WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION PROJECT AT EDAYUR IN MALAPPURAM DISTRICT

Funding Agency: World Bank through KRWSA

The Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project being implemented by the KRWSA is a demand driven project - conceptualised, planned and implemented by the users themselves as against the “top-down approach”. This will be owned, operated and maintained by the users themselves on a total cost - recovery basis. Apart from this, there are also other well-integrated components, which make this project unique in nature. The major objective of the project is the sustained provision of adequate quantities of safe, drinking water to the rural poor, ensuring sustainability of source and sustainability of operations. The adequacy of water and quality of water are equally important and are designed into components within the project design. This project is being implemented in the four selected districts of Kozhikode, Palakkad, Malappuram, and Thrissur.

The present project envisaged providing potable water to the entire population of Edayur Panchayat in demand-driven approach and through community participation. Hygiene promotion and sanitation to the entire environment of the locality was also covered by the project. The project consisted of identification of the beneficiary groups, their capacity building, identification of demand in each BG area, exploration of water sources and construction of various components of water supply system. It also included groundwater recharging activities, sanitation and hygiene promotion activities, identification of self help groups and capacity building for SHGs and women empowerment. The project was carried out under the leadership of the Grama Panchayat and with the participation of all the Departments, institutions and other agencies in the area.