Drinking Water Bore wells for Sustainable Water in needy areas in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States in India

The people in the target areas trek long distances to collect water from the streams which are contaminated. The women, girl child and children spend much time in getting pots of water for their drinking and usage purposes. Traditionally, poor rural women have worked alongside their husbands in fields, brought up children and managed the house, kept accounts, collected water, fuel wood, and fodder, looked after the animals, and looked after their husbands, children and in-laws. They are poorly educated (mostly illiterate), either due to the prevailing custom of not educating girl children or a lack of means while growing up, and they have little time or opportunity once they are married off. The people especially, the children are affected with water-borne diseases.

The provision of safe drinking water is a key development issue in the target areas, where rural households have no access to clean and safe water and communicable diseases are water-related. Rural households in the rural districts suffer frequent outbreaks of jaundice, diarrhea, and gastroenteritis. Some of the challenges in providing clean water in rural areas include geographic remoteness, poor maintenance of existing systems, and a paucity of public funds. Social factors also contribute to poor service levels in rural areas, notably the caste system and high rates of illiteracy. Providing safe drinking water to poor families in the rural areas of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are critical for the economic development of the region as well as for improving health and living conditions.

The general situation is dismal. The target rural households had no access to sanitation facilities and no latrine facilities. The rural households, thus, use ‘the bush’.

Our Project beneficiaries belong to Backward Class, Scheduled Caste and Tribal communities who are poor and marginalized. The beneficiaries are laborers in the agricultural fields and some of them go to nearby town in search of their livelihood. While taking our surveys in the remote villages the people in the community came forward and explained about the need to combat the scarcity of Water. The community came forward for their participation in owning the bore well and its maintenance.

Community meetings are arranged with village people. This is to mobilize interest and enthusiasm as well as raise awareness about the project. The location of the project is decided by the Local people along with Sarpanch (Village Head). The Children are also beneficiaries in this Project.

TARGET COMMUNITIES?

100 Communities in the rural & urban slum areas and Tribal hill areas of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States in India.

HOW MANY BENEFICIARIES?

• More than 75,000 approx. people will be benefited through drinking water (Reference to the Third Party Verifications)

• 100 communities (75000 approx. people ) will be benefited through sanitation and Hygiene.

MAINTENANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY?

The project has long term benefit that the maintenance and repair of the Water system is managed by the community itself with the help of ‘Committee on Safe Water and Sanitation’ (COSWAS). The Project is aligned with sanitation and hygiene. The community people will get awareness on sanitation. The community came forward for their participation in owning the bore well and its maintenance. The training will be given to COSWAS members of each community in capacity building and awareness on Water and Sanitation to handle the water infrastructure in proper way.

MONITORING & REPORTING ?

The Project is monitored by the Project staff in all its phases. Supervision and collection of data is done by field staff. The Progress reporting is done in the form of Management Information System (MIS). The completion report is prepared at the end of the Project and send to the Donor agency and also the Government of India. In addition to this COSWAS will monitor the progress and function of the project in day to day basis and report to the Project Staff.

BUDGET?

Budget for 100 Drinking Water Bore Wells = 87,40,000