Ministry of Jal Shakti
Water Testing Laboratories
Posted On: 15 DEC 2022 6:08PM by PIB Delhi
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.
State-wise details of drinking water quality testing laboratories
|
S. No. |
State |
No. of drinking water quality testing laboratories |
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|
State |
Regional/ District |
Block/ sub–Division/ Mobile |
Total |
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|
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 |
|
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Source: JJM-WQMIS |
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