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Official TranscriptGOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 760 ANSWERED ON 04/12/2025 NABL-ACCREDITED WATER QUALITY TESTING LABORATORIES 760. SHRI SRIBHARAT MATHUKUMILLI: Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state: (a) the total number of drinking water samples tested in Andhra Pradesh during the last three years and the current...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 760 ANSWERED ON 04/12/2025 NABL-ACCREDITED WATER QUALITY TESTING LABORATORIES
760. SHRI SRIBHARAT MATHUKUMILLI:
Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI
be pleased to state:
(a) the total number of drinking water samples tested in Andhra Pradesh during the last three years and the current year and the number of cases in which remedial action was taken including both interim measures and restoration of safe water supply;
(b) the details of water quality testing laboratories that are NABL-accredited for basic water quality parameters, State-wise;
(c) the support and coordination mechanisms put in place by the Government to address bottlenecks in laboratory accreditation such as shortage of assessors or delays in accreditation slots;
(d) whether the Government has collected information regarding the number of States and Union Territories that have reconstituted their District Water and Sanitation Missions
(DWSMs) to include Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha); and
(e) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI V. SOMANNA)
(a) Under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), to enable States/ UTs to test water samples for water quality, and for sample collection, reporting, monitoring and surveillance of drinking water, an online JJM – Water Quality Management Information System (JJM-WQMIS) portal has been developed. The State–wise details of water quality test reported through WQMIS are available in public domain on JJM Dashboard and can also be accessed at
https://ejalshakti.gov.in/WQMIS/Main/report . The details of drinking water quality testing reported by the State of Andhra Pradesh on JJM-WQMIS during last three years and the current
year are given below:
Page 1 of 4Remedial Financial Total Sample Tested Found %age remedial action Year in Andhra Pradesh contaminated action taken taken 2022-23 6,14,014 14,350 14,350 100.00% 2023-24 6,99,999 11,962 9,760 81.59% 2024-25 6,86,179 1,434 1,432 99.86% 2025-26 4,22,925 14 9 64.29%
(b) State-wise details of water quality testing laboratories as reported by States/ UTs on JJM- IMIS as on 01.12.2025 are annexed.
(c) Under JJM, States/UTs have been insisted to get their water quality testing laboratories accredited/ recognised to ensure the reliability, accuracy, and credibility of the data they produce. Meeting were also held with States/ UTs and accreditation bodies with the objective of addressing the concerns/ issues face by States/ UTs in accreditation process including shortage of assessors or delays in accreditation slots.
(d) & (e) Advisories have been issued to States/ UTs to ensure that Hon’ble MPs are consulted while preparing District Action Plans for water supply schemes and are also invited as ‘special invitees’ in all the DWSM meetings. States/ UTs have also been advised that the minutes of the District Water & Sanitation Mission meetings should invariably be shared with respective Member(s) of Parliament for the respective District/ Division for his/ her perusal.
***** Page 2 of 4Annex referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 760 answered on 04.12.2025 State-wise details of water quality testing laboratories (As on 01.12.2025) S.
No. of drinking water quality testing labs Total No. of NABL accredited/ recognized labs No.
State WTP WTP District/ Block/Sub- District/ Block/Sub- facility Total State facility Total State Regional Division/Mobile Regional Division/Mobile labs labs
1. A & N Islands 1 3 7 - 11 1 - - - 1
2. Andhra Pradesh 1 26 85 6 118 1 23 57 - 81
3. Arunachal Pradesh 1 20 17 - 38 - - - - -
4. Assam 1 34 48 3 86 1 34 46 - 81
5. Bihar 1 38 84 - 123 1 37 - - 38
6. Chhattisgarh 1 29 47 - 77 1 28 18 - 47
7. D&NH and D&D - 2 - - 2 - 1 - - 1
8. Goa 1 2 13 8 24 1 1 13 - 15
9. Gujarat 1 33 46 329 409 1 33 42 - 76
10. Haryana 1 21 22 - 44 1 21 21 - 43
11. Himachal Pradesh 1 14 62 8 85 - 12 54 - 66
12. Jammu & Kashmir 2 20 76 - 98 2 20 20 - 42
13. Jharkhand 1 24 6 5 36 1 24 6 - 31
14. Karnataka 5 32 48 22 107 4 29 46 - 79
15. Kerala 4 14 71 5 94 1 14 70 - 85
16. Ladakh 1 2 6 - 9 1 1 1 - 3
17. Lakshadweep - - 9 - 9 - - - - -
18. Madhya Pradesh 1 51 103 32 187 1 51 103 - 155
19. Maharashtra - 34 144 52 230 - 34 144 - 178
20. Manipur 1 12 - 1 14 1 12 - - 13
21. Meghalaya 1 11 18 35 65 1 7 - - 8
22. Mizoram 1 11 15 1 28 1 2 - - 3
23. Nagaland 1 11 - - 12 1 11 - - 12 Page 3 of 4S.
No. of drinking water quality testing labs Total No. of NABL accredited/ recognized labs No.
State WTP WTP District/ Block/Sub- District/ Block/Sub- facility Total State facility Total State Regional Division/Mobile Regional Division/Mobile labs labs
24. Odisha 1 30 46 83 160 1 26 21 - 48
25. Puducherry - 2 - - 2 - 1 - - 1
26. Punjab 1 23 9 - 33 1 23 7 - 31
27. Rajasthan 2 32 20 26 80 1 32 - - 33
28. Sikkim 1 1 - - 2 1 1 - - 2
29. Tamil Nadu 1 37 75 - 113 1 37 75 - 113
30. Telangana 1 35 40 40 116 1 31 - - 32
31. Tripura 1 8 12 - 21 1 8 12 - 21
32. Uttar Pradesh 1 75 65 4 145 1 73 21 - 95
33. Uttarakhand 1 13 13 1 28 1 13 13 - 27
34. West Bengal 2 23 214 2 241 2 23 192 - 217 Total 40 723 1,421 663 2,847 33 663 982 - 1,678
Source: JJM-IMIS Page 4 of 4