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Le 7ème Forum du // 7th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)

Uttarakhand Rural Water Supply & Sanitation

Project (2006-2015)

Arvind Singh Hayanki, Secretary, Govt. of Uttarakhand, India

S.K.Gupta, Chief General Manager, Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan, Govt. of

Uttarakhand, India

Smita Misra, Lead Water & Sanitation Specialist, World Bank

Trend - Setter: Sector Wide Decentralization Program for

Improving Rural WSS Services


Uttarakhand Introduction • Project area : Uttarakhand A hilly State of India

• 10 million population (75% Rural)

Baseline (2005) RWSS challenges

• 50% habitations with functioning water

supply schemes

• 38% habitations had partial water supply

• 12% habitations had no water supply

• 80% households did not have access to

sanitary latrines

2-3 hours spent by communities for collecting

water

Schemes designed and implemented by

sector institutions, in traditional ‘supply

driven’ mode, without any role of

communities in planning, execution and

maintenance.

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• ‘Global First’ SWAP

• Principle of subsidiarity

• Leveraging strength of

Panchayati Raj Institutions and

communities

• Back stopping agency for

support services.

Community

UWSSC

Gram Panchayat

NGO

Social Audit Committee

DIAs DWSC

DWSM

State PMU/

UJN/UJS

SWSM

DDWS

Village Level

District Level

State Level

Legends:

UWSSC: Users Water & Sanitation Sub Committee

NGO: Non Government Organization

DWSM: District Water & Sanitation Mission

DIA: District Implementing Agency

DDWS: Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation

SWSM: State Water & Sanitation Mission

UJN: Uttarakhand Jal Nigam

UJS: Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan

PMU: Project Management Unit

Uttarakhand RWSS Decentralization SWAP Program


Uttarakhand RWSS Decentralization Program - Moving from

Infrastructure Development to Service Delivery Approach Paradigm shift from target-based, supply-driven program to a demand-based approach where users get the service they want and are willing to pay for

‘Agree-To-Do’ meeting for

finalization of technological option

• Devolution of administrative, executive, and financial powers to PRIs,

• Adoption of the sector reform policies in RWSS sector

• State level and District level institutional support arrangements

• Establishment of SWAP cells within UJN and UJS

• Legality to the User Water & Sanitation Sub Committee (UWSSC)


Uttarakhand RWSS Decentralization Program – Improving

Design and Sustainability of RWSS Schemes

URWSSP

Web based M&E

system

Mobile App for real

time data

Capacity building of

all stakeholders Back Stopping

agency

MVS

and SVS

Integrated delivery

Fine-tuning of SOs

Selection Criteria

Model Bye-laws for

UWSSC

Legal Status to

UWSSC

Planning Unit:

Habitation

Insurance of

schemes

Social Audit

Committee

Grievance

Redressal

Elaborate Exit

Strategy

Community

Contracting

Careful planning and design of O&M completed during the planning and

design phase; Sustainability starts at the planning phase

Building Community capacity to manage - improving technical, procurement

and financial management capacities

Appropriate technology and availability of spare parts and private sector

alternative for repairs.


Uttarakhand RWSS Decentralization Program: Sector

Information, M&E System • Integrated M&E Design-

http://swajalsis.uk.gov.in

• A web based comprehensive

M&E/Sector Information System

(SIS).

• Monitoring through latest social

media tools

The Facebook accounts,

http://facebook.com/SwajalUttarak

hand and

http://facebook.com/SBMUttarakh

and

A WhatsAppGroup to efficiently

monitor the day-to-day progress of

the project implementation in water

and sanitation.

Mobile-based application with

geo-tagging and time-stamping,

thus, capturing real-time data

including photographs


Display of description of Social Audit Committee

Uttarakhand RWSS Decentralization - Monitoring and Social

Accountability

A Social Audit Committee at the GP

level to:

• Ensure that all the committees

(UWSSC/ Purchase Sub Committee)

follow Procurement Manual;

• Report any violation or deviation of

rules to GP;

• Monitor the adherence of project

principles and rules in selection of

beneficiaries;

• Oversee the implementation and O&M

programs, and all decisions of UWSSC


Uttarakhand RWSS Decentralization Results – Evidence of Cost

Effectiveness of Schemes

• Average project cost of Single Village Scheme (SVS) is Rs

4854 per capita compared to appraisal estimates of Rs 7031 per

capita and GoI norm of Rs 12,000 per capita

30% cost savings compared to appraisal costs; 60% cost savings

compared to GoI norms.

• Similarly, project cost for Multi Village Scheme (MVS) is Rs

7972 per capita compared to appraisal estimates of Rs 10320

per capita and GoI norm of Rs 25,000 per capita

22.5% cost savings compared to appraisal costs; 68% cost savings

compared to GoI norms

Decentralization has resulted in capital cost reduction in SVSs

and MVSs.


Uttarakhand RWSS Project – Key Results at Project Closure (Dec 2015)

Sustainability Evaluation Exercise: 90% schemes are sustainable based on technical (including source), financial and institutional aspects.

Service Delivery

• 98% users reported “satisfaction” with the water & sanitation services

• 97% sources found sustainable.

• More than 90% ‘usage’ of toilets constructed; 32% of villages achieved ODF status against project target of 30%.

Institutional

• 99% of schemes have fully functioning User Water & Sanitation Committees as per decentralization program.

Inclusion

• Strong gender focus; 36% women participation in the User Water & Sanitation Committees against project target of 30%.

Financial

• Full O&M cost devolved to the Gram Panchayat, with 80% O&M cost recovery.

Uttarakhand RWSS Decentralization Results

Sustainability Evaluation of Technical, Institutional, Financial Aspects


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