SETTING UP OF WATER TESTING LABORATORIES
Since August, 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – Har Ghar Jal to make provision of potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on regular & long-term basis to every rural household in the country by 2024, including the State of Andhra Pradesh.
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.
As reported by States/UTs, so far 2,021 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 Annexed.
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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BY/AS
Annexure
State/UT-wise detail of drinking water quality testing laboratories
(as on 02.02.2022)
|
S. No.
|
State
|
No. of drinking water quality testing labs
|
|
State
|
District
|
Block/sub–Division
|
Mobile
|
Total
|
|
1.
|
A & N Islands
|
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
|
(Release ID :231580)