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No.462, CUTTACK, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2018 /CHAITRA 3, 1940

[No.5733–PR-DWS-POLICY-0007/2017/ PR&DW.]

PANCHAYATI RAJ & DRINKING WATER DEPARTMENT

RESOLUTION

The 22nd March, 2018

In supersession to this Department Resolution No.5128, dated the 15th March,

2018 and the Corrigendum issued in this regard later on dated the 21st March, 2018

bearing No.5475, the following Resolution is issued as Operational Guidelines on

“BASUDHA” (Buxi Jagabandhu Assured Drinking Water to Habitations)” for smooth

implementation of rural drinking water programme in the State .

1. Background:

The priority as well as commitment of the State Government is to supply safe

drinking water to all. The State has about 1,57,773 nos. of rural habitations in 6798 Grama

Panchayats having rural population of 3.49 crores as per 2011 census. Out of the total

habitations, drinking water has been provided @ minimum 40 LPCD (Litre per capita per

day) to 1,38,873 nos. of habitations either through hand pump tube wells / piped water

supply projects. But still, 15,838 nos. of habitations are getting less than 40 LPCD. In

addition to that, 3,062 nos. of habitations are affected with water quality problems such as

fluoride, chloride and iron etc. Similarly, coverage of population with piped drinking water is

only 42% in the State against the national average of 54%.

Government have given priority for provision of safe drinking water to the rural

people in terms of potability, adequacy, convenience, affordability and equity on a

sustainable basis adopting decentralized approach and involving PRIs and community

organizations. Therefore, Government of Odisha made provision in the State budget as

“Odisha Rural Drinking Water Programme” (ORDWP) in the year, 2014-15 for universal

access of drinking water to all rural people which was subsequently renamed as

BASUDHA (Buxi Jagabandhu Assured Drinking Water to all Habitations) during

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2017-18 as a tribute to Buxi Jagabandhu in the bicentenary year of Paika rebellion The

objective of BASUDHA is to provide adequate safe water to the rural people for drinking

and domestic purposes on a sustainable basis. This basic requirement should meet

minimum water quality standards and be readily and conveniently accessible at all times

and in all situations. All households should have access to use safe and adequate

drinking water within a reasonable distance, enable the communities to monitor and keep

surveillance on their drinking water sources, ensure potability, reliability, sustainability,

convenience and equity.

The Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department has prepared a Strategic Plan for

rural drinking water sector. The major thrust areas of the Strategic Plan are:

a. To ensure that every rural household has the access to safe water for drinking,

cooking and other domestic needs throughout the year.

b. To scale up habitations covered with tube-wells to pipe water and make

optimal utilisation of ground water and surface water.

c. To increase minimum supply level of water in pipe water project from 40 LPCD

to at least 70 LPCD.

d. To increase the coverage percentage of rural population at par with national

level and above with pipe water.

e. To promote water quality and ensure water safety

f. To empower community for ownership of water assets and also build enabling

environment to promote PPP models around water management.

g. To promote renewable energy interventions in energy scarce areas to improve

access to drinking water.

GUIDELINES:

1. Components:

To meet the emerging challenges in the rural drinking water sector in the State, the

following major components of work shall be admissible under BASUDHA.

(a) New Piped Water Supply (PWS) schemes:

New pipe water supply schemes shall be taken up in the villages / habitations as

per priority. The basis of prioritising the villages/GPs to be taken up in a phased manner is

as follows:

 Cover villages where production sources are existing and viable

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 Cover GP headquarters villages: in case the same is unsustainable at least

one village in each GP

 All Upanta or remote habitations

 Water scarcity and water quality affected habitations

 Open Defecation Free villages

 Partially covered habitations

Projects in energy scarce areas using renewable energy shall be taken up to

provide access to drinking water in difficult areas. Solar dual pump water supply schemes

shall be taken up in thinly populated (less than 500), isolated and energy starved

habitations to ensure 24x7 water supply from existing hand pump tube-well. No additional

new tube well shall be taken up for this. To execute Solar dual pump water supply, guide

line of MNRE (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy) shall be followed. The work shall

be executed through OREDA (Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency).

