Author : Weltbank
Release : 2013
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Engaging Non-state Providers in Rural Water Supply Services - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Engaging Non-state Providers in Rural Water Supply Services write by Weltbank. This book was released on 2013. Engaging Non-state Providers in Rural Water Supply Services available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Taking an integrated approach to the country's rural water supply issues, Government of India's (GoI's) National Rural Drinking Water Program (NRDWP) focusses on the key aspects of source and system sustainability. System sustainability is inextricably linked to both technical and financial aspects of operations of rural water supply schemes. A key plank of NRDWP's approach as well as that of the sector reform project that preceded it is the devolution of Operations and Maintenance (O&M) functions, particularly related to distribution at the village level, to Gram Panchayats (GPs), or local government entities, through the formation of Village Water and Sanitation Committees (VWSCs). However, the lack of substantive community engagement in planning and implementation of schemes as well as capacity constraints in GPs has limited the spread and implementation of this approach. As reported in a recent study for the Planning Commission (PC, 2010), only a fourth of GPs surveyed reported VWSCs and less than one percent of the respondents were aware of the VWSCs' existence.