rangareddy  **Chromium:**  Rangareddy                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **3**       | **Assam**                | Goalpara, Kamrup, KarbiAnglong, Naugaon, Golaghat, Karimganj                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Sivsagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Hailakandi, Karimganj, Cachar, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Goalpara, Dhubri, Nalbari, Nagaon, Morigaon, Darrang, Baksha and Kamrup                                                                         | Cachar, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Jorhat, Kamrup, KarbiAnglong, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sibsagar, Sonitpur                                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **4**       | **Bihar**                | Aurangabad, Banka, Bhagalpur,  Gaya, Jamui, Kaimur( Bhabua),  Munger, Nawada, Rohtas, Jahanabd, Lakhisarai                                                                                                                                                                                | ###### Aurangabad, Banka, Bhagalpur, Bhojpur, Darbhanga, Kaimur(Bhabua), Patna, Rohtas, Saran, Siwan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | ######### Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Bhojpur, Buxar, Darbhanga, Katihar, Khagaria, Kishanganj, Lakhisarai, Munger, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Saran, Vaishali                                                                                                      | Aurangabad, Begusarai, Bhojpur, Buxar,  East Champaran, Gopalganj, Katihar, Khagaria, Kishanganj, Lakhiserai, Madhepura, Muzaffarpur, Nawada, Rohtas, Saharsa, Samastipur, Siwan, Supaul, West Champaran                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **5**       | **Chhattisgarh**         | Bastar, Bilaspur, Dantewada, Dhamtari,  Janjgir-Champa, Jashpur, Kanker, Korba, Koriya, Mahasamund, Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Surguja                                                                                                                                                          | ###### Bastar, Bilaspur, Dantewada, Dhamtari, Jashpur, Kanker, Kawardha, Korba, Mahasamund, Raigarh, Raipur, Rajnandgaon                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | ######### Rajnandgaon                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Bastar, Dantewada, Kanker, Koriya,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | **Lead**  : Korba  **Cadmium**  : Korba  **Chromium**  :Korba                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **6**       | **Delhi**                | East Delhi, New Delhi, North West Delhi, South Delhi, South West Delhi, North Delhi,  West Delhi  ######                                                                                                                                                                                  | ###### East Delhi, Central Delhi, New Delhi, North Delhi, North West Delhi, South Delhi, South West Delhi, West Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | **Lead**  : Along Najafgarh drain in North, West and South-west districts  **Cadmium**  : Southwest  **Chromium**  : Northwest, South, New Delhi, East                                                                                                                                    |
| **7**       | **Goa**                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | North Goa , South Goa                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **8**       | **Gujarat**              | Ahmedabad, Amreli, Anand, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Dahod, Junagadh, Kachchh,  Mehesana, Narmada, Panchmahals, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara  ######                                                                                       | ###### Ahmedabad, Amreli, Anand, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Dahod, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kachchh,  Kheda, Mehesana, Narmada, Navsari, Panchmahals, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Ahmedabad, Banaskantha, Bhavnagar, Kachchh,  Mehesana,Narmada,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **9**       | **Haryana**              | Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hissar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Mahendergarh, Panchkula, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar  ######                                                                                                       | ###### Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hissar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Mahendargarh, Panchkula, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat, Yamuna Nagar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Hissar, Jhajjar, Jind, Karnal, Panipat, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamunanagar.                                                                                                                                           | Ambala,   Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hissar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Mahendargarh, Panipat, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat, Yamuna Nagar                                                                                                                                                                                                     | **Lead**  : Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad,  Gurgaon, Hissar, Jhajjar, Jind,  Kaithal, Karnal, Mahendragarh, Panchkula, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat.  **Cadmium:**  Bhiwani, Gurgaon, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Rewari, Rohtak.  **Chromium**  : Fatehabad               |
