Innovative Practices of Community Participation In Sustaining Jalanidhi Project

Abstract

Jalanidhi is a programme of the government of Kerala with the financial
support from World Bank for providing safe drinking water with the participation
of the beneficiaries, that is, the local community, which is formed into a
beneficiary group (BG), and the local self-government in rural areas. The
project is set up with the government assistance and the community or the BG
is expected to operate and maintain it on its own. It has to deal with any
problem that arises in the course of maintaining the infrastructure (pipeline,
pump and motor, and tank) and distributing water to the beneficiaries. Following
are a few cases of how the local community of the beneficiaries resolved the
issues that arose in the operation of the jalanidhi project