(a) whether the Government has constituted any team of expert to evaluate the requirement
and quality of drinking water in various States including Jharkhand; and
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the salient recommendations of the said team?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
(SHRI BHARATSINH SOLANKI)
(a) & (b): Yes Madam. Central Teams comprising of technical experts from various related
Ministries and of this Ministry were deputed during the last 2 years to study and report on
drinking water quality issues in the following cases:
1) To visit saline tracts of Maharashtra State during 23-27 May 2011.
2) To visit arsenic affected Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh during 14-17 September 2011.
3) To visit fluoride and fluorosis affected Garwha district in Jharkhand during 25-28
September 2011.
4) To visit various water quality affected habitations in Jharkhand during 3-5 November
2011.
5) To visit fluoride and arsenic affected villages in Uttar Pradesh State during 16-19 April
2012.
Major recommendations of the above Central Teams are at Annexure.