LABORATORY FOR CHECKING THE QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER
As reported by States/UTs, so far 2021 drinking water quality testing laboratories at different levels viz. State, district, sub-division and/or block level, has been set up in the country. State-wise details of drinking water quality testing laboratories is at Annex-I.
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. Thus, as of date, out of 19.27 Crore rural households in the country, 8.88 Crore (46.09%) households are reported to have provision of tap water supply in their homes. State-wise details is at Annex– II.
The State/UT, district & village-wise status of tap water connection in rural households, schools and anganwadi centres as reported by States/ UTs is in public domain and available on JJM dashboard at:
https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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Annex-I
State/UT-wise detail of drinking water quality testing laboratories
| S.No. | State | No. of drinking water quality testing labs | ||||
| State | District | Block/sub–Division | Mobile | Total | ||
| 1. | A&NIslands | 1 | 3 | 7 | – | 11 |
| 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 | 44 | – | 59 |
| 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 | 659 | 1,270 | 64 | 2,021 | |
Annex-II\
Nos in lakh
| S. No. | State/ UT | Total rural HHs as on 15.08.2019 | Rural HHs with tap water connection as on 15.8.2019 | Total rural HHs as on date | Rural HHs provided with tap water connection as on date under JJM | Rural HHs with tap water supply | |||
| No. | In % | No. | In % | No. | In% | ||||
| 1. | A & N Islands | 0.65 | 0.29 | 43.92 | 0.62 | 0.33 | 53.98 | 0.62 | 100.00 |
| 2. | Andhra Pr. | 95.66 | 30.74 | 32.14 | 95.17 | 18.55 | 19.49 | 49.29 | 51.79 |
| 3. | Arunachal Pr. | 2.18 | 0.23 | 10.46 | 2.20 | 0.92 | 41.59 | 1.14 | 51.94 |
| 4. | Assam | 63.35 | 1.11 | 1.76 | 63.35 | 17.87 | 28.20 | 18.98 | 29.96 |
| 5. | Bihar | 183.54 | 3.16 | 1.72 | 1,72.21 | 150.35 | 87.31 | 153.51 | 89.15 |
| 6. | Chhattisgarh | 45.48 | 3.20 | 7.03 | 48.59 | 4.87 | 10.02 | 8.07 | 16.60 |
| 7. | DNH and D&D | 0.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 100.00 | 0.85 | 100.00 |
| 8. | Goa | 2.63 | 1.99 | 75.70 | 2.63 | 0.64 | 24.30 | 2.63 | 100.00 |
| 9. | Gujarat | 93.03 | 65.16 | 70.04 | 91.77 | 18.18 | 19.81 | 83.34 | 90.81 |
| 10. | Haryana | 28.94 | 17.66 | 61.04 | 30.97 | 13.30 | 42.96 | 30.97 | 100.00 |
| 11. | Himachal Pr. | 17.04 | 7.63 | 44.76 | 17.28 | 8.27 | 47.85 | 15.89 | 92.00 |
| 12. | J&K | 18.17 | 5.75 | 31.67 | 18.35 | 4.73 | 25.76 | 10.48 | 57.12 |
| 13. | Jharkhand | 54.09 | 3.45 | 6.38 | 59.23 | 7.25 | 12.24 | 10.70 | 18.07 |
| 14. | Karnataka | 89.61 | 24.51 | 27.35 | 97.92 | 20.35 | 20.79 | 44.87 | 45.82 |
| 15. | Kerala | 67.15 | 16.64 | 24.78 | 70.69 | 10.21 | 14.45 | 26.85 | 37.99 |
| 16. | Ladakh | 0.44 | 0.01 | 3.21 | 0.43 | 0.11 | 26.11 | 0.13 | 29.42 |
| 17. | Madhya Pr. | 121.24 | 13.53 | 11.16 | 122.28 | 32.42 | 26.52 | 45.96 | 37.58 |
| 18. | Maharashtra | 142.36 | 48.44 | 34.03 | 146.09 | 50.16 | 34.33 | 98.53 | 67.45 |
| 19. | Manipur | 4.52 | 0.26 | 5.73 | 4.52 | 2.57 | 57.00 | 2.83 | 62.74 |
| 20. | Meghalaya | 5.9 | 0.05 | 0.77 | 5.90 | 2.00 | 33.92 | 2.05 | 34.69 |
| 21. | Mizoram | 1.27 | 0.09 | 7.24 | 1.33 | 0.53 | 39.59 | 0.62 | 46.50 |
| 22. | Nagaland | 3.86 | 0.14 | 3.60 | 3.77 | 1.34 | 35.62 | 1.48 | 39.30 |
| 23. | Odisha | 83.06 | 3.11 | 3.74 | 88.34 | 33.45 | 37.87 | 36.56 | 41.39 |
| 24. | Puducherry | 1.15 | 0.94 | 81.31 | 1.15 | 0.21 | 18.63 | 1.15 | 100.00 |
| 25. | Punjab | 35.07 | 16.79 | 47.86 | 34.40 | 17.18 | 49.93 | 33.96 | 98.72 |
| 26. | Rajasthan | 101.32 | 11.74 | 11.59 | 1,01.45 | 11.01 | 10.85 | 22.75 | 22.42 |
| 27. | Sikkim | 1.05 | 0.70 | 67.00 | 1.05 | 0.13 | 12.20 | 0.83 | 79.16 |
| 28. | Tamil Nadu | 126.89 | 21.76 | 17.15 | 1,26.89 | 29.21 | 23.02 | 50.97 | 40.17 |
| 29. | Telangana | 54.38 | 15.68 | 28.84 | 54.06 | 38.38 | 70.99 | 54.06 | 100.00 |
| 30. | Tripura | 8.01 | 0.25 | 3.06 | 7.60 | 2.83 | 37.21 | 3.07 | 40.43 |
| 31. | Uttar Pr. | 263.39 | 5.16 | 1.96 | 2,64.28 | 29.94 | 11.33 | 35.10 | 13.28 |
| 32. | Uttarakhand | 14.62 | 1.30 | 8.91 | 15.18 | 6.48 | 42.67 | 7.78 | 51.26 |
| 33. | West Bengal | 163.26 | 2.15 | 1.31 | 1,77.23 | 30.34 | 17.12 | 32.48 | 18.33 |
| Total | 1893.91 | 323.62 | 17.07 | 1927.76 | 564.96 | 29.31 | 888.52 | 46.09 | |
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