JAL JEEVAN MISSION

The project facilitates the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh in providing Drinking water through Functional Household Tap Connections to rural households in around 49,985 households of 106 villages in 2 districts (NTR &t Anakapalle)

Program Objectives

• Mobilization of the community for participation and implementation process
• Behavioral change through effective and research-based SBCC strategy
• Formation of Village Water & Sanitation Committees
• Training and capacity-building exercises for stakeholders at various levels
• Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance through Field Test Kits
• Technological interventions like IoT & Sensor Based Bulk Flow Meters.

Drinking Water Project -, VCF intends to address the community (i.e., that section of people who currently do not have access to safe and purified drinking water at affordable prices) by setting up Water Treatment Plants in backward, high salinity and water-stressed areas. Subsequently, these systems can be utilized for providing safe drinking water to the affected areas on a self-sustainable basis. The project’s model includes user charges for the supply of treated water to the community, thereby recovering operation and maintenance costs for running the plants.

Objectives of the Intervention

1. To transfer the operations and maintenance of water plants to the Village water sanitation committee on a self-sustainable basis.
2. VCF to provide Handhold and technical support to the VWSCs for running the community water plants for a period of 6 months after the handover of the water plant.
3. VCF to build the capacity of VWSCs to independently operate and maintain the community water plant on a self-sustainable basis.