Aapni YojnaIntegrated Water Supply, Sanitation and Health Education Programme in Churu, Hanumangarh and Jhunjhunu Districts Rajasthan, India

USER REPRESENTATION IN RURAL WATER SUPPLY IN RAJASTHAN

Why Aapni Yojna? • Water scarcity and frequent droughts

• Poor services by existing WS schemes

• Poor quality of ground water

Non-Potable Water Potable WaterHigh Fl contentHigh TDS content High Nitrate content

TDS 25863 ppm Chloride 9800 ppm Nitrate 350 ppmFluorides 4.2 ppm

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Aapni Yojna

Objectives Reduction of wastage of water Cost recovery

Awareness building for reasonable water consumption

Construction of low cost sanitation

Women’s development and health education activities

Rehabilitation of traditional sources

MissionImprove the health status and living conditions of the target population by providing safe and potable water round the clock with assured good pressure

Project Background

Present Phase 1: Area: 7500Km 2

Households: 57,820 Population(91): 423,379 Villages: 370 Towns 2 Cost INR 4260 mil. Source : IGNP

[surface water]

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Community Participation Unit (CPU) facilitates community participation and users group representation:

•Formation of Water & Health Committees (WHC) responsible for

•Village level water management

•Equitable water distribution

•Reduction of wastage of water

•Contractual agreement with Project Management Cell (PMC)

•Village level Operation & Maintenance

Project interventions

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•Community participation (especially women) in site selection for Public Stand Posts (PSP) and Cattle Water Troughs

•Participation in decision making and implementation of sanitation measures through sanitation representative of WHC

•Health education with community groups (Self Help, Adolescent Girls, PSP User Groups, school sanitation committees)

•Women’s empowerment by promoting income generation activities among Self Help Groups

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•Water Supply functional - 339 vil

•WHCs formed - 361 vil

•WHC-PMC agreement - 360 vil

•Voluntary labour- 336 vil

•Sanitation units - 18055

•Self Help Groups - 220

Achievements

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• Man-days sanitation unit construction: 3,61,100

• Total Saving in SHGs: INR 33,49,546

• Trench digging by villagers: INR 12,300,000 (1228 km)

• Security money deposited: INR 25,23,960

• Water fees deposited: INR 4,32,84,121

• Corpus fund with WHCs: INR 36,00,000

Achievements (cont.)

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Achievements (cont.)• Major technical components

completed or near completion:

– 2 new & 2 rehabilitated Water Treatment Plants (8,600 m3/hr)

– 13 Pumping Stations

– 3 Raw water reservoirs (3 mil m3)

– 7 Clear water reservoirs (4,350 m3)

– Trunk mains (188 km, 600-1100mm)

– Dist. mains (1635 km, 90-315mm)

– 43 Elevated Service Reservoirs

– Voice Communication System

– Dedicated 33 kV electrical grid

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•Comprehensive social mobilization with participatory approach

•Capacity building of WHCs and good rapport of project staff with community

•Efficient and effective role of catalyst

•Team of dedicated field staff stationed all over project area

•Legally binding agreement between WHC and Project Management Cell

•Clearly defined roles and responsi-bilities strengthen commitment of community

Critical Success Factors

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Critical Success Factors.. cont

•Payment for water to cover O&M cost

•Good quality of construction

•Village water fund

•Fostering trust and partnership between PMC and villagers

•Empowered village level institutions accepting responsibilities of bill payment and O&M

•Acceptance of community participation by the stakeholders

•Women involved in every step of project implementation

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Aapni Yojna

Average water consumption in liters per capita per day (f rom Feb.03 to Feb. 04)

34. 94

40. 72 39. 67

48. 12

53. 45

35. 54 34. 69 35. 45 34. 8837. 47

29. 31 29. 43

37. 84

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5. 00

10. 00

15. 00

20. 00

25. 00

30. 00

35. 00

40. 00

45. 00

50. 00

55. 00

60. 00

Feb-03 Mar-03 Apr-03 May-03 J un-03 J ul-03 Aug-03 Sep-03 Oct-03 Nov-03 Dec-03 J an-04 Feb-04

MonthsWater Consumption in lpcd Aver age Consumption (36.33) lpcd al located (40)

Lessons for sustainability & replicability

•Coordination and integration between social & technical wings is crucial and requires dedicated cooperation among stakeholders

•Negotiations and agreement on institutional arrangements for O&M and project governance need to be concluded in the 1st half of the project period

•Especially in drought prone areas projects should support drought-proof Income Generation Activities to ensure financial sustainability

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Lessons for sustainability & replicability

•Continuous learning process for capacity building

•Sufficient time for follow-up activities to facilitate sustainability

•Communities can monitor construction work of contractors at village level

•Contractual agreement between service providers and community about the level of responsibility and service strengthens community commitment to the project

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Proposed Institutional Model for Aapni Yojna

Governance Body

Aapni Yojna People’s Water Utility

Technical Wing Consumer Wing Financial Wing

Chief Executive Officer

Private

Sector

Operator

Technical Wing Consumer Wing Financial Wing

Chief Executive Officer

Private

Sector

Operator

Management Organization

O&M Organizations

PP

ZP

GoR (IAS)

NGO

CE

PP♀

CAO

PP

Regulatory Agency (GoR)

Mechanism for Community Representation in Proposed Institutional Model

Pani Panchayats-40+

Water and Health Committees-370

Project Governance / Policy Making

Cluster coordination Stock of tools and spares

Development initiatives

Village Level O&M of Water Supply Health & Sanitation Initiatives

Pani Panchayat Federation-1

WHCs and PPs representation

PP

ZP

GoR (IAS)

NGO

CE

PP♀

CAO

PP

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Thank you!