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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