KfW Delhi Presentation

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Aapni Yojna
Integrated Water Supply, Sanitation and Health
Education Programme in Churu, Hanumangarh and
Jhunjhunu Districts Rajasthan, India USER
REPRESENTATION IN RURAL WATER SUPPLY IN RAJASTHAN
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Why Aapni Yojna?
Aapni Yojna

• Water scarcity and frequent droughts
• Poor services by existing WS schemes
• Poor quality of ground water

Non-Potable Water Potable Water High Fl
content High TDS content High Nitrate content
TDS 25863 ppm Chloride 9800 ppm Nitrate
350 ppm Fluorides 4.2 ppm
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Aapni Yojna
Mission Improve the health status and living
conditions of the target population by providing
safe and potable water round the clock with
assured good pressure

• Objectives
• Reduction of wastage of water
• Cost recovery
• Awareness building for reasonable water
  consumption
• Construction of low cost sanitation
• Womens development and health education
  activities
• Rehabilitation of traditional sources

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Project Background
Aapni Yojna

• 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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Project interventions

• 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

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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)
• Womens empowerment by promoting income
  generation activities among Self Help Groups

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Achievements

• 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

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Achievements (cont.)

• 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

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Achievements (cont.)
Aapni Yojna

• 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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Critical Success Factors

• 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

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• Critical Success Factors.. cont
• Payment for water to cover OM 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 OM
• Acceptance of community participation by the
  stakeholders
• Women involved in every step of project
  implementation

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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 OM 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
Regulatory Agency (GoR)
Aapni Yojna Peoples Water Utility
Governance Body
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Management Organization
Technical Wing
Consumer Wing
Financial Wing
Technical Wing
Consumer Wing
Financial Wing
Private
Private
Sector
Sector
OM Organizations
Operator
Operator
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Mechanism for Community Representation in
Proposed Institutional Model
GoR (IAS)
CAO
ZP
CE
PP
NGO
PP?
PP
Project Governance / Policy Making
Pani Panchayat Federation-1
WHCs and PPs representation
Cluster coordination Stock of tools and spares
Development initiatives
Pani Panchayats-40
Water and Health Committees-370
Village Level OM of Water Supply Health
Sanitation Initiatives
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Aapni Yojna
Thank you!