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RWS PDF
General
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Department is the nodal agency in the State for providing
drinking water and sanitation facilities in rural areas. The drinking water facilities are being
provided by various types of schemes such as bore wells with hand pumps/single phase
motors, direct pumping schemes, MPWS Schemes, PWS Schemes and CPWS Schemes.
Objectives
To provide every rural person with adequate safe water for drinking, cooking and other
basic needs on sustainable basis.
By 2017, 35% (at least) household connections.
By 2022 every rural person will have access with 70 LPCD within their household
premises or at a horizontal or vertical distance of not more than 50 meters from their
household.
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Ongoing Programs as on 1.4.2015
(Rs.in crores)
Exp. Habs Habs
Habs.
Sl. Bal. Estt. during Targeted Covered
Sanctioned
No Program Works Cost the year
1 NRDWP (Central) 2177 1866.89 5812 125.42 809 323
2 NABARD 19 143.83 318 11.01 308 21
3 T FC 43 234.35 748 25.81 490 89
4 EAP–WB 17 129.55 195 16.24 166 46
Total 2256 2374.62 7073 178.48 1773 479
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A provision of Rs. 550.00 Crores is made in the Budget for 2015-16 under Centrally
Sponsored Schemes.
Program on hand
No.of ongoing works (SVS&MVS) : 2177
Balance estimate cost (as on 1.4.2015) : Rs.1866.89 Cr
Habitations sanctioned : 5812
Releases : Rs.102.73 cr
Expenditure (up to Aug, 2015) : Rs.125.42 Cr
b) NABARD
The status of ongoing works under NABARD is as follows:
a. No. of ongoing works : 19
(Sanctioned in RIDF-XVI to XVII tranches)
b. Balance estimate cost (as on 1.4.2015) : Rs 143.83 Cr
c. Habitations sanctioned : 318
d. Releases : Rs. 20.00 cr
e. Expenditure : Rs. 11.01 cr
c) 13th Finance Commission
The status of ongoing works under 13th FC is as follows:
(Intended to provide potable drinking water to Salinity affected areas)
a. No. of ongoing works : 43
(Sanctioned in RIDF-XVI to XVII tranches)
b. Balance estimate cost (as on 1.4.2015) : Rs 234.35 Cr
c. Habitations sanctioned : 748
d. Expenditure : Rs.25.81Cr
d) World Bank Assistance Programme (Externally Aided Project)
A Project with an outlay of Rs.864.00 crores was administratively sanctioned vide
G.O.Ms.No.190, dated 19.5.2010 of PR&RD (RWS.III) for (5) years in six districts viz.,
Visakhapatnam, Prakasam, Kadapa, Mahabubnagar, Adilabad and Karimnagar.
Break-up of restructured total project outlay (6 districts)
1. World Bank assistance : Rs. 651.23 Cr
2. GoAP share : Rs. 120.26 Cr
3. Community contribution : Rs. 20.76 Cr
Total : Rs. 792.25 Cr
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Program on hand
a. No.of ongoing works (SVS & MVS) : 17
b. Balance estimate cost (as on 1.4.2015) : Rs.129.55 Cr
c. Habitations sanctioned : 198
d. Expenditure incurred so far : Rs. 16.24 Cr
Special Program-NTR Sujala Pathakam
To address the issue of quality of drinking water, the State Government has taken a
policy decision to implement “NTR Sujala Pathakam” to provide safe & potable water of
20 litres for Rs.2.00 to each household. The need of NTR Sujala Pathakam is to address
the issue of quality of water where there is a problem, problems associated with water
supply and distribution networks and also address the issue of hygiene and handling of
water at the household level. The program was officially launched on 2nd October,2014
and so far 618 plants are installed.
During 2015-16, it is programmed to install 315 Community treatment plants in fluoride
affected habitations for an amount of Rs 26.39 Crores.
Solar Energy based dual pump piped water Supply Schemes :
Under Phase-I, 61 units were taken up for an amount of Rs. 3.11 Crores in 4 districts
namely Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and East Godavari. So far 51 units
are completed.
Under Phase-II, it is programmed to take up 851 Solar Energy based dual pump piped
water Supply Schemes for Rs. 41.90 Crores in all 13 districts.
13 district level, 19 divisional level and 73 sub-divisional water testing laboratories are
functioning and about 3000 Nos. water samples are being tested per annum in each
laboratory, as per the NRDWP guidelines.
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Operation and Maintenance
As per the 73rd Amendment on devolution of powers to local bodies, all Single Village
Supply Schemes (SVS) are being maintained by the Grama Panchayats and Multi
Village Supply Schemes (MVS) are under the maintenance of Zilla Parishads and
hand pumps are being maintained by Mandal Parishads. RWS Department is
providing technical support to PRIs. The Grama Panchayats/Mandal/Zilla Parishads
receive 13th Finance Commission funds for O&M of drinking water supply systems in
rural areas.
30,233 Single Village Supply (SVS) Schemes are being maintained by the Grama
Panchayats and 483 Multi Village Supply (MVS) Schemes are being maintained by
Zilla Parishads and 1,84,904 hand pumps by Mandal Parishads concerned.
The O&M funds under NRDWP are being utilized for taking up major/special repairs to
old aged SVS & MVS Schemes as per the need so that the coverage of existing
habitations is not affected.
The funds required for Operation and Maintenance of above schemes are being
directly released to the Zilla Parishads, Gram Panchayats and Mandal Parishads
concerned by the Commissioner, PR&RE under 13 th Finance Commission Grant . Fund
requirement for O&M of RWS Assets for the year 2015-16 is about Rs. 746.00
crores.
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II. Monitoring:
Chief Engineer-1, RWS&S is nominated as nodal officer for monitoring
drinking water situation in the State level.
Chief Engineers, RWS&S are nominated as nodal officers for drought districts
for monitoring the drinking water situation and guiding the field staff,
Monitoring cells constituted at District level to receive complaints on drinking
water problems and redress them with special drive. PA to SEs (DEE) is nodal
officer for monitoring the drinking water in the districts.
Toll Free Number[18004251899] is being operated at Head Office ,
Hyderabad to receive Grievances and to redress them with special drive
pertaining to drinking water problem in Rural areas.
Adverse news items in News papers is being monitored at Head office to solve
drinking water problem in Rural areas
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