| **10**      | **Himachal Pradesh**     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | ###### Una, Solan, Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi, Kullu                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **11**      | **Jammu & Kashmir**  | ###### Kupwara                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | ###### Jammu, Kathua, Anantnag, Kupwara                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Baramulla, Budgam, Kathua, Kupwara, Pulwama, Srinagar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | **Lead**  :  Jammu (Gangyal), Bari Brahma, Kathua  **Cadmium**  : Kathua                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **12**      | **Jharkhand**            | Bokaro, Giridih, Godda,  Gumla,  Palamu,  Ranchi, Dhanbad, Garhwa, Kodarma, Pakur, Sahebganj, Khunti  ######                                                                                                                                                                              | ###### Chatra, Garhwa, Godda, Gumla, Lohardaga, Pakur, Palamu, PaschimiSinghbhum, PurbiSinghbhum, Ranchi, Sahibganj                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Sahebganj                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Chatra, Deoghar, East Singhbhum, Giridih, Ranchi, West Singhbhum                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | **Lead**  : Jamshedpur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **13**      | **Karnataka**            | Bagalkot,  Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamarajanagar, Chikmagalur, Chitradurga,  Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulburga, Hassan, Haveri, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Tumkur  ######                                                                           | ###### Bagalkot, , Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chikmagalur, Chitradurga,  Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulburga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Raichur. Shimoga, Udupi, Uttar Kannada                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Raichur  and Yadgir district                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Bagalkot,  Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur,  Chikmagalur, Chitradurga,  Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Gulburga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttar Kannada                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **14**      | **Kerala**               | Palakkad, Alappuzha, Idukki, Ernakulum, Thiruvananthpuram.  ######                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | ###### Alappuzha, Idukki, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Quilon, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad                                                                                                                                                                                                      | **Lead**  : Ernakulam , Kollam  **Chromium:**  Kollam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **15**      | **Madhya Pradesh**       | Alirajpur, Balaghat, Barwani, Betul, Bhind, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Datia, Dewas, Dhar, Dindori, Guna, Gwalior, Harda, Jabalpur, Jhabua, Khargon, Mandla, Mandsaur, Morena, Narsinhpur, Rajgarh, Satna, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol,  Shajapur, Sheopur, Sidhi, Singrauli, Uajjain, Vidisha    | ###### Alirajpur, Anuppur, Ashok Nagar, Balaghat, Barwani, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Dhar, , Dindori,Guna,  Gwalior, Harda, Hoshangabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jhabua, Khandwa, Khargon, Katni, Mandla, Mandsaur, Morena, Narsimhapur, Neemuch, Panna, Raisen, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur, Sheopur, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Singrauli, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Umaria, Vidisha                      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Balaghat,Barwani, Betul, Bhind, Bhopal, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Dhar, Dindori, Guna, Gwalior, Hoshangabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jhabua, Khandwa, Katni, Mandla, Mandsaur,  Narsinghpur, Neemuch, Panna, Raisen, Rajgarh,Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur,Shivpuri, Sidhi,Tikamgarh,  Ujjain, Umaria, Vidisha, East Nimar | **Lead**  : Balaghat, Barwani,Damoh, Datia, Dewas, Dhar, Dindori, Guna, Gwalior, Raisen, Rajgarh, Satna, Sehore, Shajapur, Shivpuri, Vidisha                                                                                                                                              |
