Anita Devi, who lives on the outskirts of Dehradun, remembered that she had to bring water from the river or hill every day.
It also had to help their children, which influenced their education. “Water system, as it has never ended,” he said.
Today, pure and continuous water supply is available in his house 16-24 hours daily. She is smiling, “Now you have to go to the river, or you don’t have to stand in a long queue to wait for the tanker.”
Anita is now out of the 4,000 people who are taking the opportunity to change the 22 cities in Uttarakhand.
More than 95% of houses here have reached the strong water – which has improved hygiene, the diseases have decreased, and the time, dignity and new opportunities have increased for women and children.
Women’s work is easy
The biggest change in this initiative has come to the life and activities of women. Women are now getting rid of work that gets water in the house, carry water, which was very tired.
Many women are now joining the job or saving time to carry water, and their small businesses are moving forward.
Children’s study is no longer a barrier and the disease has also decreased due to the availability of clean water.
Efficient systems, uninterrupted and beneficial economy
One of the great features of this scheme is that all the water connections are meter-based and bill-based.
Each family can use 20 thousand liters of water at Tk 220 per month, while the additional cost is charged at Rs 15 per 1,000 liter. The average monthly water bill in the household comes at about 350 rupees.
Mathews Mulakkal, a World Bank expert, said, “People are now ready to pay, because they are watching its direct benefits and savings. The rate of payment in a year has increased from 30-40% to 70-90%.”
Now families do not have to run expensive pumps, they do not have to spend more filters and borwell money.
Liability
After applying the bill system to the use of water, the water is more carefully used. Kumar Rajput, a countryside of Haridwar, said, “Earlier, people used to rain a lot of water in the washing of cars. Now a bucket is underway.”
Apart from these, there has been a lot of improvement in customer service. 97% of the complaints are resolved within 48 hours.
Agencies have also benefited from this change. In 20 out of 22, water companies have begun compensation for operation and administrative expenditure, which is why this system has become financially self -impaired.
This change was actually possible with the change of thoughts of more people than the structure.
World Bank expert Mathews Mullalkal says, “When water companies started to concentrate on durability and skills not only to construction, but the real change started from there.”
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