Lok Sabha Question No. 1899 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Quality of Drinking Water
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1899 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2015

Quality of Drinking Water

†1899. SHRI BHARAT SINGH: Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of service centres in the country for checking the quality of potable water, State/UT-wise; (b)  whether a study conducted by UNICEF has revealed that inadequate supply of water and  shortage  of  sanitation  has  led  to  improper  growth  and  death  of  a  large  number  of children under the age of five years in the country; (c) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto; (d) whether the Government is providing support for developing cost effective technology to be used by the people in the rural areas of the country for checking the quality of potable water themselves; and (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## (SHRI  RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a) The number of water quality testing laboratories at the State, district, block, sub division levels along with mobile laboratories existing in the country is at Annexure. (b) & (c) The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development,  Government  of  India  has conducted a Rapid Survey on Children in 2013-14 with technical and financial assistance from UNICEF, India. As per the survey, every childhood care and the enabling environment like  access  to  drinking  water  and  use  of  toilet  facilities  area  covered.  While  access  to drinking  water  in  rural  schools    is  a  part  of  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Porgramme (NRDWP),      construction  of  new  school  toilets  is  now  the  responsibility  of  Ministry  of Human Resource Development. (d) & (e) Under  the  NRDWP,  out  of  the  releases  made  to  the  States,  3%  funds  are earmarked for Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance on 60:40 fund sharing between Centre and State. Under this head, all Gram Panchayats have to be provided with simple to use chemical field test kits to measure major chemical parameters and bacteriological vials to assess biological contamination in drinking water sources by themselves. All positively tested  samples  have  to  be  brought  to  the  nearest  water  quality  testing  laboratory  for confirmation. Concerned engineer at the block/ GP level shall ensure proper remediation for safe drinking water if contamination is confirmed in the laboratory.

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Annexure referred in Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1899 due for reply on 10/12/2015

State-wise number of water quality testing laboratories reported as on 7/10/2015

| S.N o.   | State               |   State Labs (without mobile labs) |   District Labs (without mobile labs) |   Block Labs/Total Blocks (without mobile labs) |   SubDivision Labs (without mobile labs) |   Mobile Labs (State/ District/ Block/ Sub- division Level) |
|----------|---------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDAMAN and NICOBAR |                                  1 |                                     0 |                                               0 |                                        0 |                                                           2 |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH      |                                  1 |                                    32 |                                               0 |                                       73 |                                                           0 |
| 3        | ARUNACHALPRADESH    |                                  0 |                                    17 |                                               0 |                                       31 |                                                           0 |
| 4        | ASSAM               |                                  1 |                                    29 |                                               0 |                                       53 |                                                          18 |
| 5        | BIHAR               |                                  1 |                                    41 |                                               0 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |
| 6        | CHANDIGARH          |                                  0 |                                     0 |                                               0 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |
| 7        | CHATTISGARH         |                                  1 |                                    27 |                                               0 |                                       21 |                                                           5 |
| 8        | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI  |                                  0 |                                     0 |                                               0 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |
| 9        | DAMAN&DIU           |                                  0 |                                     0 |                                               0 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |
| 10       | GOA                 |                                  1 |                                     0 |                                               1 |                                        9 |                                                           0 |
| 11       | GUJARAT             |                                  1 |                                    34 |                                              35 |                                        0 |                                                           6 |
| 12       | HARYANA             |                                  0 |                                    21 |                                               0 |                                       21 |                                                           0 |
| 13       | HIMACHALPRADESH     |                                  1 |                                    14 |                                               1 |                                       27 |                                                           0 |
| 14       | JAMMUANDKASHMIR     |                                  0 |                                    22 |                                               2 |                                       69 |                                                           0 |
| 15       | JHARKHAND           |                                  1 |                                    24 |                                               0 |                                        3 |                                                           3 |
| 16       | KARNATAKA           |                                  1 |                                    44 |                                              39 |                                       89 |                                                          46 |
| 17       | KERALA              |                                  1 |                                    14 |                                               0 |                                       33 |                                                           0 |
| 18       | LAKSHADWEEP         |                                  0 |                                     9 |                                               0 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |
| 19       | MADHYA PRADESH      |                                  1 |                                    51 |                                               3 |                                      106 |                                                           0 |
| 20       | MAHARASHTRA         |                                  1 |                                    44 |                                               2 |                                      139 |                                                           0 |
| 21       | MANIPUR             |                                  1 |                                     9 |                                               0 |                                        2 |                                                           0 |
| 22       | MEGHALAYA           |                                  1 |                                     7 |                                               0 |                                       24 |                                                           0 |
| 23       | MIZORAM             |                                  1 |                                     8 |                                               0 |                                       18 |                                                           0 |
| 24       | NAGALAND            |                                  0 |                                    11 |                                               0 |                                        1 |                                                           2 |
| 25       | ODISHA              |                                  1 |                                    32 |                                               0 |                                       42 |                                                           0 |
| 26       | PUDUCHERRY          |                                  0 |                                     2 |                                               0 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |
| 27       | PUNJAB              |                                  3 |                                    22 |                                               8 |                                        0 |                                                           1 |
| 28       | RAJASTHAN           |                                  1 |                                    33 |                                             163 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |
| 29       | SIKKIM              |                                  0 |                                     2 |                                               0 |                                        0 |                                                           0 |
| 30       | TAMILNADU           |                                  1 |                                    34 |                                               0 |                                       49 |                                                           0 |
| 31       | TELANGANA           |                                  0 |                                    19 |                                               0 |                                       56 |                                                           0 |
| 32       | TRIPURA             |                                  1 |                                     8 |                                               7 |                                        6 |                                                           0 |
| 33       | UTTAR PRADESH       |                                  1 |                                    76 |                                               3 |                                        1 |                                                           0 |
| 34       | UTTARAKHAND         |                                  0 |                                    28 |                                               1 |                                       14 |                                                           0 |
| 35       | WESTBENGAL          |                                  1 |                                    18 |                                               0 |                                      202 |                                                           0 |
|          | Total               |                                 25 |                                   732 |                                             265 |                                     1089 |                                                          83 |