| **16**      | **Maharashtra**          | Amravati, Beed, Chandrapur, Bhandara,  Dhule, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Jalna, Nagpur, Nanded, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Yavatmal  ######                                                                                                                                                          | ###### Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Auragabad, Beed, Bhandara, Buldana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Hingoli, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nasik, Osmanabad, Parbhani, Pune, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Wardha, Washim, Yavatmal                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Ahmednagar, Amravati, Beed, Buldana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Jalna, Kohlapur, Latur, Nandurbar, Nashik, Osmanabad, Parbhani, Ratnagiri, Satara, Thane, Wardha, Washim, Yavatmal                                                                                                                                                                                 | **Lead**  : Ahmed Nagar, Akola, Aurangabad, Beed, Buldana, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Nagpur, Nanded, Osamabad, Parbhani, Pune, Sangli, Wardha, Washim, Yavatmal                                                                                                          |
| **17**      | **Manipur**              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Bishnupur, Thoubal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Bishnupur, Thoubal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **18**      | **Meghalaya**            |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | East Garo Hills, East Khasi Hills, Jaintia Hills                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **19**      | **Orissa**               | Angul, Balasore,  Bhadrak, Baudh,  Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Keonjhar, Khurda, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh, Nawapara,  Bulangir, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Kalahandi, Koraput, Puri, Rayagada  ######                                                                                                      | ###### Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Bhadrak, Bolangir, Baudh, Cuttack, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Ganjam, J.Singhpur, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Khurda, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nawapada, Nayagarh, Phulbani, Puri, Sambalpur, Sundergarh, Sonpur                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Balasore, Bargarh, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Deogarh, J.Singhpur, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandmahal, Keonjhar, Kendrapara,Khurda, Koraput, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh, Puri, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Sundergarh, Sonpur                                                                                                                                                          | **Chromium (Hexavalent)**  - Sukinda valley in Sukinda block of Jajpur District                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **20**      | **Punjab**               | Amritsar, Barnala, Bhatinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Firozpur, Gurdaspur,  Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga, Muktsar, Patiala, Ropar, Sangrur, Tarn-Taran  ######                                                                                                                      | ###### Amritsar, Barnala, Bhatinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Firozpur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga, Muktsar, NawanShahr, Patiala, Ropar, Rupnagar, Sangrur, Tarn-Taran                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Mansa, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Ropar.                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Bhathinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Firozpur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Mansa, Rupnagar, Sangrur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | **Lead**  : Amritsar, Bathinda, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Muktsar, Ropar  **Cadmium:**  Fatehgarh Sahib, Ludhiana, Nawansahar, Patiala, Ropar, Sangrur, Sasnagar, Tarantaran  **Chromium:**  Amritsar, Bathinda, Gurdaspur, Kapurthala, Mansa, Ropar, Barnala,  Sangrur, Sasnagar, Tarantaran |
