Lok Sabha Question No. 209 (STARRED), answered on 2016-08-01
Subject: Shortage of Drinking Water in Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUBHASH PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 209 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 st  AUGUST, 2016

## Shortage of Drinking Water in Schools

## †*209.    SHRI SUBHASH PATEL:

| (a)        | whether the Government is aware of lack of infrastructure in the schools and if so, the details thereof;                |
|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (b)        | the schemes/plans drawn to augment the infrastructure and the outcome thereof;                                          |
| (c)        | whether the Government is also aware of shortage of drinking water in these schools and if so, the details thereof; and |
| (d)        | the efforts made by the Government to ensure availability of drinking water in the schools across the country?          |
| ANSWER     | ANSWER                                                                                                                  |
| (a) to (d) | A statement is laid on the Table of the House.                                                                          |

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 209 FOR 01.08.2016 ASKED BY SHRI SUBHASH PATEL REGARDING SHORTAGE OF DRINKING WATER IN SCHOOLS

(a) & (b) As per the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) 2014-15, some government elementary schools lack basic infrastructure facilities, State/UT-wise details thereof are at Annexure-I.  Information in respect of government secondary schools is at Annexure-II.

The Central Government supports State Governments and UT Administrations for creation and  augmentation  of  infrastructural  facilities  in  government  schools  under  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan (SSA)  and  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA).    The  requirement  of  infrastructural facilities  in  schools  are  worked  out  every  year  by  the  respective  State  and  Union  Territory  on incremental basis depending on their need and priority and this is reflected in their Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B).

Since the inception of SSA in 2001 till 31.3.2016, sanction has been given for opening of 3,64,124 new  elementary  schools,  construction of 3,11,622 school buildings,  and  18,61,336 additional classrooms, 2,38,973 drinking water facilities and 10,14,507 school toilets. States and UTs have  reported  that  3,59,741  new  elementary  schools  have  been  opened;  construction  of  2,89,329 school buildings and 17,40,487 additional classrooms have been completed; and 2,29,742 drinking water facilities and 9,56,294 toilets have been provided.

Since  the  inception  of  RMSA  in  2009-10  till  31.3.2016,  11,599  new  secondary  schools, 52,715 additional classrooms, 25,948 science laboratories, 21,864 computer rooms, 27,428 libraries, 19,800 toilet blocks and 12,327 drinking water facilities have been sanctioned to States and UTs. Out of these 10,107 new schools have been opened, construction of 23,488 additional classrooms, 11,753 science  laboratories,  8585  computer  rooms  and  12,440  libraries  have  been  completed  and  19,800 toilet blocks and 7,699 drinking water facilities have been provided.

Further, under the Swachh Vidyalaya initiative, 4,17,796 toilets were constructed in 2,61,400 elementary and secondary government schools in a period of one year from 15.8.2014 to 15.8.2015, thus ensuring that every government school has a separate functional toilet for girls and boys. With this, about 13.58 crore children in 11.08 lakh go/vernment schools have access to gender segregated toilets.

(c) As per U-DISE 2014-15, out of 10,80,757 government elementary schools, 54,326 schools (5.03%) lack drinking water facility. Similarly, out of 99,902 government secondary schools, 2,203 schools  (2.20%)  lack  drinking  water  facility.  State-wise  details  on  shortage  of  drinking  water  in government elementary and secondary schools are at Annexure-III.

(d) Under SSA & RMSA, 2,51,300 drinking water facilities have been sanctioned to States and UTs till 31.3.2016.

