Lok Sabha Question No. 4338 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Testing of Ground Water
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK, RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK, BHARAT SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4338 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11/08/2016

## Testing of Ground Water

† 4338. SHRI.VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK, DR.RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK' SHRI BHARAT SINGH

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

(a) whether the Government has set up any new laboratories for testing the quality of ground water and if so, the number of such new laboratories set up during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise; (b) whether there is any monitoring mechanism for ensuring safe drinking water in the country and if so, the details thereof; and (c) the steps taken by the Government to deal with the problem of polluted drinking water  and  to  provide  safe  drinking  water  in  various  parts  of  the  country  including

- Jharkhand, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes Madam.  As reported by the States into the online Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry,  the details of new laboratories established by the States for testing of quality of water including ground water used for drinking water in rural area during last three years and the current year is given in the Annexure-I.
- (b) In order to streamline the mechanism of testing quality of drinking water, the Ministry has published the Uniform  Drinking Water  Quality Monitoring Protocol and widely distributed to all the States upto the district level. As per the guidelines State level laboratory shall focus on monitoring specific contaminants like heavy metals, pesticides and conduct virological examination if  bacteriological  contamination  is  very  high.  The  District  and  Sub-district laboratories  should  monitor  twice  a  year  every  source  for  bacteriological parameters and once a year for chemical parameters. The test results are being captured in Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as a monitoring mechanism.
- (c) Rural drinking water supply is a State subject. The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government  of India assists the States technically and financially  in  providing  safe  drinking  water  in  the  rural  areas  of  the  country through  the  centrally  sponsored  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme (NRDWP).    This  Ministry  by  organizing  various  workshops,  exhibitions  and field visits shares / showcases various technologies / best practices to officials of  States  for  benefitting  them  in  implementation  of  Rural  Water  Supply Schemes. In addition to this, the Ministry through a high level expert committee suggest various innovative technologies to the States for selection by them as per  their  requirement.  Also,  in  collaboration  with  National  Remote  Sensing Centre  (NRSC),  this  Ministry  had  got  prepared  Hydro-Geo-Morphological (HGM) Maps (Ground Water Prospect Maps) and these maps can be effectively used  to  drill  down  to  correct  locations  both  for  production  wells  as  well  as artificial ground water re-charge sites.

States have been advised to prioritize coverage of all arsenic & fluoride affected  habitations  with  safe  &  perennial  surface  water  based  piped  water supply schemes as the permanent & sustainable solution. Under NRDWP, upto 67% funds released to the States  could  be  utilized  for  coverage  and  tackling water quality problems. Further on recommendation of NITI Aayog, the Government of India had released Rs 800 crore in March' 2016 to provide community water purification plants in all remaining arsenic and fluoride affected habitations by March' 2017 so that 8-10 litres per capita per day of safe drinking water is made available in these  arsenic  and  fluoride  affected  habitations  for  drinking  and  cooking purposes, as short term measures. In addition, funds to the tune of Rs.100 Crore each  are  also  provided  for  tackling  arsenic  and  fluoride  problems  in  West in commissioning  surface  water  based piped  water  supply schemes.    State-wise

Bengal and Rajasthan respectively for the last mile connectivity release of funds is given in Annexure-II.

## ******

## Referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4338 due for reply on 11/8/2016

State-wise No. of laboratories established in current year and during each of the last three year for testing of quality of drinking water supplied to rural area

