Contents
Undertaking v
Certificate iii
Acknowledgments v
Abstract vii
Table of contents xi
List of figures xv
List of tables xvii
List of Abbreviations xviii
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Understanding the Water Safety and Security Plan 2
1.2 Problem Statement 4
1.3 Aim & Objective 5
1.4 Methodology 6
2 Global and Local Studies as Reference 8
2.1 Water Safety Plans (Case Studies) 9
2.2 Missions and Policies 10
2.2.1 National Rural Drinking Water Program, 2009 10
2.2.2 Jal Jeevan Mission, 2019 11
2.2.3 Jal Shakti Abhiyan,2019 11
2.2.4 Atal Bhujal Yojana,2019 12
2.2.5 National Water Policy, 2020 12
2.3 Global and National Discourses through Documents and Publications 12
2.4 Existing Frameworks 13
3 About the Kutchh District 15
3.1 Identification of Sites in Over Exploited Blocks of the Kutchh District 16
3.1.1 Mandvi City 17
3.1.2 Bhachau City 17
3.1.3 Bidada Village 17
3.2 Current Water Challenges in the Overexploited Blocks of the District 18
4 Defining Water Safety and Security Assessment Framework 19
4.1 Understanding Themes, Components, and Indicators of the Framework 21
4.1.1 Availability 22
4.1.2 Accessibility 22
4.1.3 Water Withdrawal 23
4.1.4 Finance 23
4.1.5 Governance 23
4.1.6 Accountability of ULB 23
4.1.7 Affordability 24
4.1.8 Actor’s Participation 24
4.1.9 Quality 24
5 How Safe and Secure are Mandvi, Bhachau and Bidada? 25
5.1 Mandvi City 25
5.1.1 Availability 25
5.1.2 Accessibility 31
5.1.3 Water Withdrawal 33
5.1.4 Finance 33
5.1.5 Governance 34
5.1.6 Accountability of ULB 35
5.1.7 Affordability 37
5.1.8 Actors’ Participation 37
5.1.9 Quality 38
5.2 Bhachau City 40
5.2.1 Availability 40
5.2.2 Accessibility 45
5.2.3 Water Withdrawal 47
5.2.4 Finance 48
5.2.5 Governance 49
5.2.6 Accountability of ULB 50
5.2.7 Affordability 51
5.2.8 Quality 53
5.3 Bidada Village 54
5.3.1 Availability 54
5.3.2 Accessibility 60
5.3.3 Water Withdrawal 62
5.3.4 Finance 62
5.3.5 Governance 62
5.3.6 Accountability of ULB 63
5.3.7 Affordability 63
5.3.8 Quality 65
6 Identification of the Issues and Actions 67
6.1 Mandvi City 67
6.2 Bhachau City 68
6.3 Bidada Village 70
7 Action Plan and Phasing 71
7.1 Mandvi City 72
7.2 Bhachau City 74
7.3 Bidada Village 75
8 Discussions 76
References xiii
Appendix 1: Assessment Framework and Normalization 15
Appendix 2: Field Visit & Stakeholder Consultation Documentation 18