Water Supply

Quality of Life Index (QoLI) development for rural areas considering the impact of water supply and sanitation

Many factors associated with modern society have combined to produce a burgeoning in water demand. This demand can be realized only through efficient management of water sources and supply systems. To achieve sustainable water supply the beneficiary communities should be made to maintain the facilities created in the rural areas.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
J. K. S. Shailendra, H. B. Aravinda, K. S. Lokesh
Journal of Indian Water Works Association
44
1
27-29
Tags:
Rural Water Supply, Rural Sanitation, Panchayats, Karnataka, Mysore (D), Karwar, Public Participation, Water Management
Health

Public provisioning of health and decentralisation in Gujarat

This paper presents primary data collected from two districts of Surat and Kutch in Gujarat and examines how and to what extent the decentralised system of governance has contributed to delivery of health services in rural areas of Gujarat. It finds several lacunae and shortcomings in the delivery by panchayati raj institutions of public health programmes.

Publication Date: 
03/12/2011
Leela Visaria, Meera Bhat
Economic and Political Weekly
46
49
59-66
Tags:
Rural Health, Surat (D), Kuchchh, Gujarat, Primary Health Care, Panchayats, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Maternal Health, Child Health, Rural Water Supply, Rural Sanitation
Sanitation

Only 13% of Rajasthanis have access to toilets

JAIPUR: In Rajasthan only 40% of rural household have toilets and less than 13% of the population in the state have access to it.

Publication Date: 
14/11/2011
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rural Sanitation, NGO, Toilets, Population, Waste Management, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Panchayats, Sanitation
Sanitation

Identifying the potential for results-based financing for sanitation

Results-Based Financing (RBF) refers to a broad family of financial instruments. With RBF, public funding is provided
only if pre-specified results have been achieved. Its use in the sanitation sector has so far been limited, as opposed

Publication Date: 
01/11/2011
Sophie Trémolet
Water and Sanitation Program
Tags:
Rural Sanitation, Sanitation, India, Global, Finance, Water Supply, Health
Economy

Ramesh asks CAG to Audit 100k-cr Allocation to Rural Schemes

Jairam Ramesh on Monday broke off from his CAG-bashing ministerial colleagues and asked the agency to audit the over .

Publication Date: 
11/10/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Rural Development, Rural Development, India, Jharkhand, Orissa (Odisha), Bihar, Rural Sanitation, Rural Roads, Rural Water Supply, Madhya Pradesh
Sanitation

Rural sanitation and hygiene strategy (2012 – 2022): Towards Nirmal Rajasthan

The Government of India (GoI) initiated its national flag ship programme on sanitation, the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in 1999. The TSC is a restructured version of the Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP). In Rajasthan, the TSC was initially launched in 4 districts in 1999 and scaled up in all the 32 districts in 2004-05.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2011
Government of Rajasthan
Tags:
Rural Sanitation, Rajasthan, Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Rural Water Supply
Sanitation

Nepal sanitation and hygiene master plan 2011

The Master Plan largely focuses to Open Defecation Free (ODF) with universal access to toilet in both the urban and rural context through the total sanitation approach. It has recognized the improved toilet facilities as defined by the Joint Program Monitoring (JMP) Report of UNICEF and WHO.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2011
Government of Nepal
Tags:
Sanitation, Nepal, Rural Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Water Supply, Drinking Water, Environmental Health, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign)
Sanitation

Rajasthan Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Policy 2011

This draft of Rajasthan Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Policy 2011 presents a roadmap for improving the quality of life of people in rural area by ensuring improved sanitation and promotion of personal hygiene.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2011
Government of Rajasthan
Tags:
Rural Sanitation, Rajasthan, Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign)
Water Resources

No more installation of handpumps, says Ramesh

Installation of hand pumps in villages will no longer be encouraged by the Centre as borewell water contains substances like arsenic which are a health hazard.

Publication Date: 
27/09/2011
Statesman (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Ministry Of Rural Development, Tubewells, Water Resources, Groundwater Quality, Drinking Water, Rural Sanitation, Arsenic
Sanitation

Plan to achieve 100 per cent sanitation coverage in Gaibandha

Department of Public Health and Engineering (DPHE) has taken up massive plan to bring all the families of the district under 100 percent sanitation coverage by 2013.

Publication Date: 
22/09/2011
Bangladesh Today
Tags:
Bangladesh, Sanitation, Children, Diseases, Toilets, Rural Sanitation

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