The Minister of State
(Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Shri
Bharatsinh Solanki said in a statement in the Rajya Sabha, Upper House of
Parliament, in New Delhi today that as per census-2011, Report, 30.80% of the
Rural Households in the country get tap water and 70.60% of the Urban
Households of the country are covered with tap water supply.
Under the National Rural Drinking
Water Programme (NRDWP) Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation provides
technical and financial assistance to the States to provide safe and adequate
drinking water to the rural population. Â
The Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation has prepared a Strategic
Plan for coverage of rural households with Piped Water. Under the Plan the
following timelines have been laid out:
           By 2017,
- Ensure
that at least 50% of rural households are provided with piped water
supply;Â at least 35% of rural
households have piped water supply with a household connection; less than
20% use public taps and less than 45% use handpumps or other safe and
adequate private water sources. All
services meet set standards in terms of quality and number of hours of
supply every day.
By 2022,
·
Ensure
that at least 90% of rural households are provided with piped water supply; Â at least 80% of rural households have piped
water supply with a household connection; less than 10% use public taps and
less than 10% use handpumps or other safe and adequate private water sources.
Data regarding supply of potable
safe drinking water through individual household tap connections is not
maintained in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. The State wise
status of access of households with Piped Water connection in rural and urban
areas, as per Census 2011 is as follows
Census -2011Â RuralÂ
& Urban Households with access to Piped Water Supply
|
SL
|
State
|
Rural Households
|
Coverage with Tap Water
|
Urban Households
|
Coverage with Tap Water
|
1
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
1497920
|
55.70
|
517168
|
87.90
|
2
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
1310538
|
88.70
|
166043
|
95.50
|
3
|
Punjab
|
3315632
|
34.90
|
2094067
|
76.40
|
4
|
Chandigarh
|
6785
|
95.20
|
228276
|
96.80
|
5
|
Uttarakhand
|
1404845
|
63.90
|
592223
|
78.40
|
6
|
Haryana
|
2966053
|
63.60
|
1751901
|
77.50
|
7
|
Delhi
|
79115
|
59.40
|
3261423
|
81.90
|
8
|
Rajasthan
|
9490363
|
26.90
|
3090940
|
82.60
|
9
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
25475071
|
20.20
|
7449195
|
51.50
|
10
|
Bihar
|
16926958
|
2.60
|
2013671
|
20.00
|
11
|
Sikkim
|
93270
|
82.60
|
35761
|
92.10
|
12
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
195723
|
59.30
|
65891
|
84.20
|
13
|
Nagaland
|
284911
|
51.80
|
115054
|
35.70
|
14
|
Manipur
|
335752
|
29.50
|
171400
|
56.30
|
15
|
Mizoram
|
104874
|
41.40
|
116203
|
74.40
|
16
|
Tripura
|
607779
|
25.20
|
235002
|
54.00
|
17
|
Meghalaya
|
422197
|
28.70
|
116102
|
77.60
|
18
|
Assam
|
5374553
|
6.80
|
992742
|
30.20
|
19
|
West Bengal
|
13717186
|
11.40
|
6350113
|
55.60
|
20
|
Jharkhand
|
4685965
|
3.70
|
1495642
|
41.60
|
21
|
Odisha
|
8144012
|
7.50
|
1517073
|
48.00
|
22
|
Chhattisgarh
|
4384112
|
8.80
|
1238738
|
62.50
|
23
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
11122365
|
9.90
|
3845232
|
62.20
|
24
|
Gujarat
|
6765403
|
55.80
|
5416315
|
85.60
|
25
|
Daman & Diu
|
12750
|
84.80
|
47631
|
72.60
|
26
|
D & N Haveli
|
35408
|
42.50
|
37655
|
50.30
|
27
|
Maharashtra
|
13016652
|
50.20
|
10813928
|
89.10
|
28
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
14246309
|
63.40
|
6778225
|
83.50
|
29
|
Karnataka
|
7864196
|
56.40
|
5315715
|
80.40
|
30
|
Goa
|
124674
|
77.80
|
198139
|
90.20
|
31
|
Lakshadweep
|
2523
|
31.00
|
8180
|
16.90
|
32
|
Kerala
|
4095674
|
24.50
|
3620696
|
34.90
|
33
|
Tamil Nadu
|
9563899
|
79.30
|
8929104
|
80.30
|
34
|
Pudducherry
|
95133
|
95.00
|
206143
|
95.40
|
35
|
A & N Islands
|
59030
|
77.50
|
34346
|
97.90
|
|
India
|
167826730
|
30.80
|
78865937
|
70.60
|
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