(a) whether ground water is not worth for drinking due to seepage of chromium, iron, copper and zine from the industrial units in many States in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
(c) the steps being taken by the Government to remove the
said metals and ensure the availability of safe water in the
States?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SMT. BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY)
(a) & (b) The names of the States and locations where ground
water has been found contaminated and reasons thereof are
indicated in the attached Statement.
(c) Provision of drinking water supply is the
responsibility of the State Governments. Rajiv Gandhi
National Drinking Water Mission under the Ministry of Rural
Development has been assisting and guiding the States in the
provision of safe drinking water to rural population under
the Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme, and exclusive
Sub-Missions in areas having serious ground water quality
problems like Fluoride, Iron, Arsenic, Nitrate and
Brackishness. In such quality affected areas, where ground
water is unfit for drinking, the safe drinking water is
supplied either through alternative sources, tapping surface
water or by other means by undertaking remedial measures
like defluoridation, iron removal and arsenic removal.
In addition, measures taken to mitigate the problem of
ground water pollution are as follows:-
(i) The Central Govern;ment has set-up Central Ground Water
Authority to regulate and control ground water management and development.
(ii) Mass awareness and education programme have been
launched on the significance of water economy, efficient
utilization, health, hygiene and sanitation.
(iii) Central Pollution Control Board has adopted
several measures like directing the industries through State
Pollution Control Boards to limit the discharge of effluent
within the stipulated standards, initiation of scheme to
give assistance to clusters of small scale industrial units
for setting up common effluent treatment plants and taking
up of quality scheme of monitoring in critically polluted
areas.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) and (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 3151 FOR REPLY ON 19.03.2001
STATE-WISE DETAILS OF CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATER IN SOME AREAS OF THE
DISTRICTS DUE TO VARIOUS CONTAMINANTS
SL.NO. STATE SALINITY IRON FLUORIDE NITRATE ARSENIC HEAVY METALS
1. Andhr East Prakasam, Visakhapat Anantapur, a Godavari, Nellore, nam, East Mehboobnagar, Prade West Anantapur, Godavari, Prakasam, sh Godavari, Nalgonda, Krishna, Visakhapatnam, Krishna, Rangareddy, Prakasam, Cuddapah, Guntur, Adilabad Nellore, Nalgonda Prakasam Chittoor, Anantapur, Cuddapah, Kurnool, Mehboobnag ar, Rangareddy , Medak, Adilabad, Nalgonda, Khammam
2. Assam Northern Digboi Bank of Brahmaputra
3. Bihar Begusarai Champaran, Giridih, Palamau, Dhanbad, Muzaffarpu Jamui, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, r, Gaya, Dhanbad Patna, Begusarai Munger, Nalanda, Deoghar, Nawada, Madhubani, Bhagalpur, Patna, Sahebgunj, palamau, Banka Nalanda, Nawada, Banka
SL.NO. STATE SALINITY IRON FLUORIDE NITRATE ARSENIC HEAVY METALS
4. Gujarat Banaskantha, Kachch, Surendra Junagarh, nagar, Rajkot, Bharauch, Ahmdedabad, Surat, Mehsana, Mehsana, Banaskantha, Ahmedabad, Sabarkantha, Surendranag Panchmahal, Kheda ar, Kheda, Jamnagar
5. Haryana Sonepat, Rohtak, Jind, Ambala, Faridabad Rohtak, Hissar, Bhiwani, Sonepat, Hissar, Mahendragarh, Jind, Jind, Faridabad Gurgaon, Sirsa, Faridabad, Faridabad, Hissar, Gurgaon, Sirsa, Bhiwani, Karnal, Mahendragarh Kurushetra , Rohtak, Bhiwanim Mahendraga rh 6. Himacha Kulu, Purwanoo, Kala l Solan, Una amb Pradesh
7 Karnata Bijapur, Tumkur, Kolar, Bhadravati ka Belgaum, Bangalore, Raichur, Gulbarga, Bellary, Bellary, Raichur Dharwar
8. Kerala Ernakulam, Palghat Trichur, Alleppey
9. Madhya Gwalior, Bhind, Morena, Sehore Bastar, Korba, Pradesh Bhind, Guna, Jhabua, Ratlam, Nagda Morena, Chhindwara, Seoni, Jhabua, Mandla, Raipur, Khargaon, Vidisha Dhar, Shivpuri, Shajapur, Guna, Mandsor, Ujjain
SL. STATE SALINITY IRON FLUORIDE NITRATE ARSENIC HEAVY METALS NO. 10. Mahara Amravati, Bhandara, Thane, shtra Akola Chandrapur, Jalna, Beed, nanded, Nanded, Aurangabad Latur, Osmanabad, Solapur, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Aurangabad, Ahmednagar, Pune, Buldhana, Amravati, Akola, Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli 11. Orissa Cuttack, Parts Bolangir Angul, Talcher Baleswar, of Puri coastal Orissa 12. Punjab Bhatinda, Ludhiana, Patiala, Ludhiana, Sangrur, Faridkot, Faridkot, Mandi, Faridkot, Bhatinda, Firozpur, Gobindgarh Firozpur Sangrur, sangrur, jalandhar, Bhatinda Amritsar 13. Rajast Bharatpur, Bikaner Barmer, Jaipur, Pali, Udaipur, han Jaipur, , Bikaner, Churu, Khetri Nagpur, Alwar, Ganganagar, Ganganagar, Jalore, Dungarp jalore, Bikaner, Sirohi, ur, nagaur, Pali, Jalore, Jodhpur Sirohi Barmer, Bundi, Swai Madhopur
SL. STATE SALINITY IRON FLUORIDE NITRATE ARSENIC HEAVY METALS NO. 14. Tamil Karaikal, Dharmapuri, Coimbatore, Manali, North Nadu Pondicherry, Salem, Periyar, Salem Arcot Nagapattanam North Arcot- , Quide- Ambedkar, Millet, Villipuram- Pudukottai, Padayatchim Ramananthapu Muthuramali ram, North ngam, Arcot- Tiruchirapa Ambedkar, lli, Dharmapuri, Pudukottai Salem, Trichy, Coimbatore 15. Tripu Dharmnaga ra r, Kauleshah er, Khowai, Ambasa, Amapur and parts of Agartala valley 16. Uttar Agra, Bulandshaha Orai, Jhansi, Singrauli, Prade Mathura, r, Aligarh, Lalitpur, Basti, Kanpur, sh Mainpuri, Agra Unnao, Faizabad, Jaunpur, Banda Rae-Bareli Sultanpur, Allahabad, Maharajganj, Saharanpur, Gorakhpur, Aligarh Deoria 17. West Midnapore Birbhum Uttar Malda, Durgapur, Benga , Howrah, Dinajpur, South 24 Howrah, l Hoogly, Halda, paraganas, Murshidabad, Bankura Birbhum, Nadia, Nadia Nadia, Hoogly, Midnapore, Murshidaba Howrah, d, Murshidabad, Bradhaman, Purulia Howrah 18. NCT City, Alipur, of Shahdara & Kanjhawala Delhi Mehrauli Najafgarh, blocks Mehrauli, City and Shahdara blocks