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Institutional
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Table: Allocation of Funds |
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Progress |
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Community
Mobilisation |
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Case Studies |
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Events and Initiatives |
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Online progress monitoring |
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Guidelines on Swajaldhara |
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Government
Resolution [dated 5th September 2003] |
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Government Resolution [dated
12th October 2004] |
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FAQ |
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List of Member Secretaries of
DWSCs |
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List of Core Team Members |
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Until recently, it was the government or its
agencies that designed and implemented rural water supply
programmes. The village communities had no control over the supply
mechanisms. While extensive coverage was achieved, the
government-managed systems often proved to be inadequate and
became defunct. Over the
years, it has been seen that centralised government-controlled
supply-driven programmes are unable to meet people's
aspirations, making the supply of drinking water supply unsustainable. |
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After seeing the public
response and the success of the sector reform, the Swajaldhara
programme was introduced on December 25, 2002, to broaden the
initiative. In June 2003 revised guidelines were issued taking
into account the experiences obtained from the pilot districts.
From then the Swajaldhara programme has two dharas or streams.
The first, Swajaldhara - I, is directed at gram panchayats,
groups of gram panchayats and intermediate panchayats at block
or taluka level. Swajaldhara - II is directed at districts. In
Gujarat, WASMO became the State Water and sanitation Mission (SWSM)
charged with coordination and monitoring of the Swajaldhara
programme. At
present 13 Gujarat districts are part of the national Swajaldhara programme,
while 11 others are covered under |
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Sector Reforms Programme (State). Kutch
district is exclusively covered by the ERR Project. The
approach, guiding principles and institutional aspects of all
these programmes are very similar. |
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The institutional framework comprises
the National Swajaldhara Monitoring Committee (NSMC), which is
the national level monitoring agency. At the state level, WASMO
is the State Water and sanitation Mission (SWSM) for Gujarat.
WASMO coordinates the activities of the district level District
Water and sanitation Committees (DWSC) and the village level
Village Water and sanitation Committees (VWSC) or pani samitis. |
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The
objectives of the Swajaldhara programme are essentially the same
as those of the Sector Reforms programme, namely: |
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Empowering the rural community,
particularly the women, and enabling them to
participate in the planning, implementation and
operation of water management programmes. |
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Redefining the role of government agencies from
providers to facilitators |
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Enabling project village communities to have at least
40 litres per capita per day of safe drinking water |
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Establishment of water harvesting structures and
revival of traditional drinking water sources |
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Partial capital cost sharing and complete
responsibility of operation and maintenance for the
community involved |
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