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 JalJeevan Mission (JJM) – HarGharJal.
Under JJM, States/ UTs can utilize upto 2% of their annual allocation for taking up water quality monitoring & surveillance activities. States/ UTs have been advised to upgrade different levels of laboratories i.e. State, district, sub-division and/ or block level and get NABL accreditation and/ or recognition. As reported by States/ UTs, State-wise number of various level drinking water quality testing laboratories set up in the country as on 13.12.2021, is annexed. States/ UTs have been advised to open these water quality laboratories to general public so that they can get their water samples tested on nominal rates.
Drinking Water being a State subject, it is States who plan, design, approve and implement drinking water supply schemes including setting up of labs. As such individual projects/ schemes for rural water supply are not approved at the Government of India level.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, ShriPrahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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BY/AS
States/ UTs-wise details of drinking water quality testing laboratories
(as on 13.12.2021)
|
S. No. |
State |
No. of drinking water quality testing laboratories |
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|
State level |
District level |
Block/ sub–Division level |
Mobile |
Total |
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|
1. |
A & N Islands |
1 |
– |
– |
2 |
3 |
|
2. |
Andhra Pradesh |
1 |
13 |
98 |
– |
112 |
|
3. |
Arunachal Pradesh |
1 |
17 |
30 |
1 |
49 |
|
4. |
Assam |
1 |
25 |
51 |
3 |
80 |
|
5. |
Bihar |
1 |
38 |
75 |
9 |
123 |
|
6. |
Chhattisgarh |
1 |
27 |
22 |
18 |
68 |
|
7. |
Goa |
1 |
– |
13 |
– |
14 |
|
8. |
Gujarat |
1 |
32 |
47 |
1 |
81 |
|
9. |
Haryana |
1 |
21 |
21 |
1 |
44 |
|
10. |
Himachal Pradesh |
1 |
14 |
43 |
– |
58 |
|
11. |
Jammu & Kashmir |
– |
20 |
72 |
– |
92 |
|
12. |
Jharkhand |
1 |
24 |
5 |
– |
30 |
|
13. |
Karnataka |
2 |
30 |
47 |
1 |
80 |
|
14. |
Kerala |
1 |
14 |
37 |
– |
52 |
|
15. |
Ladakh |
– |
2 |
4 |
– |
6 |
|
16. |
Madhya Pradesh |
1 |
51 |
103 |
– |
155 |
|
17. |
Maharashtra |
– |
34 |
143 |
– |
177 |
|
18. |
Manipur |
1 |
12 |
– |
– |
13 |
|
19. |
Meghalaya |
– |
7 |
24 |
– |
31 |
|
20. |
Mizoram |
1 |
8 |
18 |
– |
27 |
|
21. |
Nagaland |
1 |
10 |
– |
1 |
12 |
|
22. |
Odisha |
1 |
32 |
44 |
– |
77 |
|
23. |
Puducherry |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
2 |
|
24. |
Punjab |
2 |
22 |
8 |
1 |
33 |
|
25. |
Rajasthan |
1 |
32 |
– |
21 |
54 |
|
26. |
Sikkim |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
2 |
|
27. |
Tamil Nadu |
1 |
31 |
81 |
– |
113 |
|
28. |
Telangana |
1 |
19 |
55 |
– |
75 |
|
29. |
Tripura |
1 |
8 |
12 |
– |
21 |
|
30. |
Uttar Pradesh |
1 |
75 |
– |
5 |
81 |
|
31. |
Uttarakhand |
1 |
13 |
13 |
– |
27 |
|
32. |
West Bengal |
1 |
21 |
196 |
2 |
220 |
|
Total |
28 |
656 |
1,262 |
66 |
2,012 |
|
|
Source: JJM–IMIS |
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