The Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission throughout the 1990s has defined priority areas for effective implementation of rural water supply and sanitation.
| Title | A rapid assessment of rural water supply & sanitation for Madhya Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh - draft report |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 1998 |
| Authors | IN, IDepartment, IN, IMinistry o, Calcutta, INOperations |
| Edition | Draft |
| Pagination | i, 45 p. : fig., tab. |
| Date Published | 1998-08-01 |
| Publisher | Operations Research Group |
| Place Published | Calcutta, India |
| Keywords | access to water, community participation, evaluation, india madhya pradesh, india uttar pradesh, institutional framework, kap surveys, latrines, maintenance, operation, programmes, rural areas, safe water supply, sdiasi |
| Abstract | The Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission throughout the 1990s has defined priority areas for effective implementation of rural water supply and sanitation. As well as the provision and sustainable management of rural water supply, human resource development including people's participation and training has become an important issue. The concept of sanitation has been broadened to include not only the disposal of human excreta but also liquid and solid waste disposal and hygiene - personal, domestic and environmental. This draft report presents the findings of a rural water supply and sanitation study which aims to assess whether inputs were relevant, whether the coverage has been achieved and targeted as reported, whether the users were really involved in and satisfied with the delivery mechanism, and how users were trained and motivated for the judicious use and maintenance of facilities. The study, carried out in 8 districts of Madhya Pradesh (MP) and 10 districts of Uttar Pradesh (UP), involved 25 households from each of the 15 villages selected per district. The report begins with a general introduction in Chapter I which is followed in Chapter II by state profiles of water supply and sanitation for both MP and UP with tables summarizing the coverage of water supply and physical and financial targets and achievements. Chapter III begins with a profile of respondents involved in the study and then analyses the current status of water and sanitation in the households surveyed in each state including coverage by water and sanitation, water use and sanitation practices, and the accessibility, availability and adequacy of the water supply. Chapter IV assesses the extent of community participation in the planning, implementation and operation and maintenance phases of the programme, the community's knowledge about the existence of village water committees, and its willingness to participate in the programmes. Regarding sanitation, the study shows that only 21 per cent of households in MP and 16 per cent in UP have latrines and that those without prefer open defecation. While peer pressure is sited as a motivating factor in latrine construction, most respondents stated that activities for promotion of latrine use were not undertaken in their villages. A few, however, reported that house visits, group meetings and wall writing were undertaken in their villages. The final chapter of the report deals with Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of the community towards safe drinking water and presents a health scenario. |
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