To make provision of potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on regular & long-term basis to every rural household by 2024, since August, 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – Har Ghar Jal including quality-affected habitations.
Under JJM, States/UTs can utilize upto 2% of their annual allocation of funds under JJM for Water Quality Monitoring & Surveillance (WQM&S) activities inter alia which includes setting up and strengthening of water quality testing laboratories, procurement of equipment, instruments, chemicals, glassware, consumables, hiring of skilled manpower, surveillance by community using field test kits (FTKs), awareness generation, educational programmes on water quality, accreditation/recognition of laboratories, etc.
Under Jal Jeevan Mission, as per existing guidelines, IS 10500 is to be adopted for ensuring safe drinking water supply and States/ UTs have been advised to carry out testing of drinking water sources once in year for chemical and physical parameters and twice in a year for bacteriological parameters.
To enable States/ UTs including Uttar Pradesh to test water samples for water quality in drinking water quality testing laboratories and using Field Test Kits (FTKs), and for sample collection, reporting, monitoring and surveillance of drinking water sources, an online JJM – Water Quality Management Information System (WQMIS) portal has been developed, which is available in public domain on JJM Dashboard and can also be accessed at:
https://neer.icmr.org.in/website/main.php
This portal also provides automated alerts to concerned authorities in States/ UTs, if the water sample tested is contaminated, to initiate remedial actions. On this portal an individual can also register his sample and choose nearby water quality testing laboratory to get the water sample tested. Thus, testing of water samples and reporting in rural areas, has been made accessible and easy.
States/ UTs including Uttar Pradesh have been advised to identify and train 5 persons preferably women in each village from local community viz. ASHA workers, health workers, VWSC members, teachers, etc. to conduct water quality tests using FTKs/ bacteriological vials at village level and report the same on the portal.
As reported by States, as on date, the State/ UT-wise details of women trained for water quality testing using FTKs is at Annex-I and State/ UT-wise details of water samples tested in labs and using FTK for 2021-22 is at Annex-II.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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Annex–I
State/UT-wise details of women trained for water quality testing using FTKs
(As on 15.03.2022)
S. No. |
Name of State/UT |
No. of women trained |
1. |
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
1,045 |
2. |
Andhra Pradesh |
55,123 |
3. |
Arunachal Pradesh |
16,641 |
4. |
Assam |
36,839 |
5. |
Bihar |
377 |
6. |
Chhattisgarh |
92,939 |
7. |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli And Daman & Diu |
69 |
8. |
Goa |
NR |
9. |
Gujarat |
41,863 |
10. |
Haryana |
32,791 |
11. |
Himachal Pradesh |
39,657 |
12. |
Jammu & Kashmir |
4,974 |
13. |
Jharkhand |
9,144 |
14. |
Karnataka |
63,484 |
15. |
Kerala |
1 |
16. |
Ladakh |
1,219 |
17. |
Lakshadweep |
NR |
18. |
Madhya Pradesh |
53,884 |
19. |
Maharashtra |
1,94,829 |
20. |
Manipur |
12,837 |
21. |
Meghalaya |
23,164 |
22. |
Mizoram |
2,981 |
23. |
Nagaland |
6,441 |
24. |
Odisha |
27,637 |
25. |
Puducherry |
987 |
26. |
Punjab |
38,324 |
27. |
Rajasthan |
20,863 |
28. |
Sikkim |
2,019 |
29. |
Tamil Nadu |
62,663 |
30. |
Telangana |
7,659 |
31. |
Tripura |
5,517 |
32. |
Uttar Pradesh |
36,524 |
33. |
Uttarakhand |
40,997 |
34. |
West Bengal |
5,549 |
Total |
9,39,041 |
NR: Not Reported Source: JJM-IMIS
Annex–II
State/UT-wise details of water samples tested in laboratories and using Field Testing Kits (FTKs) during 2021-22
(As on 15.03.2022)
S. No. |
Name of State/ UT |
Water samples tested in labs |
Water samples tested using Field Test Kits (FTKs) |
1. |
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
773 |
724 |
2. |
Andhra Pradesh |
3,34,602 |
1,93,481 |
3. |
Arunachal Pradesh |
25,082 |
14,214 |
4. |
Assam |
1,84,959 |
2,32,712 |
5. |
Bihar |
1,74,475 |
NR |
6. |
Chhattisgarh |
62,642 |
8,01,993 |
7. |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli And Daman & Diu |
NR |
NR |
8. |
Goa |
7,482 |
376 |
9. |
Gujarat |
2,45,829 |
39,370 |
10. |
Haryana |
99,073 |
1,39,669 |
11. |
Himachal Pradesh |
2,61,909 |
83,158 |
12. |
Jammu & Kashmir |
1,79,937 |
16,371 |
13. |
Jharkhand |
1,37,144 |
520 |
14. |
Karnataka |
1,45,797 |
1,22,264 |
15. |
Kerala |
2,29,757 |
3,45,533 |
16. |
Ladakh |
6,746 |
2,494 |
17. |
Lakshadweep |
3,646 |
NR |
18. |
Madhya Pradesh |
3,35,596 |
1,33,188 |
19. |
Maharashtra |
73,694 |
13,428 |
20. |
Manipur |
5,077 |
5,523 |
21. |
Meghalaya |
6,736 |
3,821 |
22. |
Mizoram |
18,620 |
9,803 |
23. |
Nagaland |
4,535 |
19,335 |
24. |
Odisha |
2,20,659 |
1,45,916 |
25. |
Puducherry |
28 |
NR |
26. |
Punjab |
12,033 |
50,367 |
27. |
Rajasthan |
1,06,946 |
4,230 |
28. |
Sikkim |
6,470 |
1,077 |
29. |
Tamil Nadu |
3,48,188 |
1,90,282 |
30. |
Telangana |
2,31,899 |
1,030 |
31. |
Tripura |
32,951 |
16,892 |
32. |
Uttar Pradesh |
1,00,872 |
23,315 |
33. |
Uttarakhand |
62,995 |
4,290 |
34. |
West Bengal |
2,48,744 |
1 |
Total |
39,15,896 |
26,15,377 |
NR: Not Reported Source: JJM-IMIS
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