The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has advised the Panchayati Raj Departments of all States in March,  2016  to  include  inter  alia  the  provision  for  drinking  water  system  and  regular  repair  of drinking water systems in schools, while preparing Gram Panchayat Development Plans.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  209  FOR  01.08.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  SUBHASH  PATEL REGARDING SHORTAGE OF DRINKING WATER IN SCHOOLS

## Statement showing lack of infrastructural facilities in Government elementary Schools

| SL. No   | States/UTs        | Number of schools lacking infrastructure facilities   | Number of schools lacking infrastructure facilities   | Number of schools lacking infrastructure facilities   | Number of schools lacking infrastructure facilities   | Number of schools lacking infrastructure facilities   | Number of schools lacking infrastructure facilities   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| SL. No   | States/UTs        | Girls toilet*                                         | Boys toilet*                                          | Drinking Water                                        | Ramp                                                  | Boundary Wall                                         | Playground                                            |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 17098                                                 | 1456                                                  | 4833                                                  | 28190                                                 | 23734                                                 | 26296                                                 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 169                                                   | 139                                                   | 770                                                   | 2614                                                  | 1773                                                  | 2235                                                  |
| 3        | Assam             | 19423                                                 | 4161                                                  | 5636                                                  | 12506                                                 | 35555                                                 | 22420                                                 |
| 4        | Bihar             | 21858                                                 | 15259                                                 | 5708                                                  | 28370                                                 | 35061                                                 | 48407                                                 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 13693                                                 | 2645                                                  | 1777                                                  | 13541                                                 | 18442                                                 | 23686                                                 |
| 6        | Goa               | 122                                                   | 16                                                    | 10                                                    | 351                                                   | 208                                                   | 619                                                   |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 809                                                   | 103                                                   | 88                                                    | 1195                                                  | 2286                                                  | 9467                                                  |
| 8        | Haryana           | 952                                                   | 366                                                   | 179                                                   | 3997                                                  | 467                                                   | 3018                                                  |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 749                                                   | 377                                                   | 161                                                   | 3315                                                  | 4448                                                  | 2690                                                  |
| 10       | Jammu& Kashmir    | 9086                                                  | 4406                                                  | 2594                                                  | 18620                                                 | 17840                                                 | 17301                                                 |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 6275                                                  | 3772                                                  | 3458                                                  | 21161                                                 | 30690                                                 | 28864                                                 |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 1065                                                  | 915                                                   | 907                                                   | 8769                                                  | 10951                                                 | 20116                                                 |
| 13       | Kerala            | 129                                                   | 27                                                    | 48                                                    | 987                                                   | 557                                                   | 2292                                                  |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 25622                                                 | 7865                                                  | 9091                                                  | 38669                                                 | 74932                                                 | 46828                                                 |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 1104                                                  | 521                                                   | 504                                                   | 4708                                                  | 14370                                                 | 10652                                                 |
| 16       | Manipur           | 254                                                   | 201                                                   | 475                                                   | 1532                                                  | 2713                                                  | 1775                                                  |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 2880                                                  | 2107                                                  | 2914                                                  | 4290                                                  | 6656                                                  | 5215                                                  |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 173                                                   | 1030                                                  | 951                                                   | 993                                                   |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 140                                                   | 30                                                    | 568                                                   | 1729                                                  | 739                                                   | 1492                                                  |
| 20       | Odisha            | 13624                                                 | 2661                                                  | 1254                                                  | 17654                                                 | 18899                                                 | 44588                                                 |