| **21**      | **Rajasthan**            | Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittaurgarh, Churu, Dausa, Dhaulpur, Dungarpur, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Rajsamand, Sirohi, Sikar, SawaiMadhopur, Tonk, Udaipur  ###### | ###### Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Bundi,Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Chittaurgarh, Churu, Dausa, Dhaulpur, Dungarpur, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Partapgarh, Rajasamand, Sirohi, Sikar, SwaiMadhopur, Tonk, Udaipur                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittaurgarh, Churu, Dausa, Dhaulpur, Dungarpur, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer,Jalore, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Karauli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sikar, SawaiMadhopur, Sirohi, Tonk, Udaipur                                                          | **Lead**  : Jhunjhunu Dist (Khetri Copper Deposit), Pali, Jaipur (Sambhar Lake, Sanganer)                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **22**      | **Tamil Nadu**           | Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Karur, Krishnagiri, Namakkal, Perambalor, Puddukotai, Ramanathanpuram, Salem, Sivagangai, Theni,   Thiruvannamalai, Tiruchirapally, Thirunelveli,  Vellore, Virudhunagar  ######                                                                 | ###### Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kancheepuram, Kanyakumari, Karur, Madurai, Namakkal, Nilgiris, Perambalor, Puddukotai, Ramanathanpuram, Salem, Sivagangai, Theni,   Thiruvannamalai, Thanjavur,  Tirunelveli, Thiruvallur, Trichy, Tuticorin, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Namakkal, Salem                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | **Lead**  : Dindigul, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram  **Cadmium**  : Tiruvallur  **Chromium:**  Cuddalore, Dindigul, Erode, Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur                                                                                                                                             |
| **23**      | **Tripura**              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Dhalai, North Tripura, South Tripura, West Tripura,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **24**      | **Uttar Pradesh**        | Agra, Aligarh,  Etah,Kashiram Nagar, Firozabad, Jaunpur, , Mahamaya Nagar, Mainpuri, Mathura, Mau, Sonbhadra,  Varanasi and Unnao                                                                                                                                                         | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Auraiya, Azamgarh, Badaun, Baghpat, Balrampur, Banda, Barabanki, Bareilly, Basti, Bijnor, Bulandsahr, Chitrakoot, Etah, Fatehpur, Firozabad, GB Nagar, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur, Hamirpur, Hardoi, Hathras, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Kannauj, Kanpur Dehat, Lakhimpur, Mahoba, Mathura, Meerut, Mau, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Mirzapur, Raebarelli,  SantRavidas Nagar, Shajahanpur, Sitapur, Sonbhadra, Sultanpur, Shravasti, Siddarth Nagar, Unnao | ######### Bahraich, Balia, Balrampur,  ######### Bareilly, Basti, Bijnor, Chandauli, Ghazipur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, LakhimpurKheri, Meerut,   Mirzapur, Muradabad, Rai Bareilly, SantKabir Nagar, Shajahanpur, Siddarthnagar, SantRavidasNagar, Unnao  ######### | Azamgarh, Ballia, Balrampur, Etawah, Fatehpur, Gazipur, Gonda, Hardoi, KanpurDehat, Kanpur Nagar, Lakhimpur, Lalitpur, Mau, Siddartnagar, Unnao                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | **Lead**  : Muzzafar Nagar, Mathura, Moradabad, Allahabad, Bhadohi, Ghaziabad, Jaunpur, Kanpur, Raebareli, Sonbhadra  **Cadmium**  : Varanasi city, Unnao  **Chromium**  : Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi, Kanpur, Unnao                                                                      |
| **25**      | **Uttarakhand**          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | ###### Dehradun, Haridwar, Udhamsinghnagar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **26**      | **West Bengal**          | Bankura, Birbhum, Dakshindinajpur, Malda,  Purulia, Uttardinajpur, South 24 Praganas  ######                                                                                                                                                                                              | ###### Bankura, Bardhaman                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | ######### Bardhaman, Hooghly, Howrah, Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, N-24 Parganas, S- 24 Parganas                                                                                                                                                                | Bankura, Bardhaman, Birbhum, Dakhindinajpur, E. Midnapur, Howrah, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Kolkatta, Murshidabad, N-24 Parganas, Nadia, S-24 Parganas, Uttardinajpur, West Midnapur                                                                                                                                                                                          | **Lead**  : Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, N-24 Pargana, S-24 Pragana, Kolkata  **Cadmium:**  N-24 Praganas, S-24 Prganas  **Chromium:**  N-24 Praganas, Murshidabad                                                                                                                          |
| **27**      | **Andaman& Nicobar** |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Andaman                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

