2021, with an outlay of Rs 25,000 crore. As per the plan, the NWQSM will end on
March 31, 2021. Table 5 provides number of habitations affected by iron, arsenic,
fluoride, salinity, nitrate and heavy metals.
Table 5 Number of habitations with contamination levels beyond permissible limits
States
Total
Fluoride
Arsenic
Iron
Salinity
Nitrate
Heavy
metals
Andhra
Pradesh
409
345
0
1
57
6
0
Arunachal
Pradesh
409
345
0
1
57
6
0
Assam
10,917
283
4416
6211
0
0
7
Bihar
4211
898
871
2442
0
0
0
Chhattisgarh
1156
400
19
725
2
10
0
Haryana
125
118
0
0
7
0
0
Jammu And
Kashmir
16
4
0
12
0
0
0
Jharkhand
2797
534
101
2,155
3
4
0
Karnataka
872
497
3
61
29
281
1
Kerala
361
34
0
199
96
32
0
Madhya
Pradesh
181
166
0
5
10
0
0
Maharashtra
215
67
0
16
51
81
0
Meghalaya
32
0
0
32
0
0
0
Nagaland
30
0
0
30
0
0
0
Odisha
2976
104
0
2501
371
0
0
Punjab
3516
298
695
267
14
141
2101
Rajasthan
19,567
5939
0
5
12,587
1036
0
Tamil Nadu
169
0
0
152
17
0
0
Telangana
364
1
0
36
182
145
0
Tripura
2532
0
0
2,532
0
0
0
Uttar Pradesh
1379
179
748
362
80
10
0
Uttarakhand
15
0
0
12
0
3
0
West Bengal
17,389
1293
9756
5613
458
0
269
Total
69,258
11,160
16,609
23,398
13,964
1749
2378
Source Written reply to Rajya Sabha on Water Quality Affected Habitation in India, submitted on
March 15, 2019, by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (https://data.gov.in/resources/stateand-district-wise-number-water-quality-affected-habitations-which-are-yet-be. Last accessed on
April 04, 2020)
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