| SL. No   | States/UTs               | Number of schools lacking infrastructure facilities   | Number of schools lacking infrastructure facilities   | Number of schools lacking infrastructure facilities   | Number of schools lacking infrastructure facilities   | Number of schools lacking infrastructure facilities   | Number of schools lacking infrastructure facilities   |
|----------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| SL. No   | States/UTs               | Girls toilet*                                         | Boys toilet*                                          | Drinking Water                                        | Ramp                                                  | Boundary Wall                                         | Playground                                            |
| 21       | Punjab                   | 724                                                   | 70                                                    | 12                                                    | 3117                                                  | 292                                                   | 455                                                   |
| 22       | Rajasthan                | 2361                                                  | 1564                                                  | 2833                                                  | 31528                                                 | 13940                                                 | 41037                                                 |
| 23       | Sikkim                   | 26                                                    | 0                                                     | 35                                                    | 824                                                   | 637                                                   | 309                                                   |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu               | 38                                                    | 5                                                     | 95                                                    | 8376                                                  | 9338                                                  | 11708                                                 |
| 25       | Telangana                | 8924                                                  | 2039                                                  | 3382                                                  | 18885                                                 | 12700                                                 | 14451                                                 |
| 26       | Tripura                  | 8                                                     | 4                                                     | 482                                                   | 1997                                                  | 3631                                                  | 1615                                                  |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh            | 5042                                                  | 2088                                                  | 3893                                                  | 26842                                                 | 59120                                                 | 50593                                                 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand              | 1167                                                  | 324                                                   | 1090                                                  | 6896                                                  | 3118                                                  | 8535                                                  |
| 29       | West Bengal              | 8993                                                  | 1677                                                  | 1353                                                  | 30848                                                 | 49247                                                 | 50862                                                 |
| 30       | Andaman& Nicobar Islands | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 2                                                     | 259                                                   | 133                                                   | 155                                                   |
| 31       | Chandigarh               | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 50                                                    | 0                                                     | 10                                                    |
| 32       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 14                                                    | 2                                                     | 0                                                     | 52                                                    | 162                                                   | 181                                                   |
| 33       | Daman &Diu               | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 27                                                    | 8                                                     | 58                                                    |
| 34       | Delhi                    | 4                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 339                                                   | 4                                                     | 449                                                   |
| 35       | Lakshadweep              | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 17                                                    | 21                                                    | 32                                                    |
| 36       | Puducherry               | 2                                                     | 0                                                     | 1                                                     | 38                                                    | 22                                                    | 191                                                   |
| Total    | Total                    | 162355                                                | 54800                                                 | 54326                                                 | 343323                                                | 453645                                                | 499595                                                |

Source: U-DISE, 2014-15.

*  Under  the  Swachh  Vidyalaya  initiative,  4,17,796  toilets  were  built  in  2,61,400  elementary  and secondary government schools thus ensuring that every government school has functional separate toilets for girls and boys as on 15 th August, 2015.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  209  FOR  01.08.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  SUBHASH  PATEL REGARDING SHORTAGE OF DRINKING WATER IN SCHOOLS

Statement showing number of government Secondary Schools lacking infrastructure facilities

