State/UT-wise number of cases and deaths reported due to major water-borne diseases such as Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases, Enteric Fever (Typhoid), Viral Hepatitis, Cholera and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), as reported by State/UT’s Governments, during the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 are given below:

 

State/UT-wise Cases and Deaths due to Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases reported during the years 2011 – 2013

 

 

(Source:- ‘National Health Profile’ published by Central Bureau of Health Investigation, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India)

 

 * The figures of the year 2013 are provisional.

           

State/UT-wise Cases and Deaths due to Enteric Fever (Typhoid) reported during the years 2011 – 2013

 

SI. No.	State /U.T	2011		2012		2013*
		Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths
1	Andhra Pradesh	180297	6	279816	37	233212	5
2	Arunachal Pradesh	7885	9	11821	10	6154	4
3	Assam	4541	5	12016	10	6521	0
4	Bihar	14787	0	142341	3	261791	2
5	Chhattisgarh	42115	1	54417	6	27457	2
6	Goa	285	0	290	0	355	0
7	Gujarat	14371	0	24325	0	22962	1
8	Haryana	25469	1	34427	1	27182	0
9	Himachal Pradesh	28074	2	40041	3	38572	2
10	Jammu & Kashmir	82347	0	68157	0	70859	0
11	Jharkhand	27009	3	19624	39	24806	7
12	Karnataka	38727	2	55163	1	13457	7
13	Kerala	3322	0	4670	1	4329	3
14	Madhya Pradesh	32490	20	68280	29	114578	28
15	Maharashtra	50095	1	71094	2	82852	1
16	Manipur	5498	7	13731	5	10927	17
17	Meghalaya	9235	2	6916	10	9134	1
18	Mizoram	2270	1	2062	1	2766	3
19	Nagaland	14962	2	10437	0	12520	0
20	Odisha	59903	104	73087	89	53743	35
S.No.	State /U.T	2011		2012		2013*
		Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths
21	Punjab	36263	9	42536	4	35136	5
22	Rajasthan	7902	0	27018	4	31615	5
23	Sikkim	551	0	401	0	186	0
24	Tamil Nadu	50185	0	34611	0	31440	1
25	Tripura	3553	0	6198	3	12849	1
26	Uttarakhand	13760	1	28698	4	25956	0
27	Uttar Pradesh	117537	80	143516	65	223066	161
28	West Bengal	127180	34	143179	29	108695	39
29	A & N Islands	1343	1	1340	1	1363	1
30	Chandigarh	3190	0	3023	0	3251	0
31	D & N Haveli	2269	0	2559	0	4323	0
32	Daman & Diu	964	0	1265	0	888	0
33	Delhi	42976	55	47957	71	31579	29
34	Lakshadweep	14	0	5	0	3	0
35	Puducherry	11077	0	2678	0	2591	1
Total		1062446	346	1477699	428	1537118	361

 

(Source:- ‘National Health Profile’ published by Central Bureau of Health Investigation, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India)

 

* The figures of the year 2013 are provisional.

           

State/UT-wise Cases and Deaths due to Viral Hepatitis reported during the years 2011 – 2013

 

 

(Source:- ‘National Health Profile’ published by Central Bureau of Health Investigation, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India)

 

* The figures of the year 2013 are provisional.

 

State/UT-wise Cases and Deaths due to Cholera reported during the years 2011 – 2013

 

 

(Source:- ‘National Health Profile’ published by Central Bureau of Health Investigation, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India)

 

* The figures of the year 2013 are provisional.

             

State/UT-wise number of Cases and Deaths due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) reported during the years 2011 – 2013

S. No	State /U.T	2011		2012		2013
		Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths
1	Andhra Pradesh	73	1	64	0	345	3
2	Assam	1319	250	1343	229	1388	272
3	Bihar	821	197	745	275	417	143
4	Delhi	9	0	0	0	0	0
5	Goa	91	1	84	0	48	1
6	Haryana	90	14	5	0	2	0
7	Jharkhand	303	19	16	0	270	5
8	Karnataka	397	0	189	1	162	0
9	Kerala	88	6	29	6	53	6
10	Maharashtra	35	9	37	20	0	0
11	Manipur	11	0	2	0	1	0
12	Nagaland	44	6	21	2	20	0
13	Punjab	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Tamil Nadu	762	29	935	64	77	8
15	Tripura	0	0	0	0	211	0
16	Uttarakhand	0	0	174	2	0	0
17	Uttar Pradesh	3492	579	3484	557	3096	609
18	West Bengal	714	58	1216	100	1735	226
Total		8249	1169	8344	1256	7825	1273

(Source:-  ‘Directorate of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, Delhi, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India)

             

Provision of safe drinking water is the main strategy to reduce the number of water-borne diseases. Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation supplements efforts of the States by providing technical and financial assistance under the centrally sponsored National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) for providing safe and adequate drinking water supply facilities in rural areas of the country. Further, 5% of NRDWP funds are earmarked and allocated to those States facing problems of chemical contamination in drinking water and with Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome affected high priority districts. Up to 67% of the NRDWP funds allocated to States can be utilized for tackling water quality problems in rural areas. In addition, Government of India provides 3% NRDWP funds on 100% central assistance basis to states for water quality monitoring and surveillance, which inter alia include taking up works relating to setting up of new or up-gradation of district/sub-district water quality testing laboratories, providing chemicals and consumables to laboratories, providing field test kits/refills to Gram Panchayats etc.

 

‘Health’ is a state subject and the responsibility for providing healthcare facilities to patients primarily lies with the respective State Governments. However, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare provides financial and technical assistance to State/UT Governments under National Health Mission (NHM) for strengthening of primary and secondary health care facilities to effectively respond to health care needs including health problems arising from consumption of contaminated drinking water. The financial assistance for this purpose is provided under NHM Mission Flexi pool as per the needs of States/UTs which are reflected in their annual Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs).

 

Further, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Delhi provides technical assistance to State/UT Governments on prevention and control of water-borne diseases in carrying out investigation of outbreaks of such diseases under Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP). At the national level, NCDC also coordinates laboratory support for outbreak investigations, besides conducting regular training courses for development of trained manpower.

 

The Health Minister stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.

 

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