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 including in Tamil Nadu by 2024, since August,2019, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – Har Ghar Jal.
Water being a state subject, planning, approval and implementation of drinking water supply schemes and setting up of drinking water quality testing laboratories, lies with State/UT governments. As such individual projects/ schemes for rural water supply and water testing laboratories are not approved at the Government of India level.
Under JJM, States/ UTs can utilize upto 2% of their annual allocation for taking up water quality monitoring & surveillance activities inter alia which includes setting up and strengthening of drinking water quality testing laboratories at different levels viz. State, District, sub-division and/or block level. As reported by States/UTs, as on date, there are 2,073 drinking water quality testing laboratories at different levels viz. State, District, sub-division and/ or block level 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 Lok Sabha today.
Annex
State-wise details of drinking water quality testing laboratories
|
S. No.
|
State
|
No. of drinking water quality testing laboratories
|
|
State
|
Regional/ 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
|
20
|
15
|
36
|
|
4.
|
Assam
|
1
|
26
|
56
|
83
|
|
5.
|
Bihar
|
1
|
37
|
84
|
122
|
|
6.
|
Chhattisgarh
|
1
|
28
|
41
|
70
|
|
7.
|
Goa
|
1
|
-
|
13
|
14
|
|
8.
|
Gujarat
|
1
|
33
|
46
|
80
|
|
9.
|
Haryana
|
1
|
21
|
22
|
44
|
|
10.
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
-
|
14
|
57
|
71
|
|
11.
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
2
|
20
|
76
|
98
|
|
12.
|
Jharkhand
|
1
|
24
|
5
|
30
|
|
13.
|
Karnataka
|
2
|
31
|
47
|
80
|
|
14.
|
Kerala
|
4
|
14
|
70
|
88
|
|
15.
|
Ladakh
|
-
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
|
16.
|
Lakshadweep
|
-
|
-
|
9
|
9
|
|
17.
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
1
|
51
|
103
|
155
|
|
18.
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
34
|
143
|
177
|
|
19.
|
Manipur
|
1
|
12
|
-
|
13
|
|
20.
|
Meghalaya
|
1
|
7
|
22
|
30
|
|
21.
|
Mizoram
|
1
|
8
|
18
|
27
|
|
22.
|
Nagaland
|
1
|
11
|
-
|
12
|
|
23.
|
Odisha
|
1
|
30
|
46
|
77
|
|
24.
|
Puducherry
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
|
25.
|
Punjab
|
1
|
23
|
9
|
33
|
|
26.
|
Rajasthan
|
2
|
32
|
20
|
54
|
|
27.
|
Sikkim
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
|
28.
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1
|
31
|
81
|
113
|
|
29.
|
Telangana
|
1
|
19
|
56
|
76
|
|
30.
|
Tripura
|
1
|
8
|
12
|
21
|
|
31.
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
1
|
75
|
5
|
81
|
|
32.
|
Uttarakhand
|
1
|
13
|
13
|
27
|
|
33.
|
West Bengal
|
1
|
22
|
197
|
220
|
|
Total
|
34
|
665
|
1,374
|
2,073
|
|
Source: JJM-WQMIS
|
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