| S. No.   | Name of States/UTs       |   Boundary walls |   Drinking Water facilities |   Electricity |   Computers |   Boys' Toilets* |   Girls' Toilets* |   Science Laboratories |   Library facilities |
|----------|--------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|---------------|-------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
| 1        | ANDAMAN& NICOBAR ISLANDS |               22 |                           0 |             0 |           4 |                1 |                 0 |                     60 |                    0 |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH           |             1856 |                         249 |           142 |        1486 |             2155 |               299 |                   4863 |                  261 |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH        |               62 |                          20 |            46 |          36 |               21 |                 9 |                    110 |                  109 |
| 4        | ASSAM                    |             1989 |                         305 |          1145 |        1731 |             2056 |              1325 |                   3928 |                 1127 |
| 5        | BIHAR                    |             1395 |                          81 |          3250 |        3907 |             1241 |               850 |                   3748 |                  493 |
| 6        | CHANDIGARH               |                0 |                           0 |             0 |           1 |                0 |                 0 |                     19 |                    0 |
| 7        | CHHATTISGARH             |             1523 |                         173 |           939 |        2851 |              926 |               632 |                   3653 |                  286 |
| 8        | DADRA& NAGAR HAVELI      |                3 |                           0 |             0 |           3 |                0 |                 0 |                     17 |                    4 |
| 9        | DAMAN&DIU                |                1 |                           0 |             0 |           1 |                2 |                 1 |                      6 |                    0 |
| 10       | DELHI                    |                2 |                           0 |             0 |         378 |              263 |               352 |                    472 |                    5 |
| 11       | GOA                      |               19 |                           0 |             0 |           0 |                0 |                 0 |                     14 |                    0 |
| 12       | GUJARAT                  |              156 |                          10 |            16 |         460 |              104 |                68 |                    667 |                  418 |
| 13       | HARYANA                  |               28 |                           6 |            25 |         139 |              553 |               254 |                   1512 |                    7 |
| 14       | HIMACHAL PRADESH         |              543 |                           2 |            26 |         753 |               59 |                26 |                   1514 |                    9 |
| 15       | JAMMU& KASHMIR           |             1057 |                          65 |           752 |        1446 |              378 |               190 |                   1692 |                  432 |
| 16       | JHARKHAND                |              991 |                          80 |          1456 |        1938 |              572 |               252 |                   1884 |                  194 |
| 17       | KARNATAKA                |             1310 |                           6 |           128 |        1539 |              117 |                18 |                   4520 |                   91 |
| 18       | KERALA                   |               93 |                           3 |             9 |           3 |               56 |                30 |                    678 |                    5 |
| 19       | LAKSHADWEEP              |                4 |                           0 |             0 |           0 |                0 |                 0 |                      8 |                    0 |
| 20       | MADHYA PRADESH           |             3533 |                         272 |          2891 |        6213 |             1803 |              1534 |                   6500 |                 1138 |
| 21       | MAHARASHTRA              |              152 |                           1 |            14 |         129 |              107 |                41 |                    796 |                   61 |
| 22       | MANIPUR                  |              224 |                           0 |           131 |          55 |                6 |                 3 |                    209 |                  146 |
| 23       | MEGHALAYA                |               22 |                           5 |             1 |           5 |                7 |                 5 |                     30 |                   21 |
| 24       | MIZORAM                  |              216 |                          25 |            43 |         120 |                1 |                 0 |                    213 |                   77 |
| 25       | NAGALAND                 |               82 |                          60 |            80 |          51 |                7 |                 3 |                    196 |                  156 |
| 26       | ODISHA                   |              596 |                          37 |          1067 |        1829 |             1037 |               518 |                   4248 |                   95 |
| 27       | PUDUCHERRY               |                2 |                           0 |             0 |           0 |               20 |                15 |                     85 |                    0 |
| 28       | PUNJAB                   |               40 |                           0 |             0 |           3 |              257 |               102 |                   1357 |                    2 |
| 29       | RAJASTHAN                |              665 |                         252 |          1390 |        5750 |              730 |               116 |                  11354 |                 1018 |
| 30       | SIKKIM                   |              112 |                           4 |            18 |           7 |                5 |                 2 |                     74 |                   28 |
| 31       | TAMIL NADU               |             1183 |                          51 |             3 |        1299 |              524 |               313 |                   3856 |                  106 |
| 32       | TELENGANA                |             1195 |                         179 |           163 |        1685 |             1751 |               409 |                   4590 |                  363 |
| 33       | TRIPURA                  |              488 |                          11 |           127 |         416 |               16 |                 5 |                    752 |                  383 |
| 34       | UTTAR PRADESH            |              442 |                         131 |           777 |        1301 |              227 |               109 |                   1356 |                  899 |
| 35       | UTTARAKHAND              |              777 |                         139 |           214 |         467 |              237 |               156 |                   1339 |                  224 |
| 36       | WEST BENGAL              |             1697 |                          36 |           258 |        2624 |             1601 |               572 |                   6593 |                  420 |
|          | INDIA                    |            22480 |                        2203 |         15111 |       38630 |            16840 |              8209 |                  72913 |                 8578 |

Source: UDISE Flash Statistics 2014-15

* Presently, there are no such Government secondary schools in the country that are not having separate toilet facility, as under the Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan it was ensured that each Govt. school must have at least one boys' and one girls' toilet.

## ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 209 FOR 01.08.2016 ASKED BY SHRI SUBHASH PATEL REGARDING SHORTAGE OF DRINKING WATER IN SCHOOLS

Statement showing shortage of drinking water facility in government schools in country

|   Sl. No. | Name of States/UTs       |   No. of government elementary schools |   Government elementary schools lacking drinking water facility |   No. of government Secondary Schools |   Government Secondary Schools lacking drinking water facility |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS |                                    340 |                                                               2 |                                    95 |                                                              0 |
|         2 | ANDHRA PRADESH           |                                  46164 |                                                            4833 |                                  6112 |                                                            249 |
|         3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH        |                                   3382 |                                                             770 |                                   275 |                                                             20 |
|         4 | ASSAM                    |                                  50070 |                                                            5636 |                                  4359 |                                                            305 |
|         5 | BIHAR                    |                                  71140 |                                                            5708 |                                  5444 |                                                             81 |
|         6 | CHANDIGARH               |                                    113 |                                                               0 |                                    93 |                                                              0 |
|         7 | CHHATTISGARH             |                                  47264 |                                                            1777 |                                  4268 |                                                            173 |
|         8 | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI       |                                    275 |                                                               0 |                                    26 |                                                              0 |
|         9 | DAMAN &DIU               |                                     94 |                                                               0 |                                    21 |                                                              0 |
|        10 | DELHI                    |                                   2842 |                                                               0 |                                  1063 |                                                              0 |
|        11 | GOA                      |                                    916 |                                                              10 |                                    86 |                                                              0 |
|        12 | GUJARAT                  |                                  33755 |                                                              88 |                                  1175 |                                                             10 |
|        13 | HARYANA                  |                                  14587 |                                                             179 |                                  3316 |                                                              6 |
|        14 | HIMACHAL PRADESH         |                                  15355 |                                                             161 |                                  2432 |                                                              2 |
|        15 | JAMMU &KASHMIR           |                                  23378 |                                                            2594 |                                  2506 |                                                             65 |
|        16 | JHARKHAND                |                                  40603 |                                                            3458 |                                  2574 |                                                             80 |
|        17 | KARNATAKA                |                                  45654 |                                                             907 |                                  5280 |                                                              6 |
|        18 | KERALA                   |                                   4888 |                                                              48 |                                  1277 |                                                              3 |
|        19 | LAKSHADWEEP              |                                     43 |                                                               0 |                                    13 |                                                              0 |
|        20 | MADHYA PRADESH           |                                 114420 |                                                            9091 |                                  7573 |                                                            272 |
|        21 | MAHARASHTRA              |                                  67382 |                                                             504 |                                  1689 |                                                              1 |
|        22 | MANIPUR                  |                                   3302 |                                                             475 |                                   372 |                                                              0 |
|        23 | MEGHALAYA                |                                   7755 |                                                            2914 |                                    66 |                                                              5 |
|        24 | MIZORAM                  |                                   2278 |                                                             173 |                                   290 |                                                             25 |
|        25 | NAGALAND                 |                                   2259 |                                                             568 |                                   310 |                                                             60 |
|        26 | ODISHA                   |                                  58573 |                                                            1254 |                                  5177 |                                                             37 |
|        27 | PUDUCHERRY               |                                    428 |                                                               1 |                                   139 |                                                              0 |
|        28 | PUNJAB                   |                                  20741 |                                                              12 |                                  4023 |                                                              0 |
|        29 | RAJASTHAN                |                                  69947 |                                                            2833 |                                 13791 |                                                            252 |
|        30 | SIKKIM                   |                                    868 |                                                              35 |                                   190 |                                                              4 |
|        31 | TAMIL NADU               |                                  37902 |                                                              95 |                                  6362 |                                                             51 |
|        32 | TELANGANA                |                                  28822 |                                                            3382 |                                  5616 |                                                            179 |
|        33 | TRIPURA                  |                                   4326 |                                                             482 |                                   880 |                                                             11 |
|        34 | UTTAR PRADESH            |                                 160942 |                                                            3893 |                                  2044 |                                                            131 |
|        35 | UTTARAKHAND              |                                  17505 |                                                            1090 |                                  2294 |                                                            139 |
|        36 | WEST BENGAL              |                                  82444 |                                                            1353 |                                  8670 |                                                             36 |

Source: UDISE 2014-15