2016-2017

| S. No.   | StateName          |   2013-2014 |   2014-2015 |   2015-2016 |   2016-2017 (Till 08-08-2016) |
|----------|--------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDAMANand NICOBAR |           0 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH     |           3 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  |           2 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 4        | ASSAM              |           8 |          21 |           0 |                             0 |
| 5        | BIHAR              |           0 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 6        | CHANDIGARH         |           0 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 7        | CHATTISGARH        |          23 |           3 |           0 |                             0 |
| 8        | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI |           0 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 9        | DAMAN&DIU          |           0 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 10       | DELHI              |           0 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 11       | GOA                |           0 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 12       | GUJARAT            |          14 |          22 |           2 |                            15 |
| 13       | HARYANA            |           0 |           1 |           0 |                             0 |
| 14       | HIMACHAL PRADESH   |          14 |           9 |           2 |                             0 |
| 15       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR  |          22 |          17 |           6 |                             0 |
| 16       | JHARKHAND          |           0 |           0 |           2 |                             0 |
| 17       | KARNATAKA          |          16 |          94 |          20 |                             0 |
| 18       | KERALA             |           0 |          13 |           2 |                             0 |
| 19       | LAKSHADWEEP        |           0 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 20       | MADHYA PRADESH     |           1 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 21       | MAHARASHTRA        |         117 |           0 |          13 |                             0 |
| 22       | MANIPUR            |           0 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 23       | MEGHALAYA          |          16 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 24       | MIZORAM            |           0 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 25       | NAGALAND           |           0 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 26       | ODISHA             |           1 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 27       | PUDUCHERRY         |           0 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 28       | PUNJAB             |           0 |           1 |           0 |                             0 |
| 29       | RAJASTHAN          |          66 |          60 |          37 |                             0 |
| 30       | SIKKIM             |           0 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 31       | TAMIL NADU         |           0 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 32       | TELANGANA          |           7 |           1 |           0 |                             0 |
| 33       | TRIPURA            |           0 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 34       | UTTAR PRADESH      |           1 |           3 |           0 |                             0 |
| 35       | UTTARAKHAND        |          15 |           0 |           0 |                             0 |
| 36       | WEST BENGAL        |          51 |          48 |           0 |                             0 |
|          | Total              |         377 |         293 |          84 |                            15 |

Annexure-II Referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4338 due for reply on 11/8/2016 State-wise No. of Arsenic and Fluoride Affected Habitations and Total Population

Affected (as per IMIS of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation) as on  13 th December 2015 and Funds Released by the Government to the States in March 2016 on the recommendation of the NITI Aayog

| Sl. No.   | Name of State   | Arsenic                           | Arsenic                   | Fluoride                          | Fluoride                  | Total Release   |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of State   | Total no. of affected habitations | Total affected population | Total no. of affected habitations | Total affected population | Crores)         |
| 1         | Assam           | 288                               | 102147                    | 109                               | 50645                     | 11.57           |
| 2         | Bihar           | 34                                | 65007                     | 442                               | 236504                    | 22.83           |
| 3         | Karnataka       | 7                                 | 11762                     | 1044                              | 779213                    | 59.90           |
| 4         | Punjab          | 175                               | 210349                    | 254                               | 309242                    | 39.35           |
| 5         | Uttar Pradesh   | 39                                | 55594                     | 143                               | 121148                    | 13.39           |
| 6         | West Bengal     | 784                               | 1224568                   | 1002                              | 584134                    | 236.98          |
| 7         | Andhra Pradesh  | 0                                 | 0                         | 394                               | 280655                    | 21.26           |
| 8         | Chhattisgarh    | 0                                 | 0                         | 50                                | 13803                     | 1.05            |
| 9         | Gujarat         | 0                                 | 0                         | 5                                 | 11772                     | 0.89            |
| 10        | Haryana         | 0                                 | 0                         | 10                                | 35185                     | 2.66            |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir  | 0                                 | 0                         | 1                                 | 6227                      | 0.47            |
| 12        | Jharkhand       | 0                                 | 0                         | 10                                | 1975                      | 1.50            |
| 13        | Kerala          | 0                                 | 0                         | 95                                | 260499                    | 19.73           |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh  | 0                                 | 0                         | 358                               | 130113                    | 15.85           |
| 15        | Maharashtra     | 0                                 | 0                         | 179                               | 468707                    | 24.08           |
| 16        | Odisha          | 0                                 | 0                         | 147                               | 26375                     | 2.00            |
| 17        | Rajasthan       | 0                                 | 0                         | 6904                              | 4374419                   | 431.29          |
| 18        | Telangana       | 0                                 | 0                         | 866                               | 1195168                   | 94.58           |
| 19        | Uttarakhand     | 0                                 | 0                         | 1                                 | 8126                      | 0.62            |
| Total     | Total           | 1327                              | 1669427                   | 12014                             | 8893910                   | 1000            |