**Note :** Bureau of India Standards limits for :

**Arsenic > 0.05 mg/l**

**Fluoride > 1.5 mg/l**

**Nitrate > 45 mg/l**

**Iron > 1.0 mg/l**

**Lead > 0.01 mg/l**

**Cadmium > 0.003 mg/l**

**Chromium > 0.05 mg/l**

**ANNEXURE – II**

Annexure referred in reply to **Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 587** to be answered on **23.07.2015** regarding **“Contamination of Ground Water”**

**Ground Water Contamination in Parts of Various Districts (2012-13 to 2014-15)**

| **S.No.**   | **State**                  | **Arsenic(>0.05mg/l)**  **No. of Districts**   |             |             | **Fluoride (>1.5 mg/l)**  **No. of Districts**   |             |             | **Nitrate (>45 mg/l)**  **No. of Districts**   |             |             | **Iron (1.0mg/l)**  **No. of Districts**   |             |             |
|-------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|
|             |                            | **2012-13**                                       | **2013-14** | **2014-15** | **2012-13**                                         | **2013-14** | **2014-15** | **2012-13**                                       | **2013-14** | **2014-15** | **2012-13**                                | **2013-14** | **2014-15** |
| 1           | **Andhra Pradesh**         | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 11                                                  | 11          | 11          | 13                                                | 13          | 13          | 7                                          | 7           | 7           |
| 2           | **Telangana**              | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 9                                                   | 9           | 9           | 10                                                | 10          | 10          | 8                                          | 8           | 8           |
| 3           | **Assam**                  | 18                                                | 18          | 19          | 6                                                   | 6           | 6           | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 18                                         | 18          | 18          |
| 4           | **Bihar**                  | 15                                                | 15          | 15          | 12                                                  | 12          | 11          | 10                                                | 10          | 10          | 19                                         | 19          | 19          |
| 5           | **Chhattisgarh**           | 1                                                 | 1           | 1           | 13                                                  | 13          | 13          | 12                                                | 12          | 12          | 4                                          | 4           | 4           |
| 6           | **Delhi**                  | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 7                                                   | 7           | 7           | 8                                                 | 8           | 8           | 0                                          | 0           | 0           |
| 7           | **Goa**                    | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 0                                                   | 0           | 0           | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 2                                          | 2           | 2           |
| 8           | **Gujarat**                | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 19                                                  | 19          | 19          | 22                                                | 22          | 22          | 6                                          | 6           | 6           |
| 9           | **Haryana**                | 13                                                | 13          | 13          | 18                                                  | 18          | 18          | 17                                                | 17          | 17          | 17                                         | 17          | 17          |
| 10          | **Himachal Pradesh**       | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 0                                                   | 0           | 0           | 6                                                 | 6           | 6           | 0                                          | 0           | 0           |
| 11          | **Jammu & Kashmir**    | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 2                                                   | 2           | 1           | 4                                                 | 4           | 4           | 6                                          | 6           | 6           |
| 12          | **Jharkhand**              | 1                                                 | 1           | 1           | 7                                                   | 7           | 12          | 11                                                | 11          | 11          | 6                                          | 6           | 6           |
| 13          | **Karnataka**              | 2                                                 | 2           | 2           | 21                                                  | 21          | 21          | 22                                                | 22          | 22          | 22                                         | 22          | 22          |
| 14          | **Kerala**                 | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 5                                                   | 5           | 5           | 11                                                | 11          | 11          | 15                                         | 15          | 15          |
| 15          | **Madhya Pradesh**         | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 32                                                  | 32          | 32          | 50                                                | 50          | 50          | 42                                         | 42          | 42          |
| 16          | **Maharashtra**            | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 13                                                  | 13          | 13          | 20                                                | 20          | 20          | 30                                         | 30          | 30          |
| 17          | **Manipur**                | 2                                                 | 2           | 2           | 0                                                   | 0           | 0           | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 2                                          | 2           | 2           |
| 18          | **Meghalaya**              | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 0                                                   | 0           | 0           | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 3                                          | 3           | 3           |
| 19          | **Orissa**                 | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 15                                                  | 15          | 18          | 28                                                | 28          | 28          | 27                                         | 27          | 27          |
| 20          | **Punjab**                 | 6                                                 | 6           | 6           | 16                                                  | 16          | 16          | 20                                                | 20          | 20          | 10                                         | 10          | 10          |
| 21          | **Rajasthan**              | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 30                                                  | 30          | 30          | 33                                                | 33          | 33          | 33                                         | 33          | 33          |
| 22          | **Tamil Nadu**             | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 18                                                  | 18          | 18          | 27                                                | 27          | 27          | 2                                          | 2           | 2           |
| 23          | **Tripura**                | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 0                                                   | 0           | 0           | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 4                                          | 4           | 4           |
| 24          | **Uttar Pradesh**          | 20                                                | 20          | 20          | 13                                                  | 13          | 13          | 46                                                | 46          | 46          | 15                                         | 15          | 15          |
| 25          | **Uttarakhand**            | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 0                                                   | 0           | 0           | 3                                                 | 3           | 3           | 0                                          | 0           | 0           |
| 26          | **West Bengal**            | 8                                                 | 8           | 8           | 9                                                   | 9           | 7           | 2                                                 | 2           | 2           | 15                                         | 15          | 15          |
| 27          | **Andaman Nicobar**        | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 0                                                   | 0           | 0           | 0                                                 | 0           | 0           | 1                                          | 1           | 1           |
|             | **Total No. of Districts** | **86**                                            | **86**      | **87**      | **276**                                             | **276**     | **280**     | **387**                                           | **387**     | **387**     | **297**                                    | **297**     | **297**     |