The cost of exploration of the sources for new PWS shall also be taken up as part

of the project cost.

(b) Augmentation/Improvements of existing Piped Water Supply schemes:

Existing old pipe water projects shall be augmented for additional coverage of

habitations with existing source of water supply. Improvement of existing water supply

projects with respect to source of water, carrying capacity of pipe lines and storage etc

shall be taken up so that house hold tap connection can be facilitated.

(c) Installation of Spot sources:

Installation of hand pump tube-wells or sanitary wells shall be taken up in isolated

habitations, tribal concentrated habitations, partially covered habitations, UPANTA or

remote like habitations, schools, anganwadi centres, SC/ST hostels as per requirement.

(d) Construction of Overhead Tanks (OHTs) / Underground reservoir (UGR)/ over

ground reservoir(OGR):

Storage facility for water in existing old PWS schemes having no such provision

earlier shall be provided in shape of overhead tank / underground/ overground reservoirs

as per the requirement for sustainable water supply system. The objective shall be to

create adequate pressure in the distribution system for house hold tap connection,

minimum half day storage etc. While planning for storage additional pumping should be

avoided.

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(e) Water Quality and Water Safety:

Water quality testing, improvement of existing laboratory services, water purification

measures in already existing water supply projects be it PWS or spot sources shall be

taken up in quality affected habitations. Also convergence will be done with MGNREGA to

undertake water conservation and ground water recharging measures. Convergence will

be done with SBM(G) to establish waste water management mechanisms in the rural

areas.

(f) Operation & Maintenance of Piped Water Supply (PWS) schemes :

Three kinds of operation and maintenance requirements for drinking water sector

are as follows:—

(A) Operation and Maintenance of departmental rigs, Vehicle mounted Reverse

Osmosis Plants : The cost of the same shall be met from the revenue Account

under MH-2215.

(B) Payment of energy bills of the existing Pipe Water Supply projects. Honorarium

of SEMs, Running costs of mobile vans for preventive maintenance,

maintenance cost of all tube-wells of the State including cost of spare parts,

maintenance of taps including replacement of the taps of existing PWS. The

cost of the same shall be met from the CFC/SFC.

(C) Operational and maintenance of multi GP / Block pipe water supply projects like

repair of head works, damaged distribution lines, leakages in distribution or

rising main, repair of overhead tanks, meeting the O&M cost of PWS projects

that are beyond the period of 5 years, etc.. The cost of the same shall be met

from BASUDHA.

This cost shall be placed in OWSM Society to take forward the repair and

maintenance activities in a holistic manner.

(g) Project Management Cost:

The planning, implementation and monitoring of drinking water project needs to be

taken up in a professional and methodical manner. The Project Management Cost shall

take care of initiatives like:—

 third party quality monitoring,

 hiring of services of Authority Engineers for Mega Projects,

 providing for IT enabled MIS platforms,

 setting up call centre facilities for grievance and citizen interface.

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 capacity building initiatives of engineers, geologists, field level workers,

officers and staff, PRI institutions for water management,

 hiring of Project management unit to assist in smooth operations,

 branding activities and IEC campaigns,

 other miscellaneous expenses as decided by the Executive Committee/

Governing Body of the Odisha Water Sanitation Mission.

This cost shall be placed with the OWSM Society to be spent as per the delegation

of administrative and financial powers defined by the bylaws and Memorandum of

Association of the OWSM Society.

2. Earmarked Funds for components :

The funds under BASUDHA will be utilized as follows:—

Sl.

No.

Component

Earmarked

Fund

a

New Piped Water Supply (PWS) schemes including Solar

based works

60%

b

Augmentation / Improvement of existing old Pipe Water

Supply schemes

10%

c

Spot sources

5%

d

Construction of Overhead Tanks (OHTs) /UGR /OGR in

existing PWS schemes having no such provision earlier.

10%

e

Water Quality and Water Safety

3%

f

Operation & Maintenance of Piped Water Supply (PWS)

schemes

10%

g

Project Management Cost

2%

However, in case of exigency, the above allocation pattern within components

under BASUDHA can be inter-changed with approval from the Department.

3. Earmarking of Funds for SCs and STs- SCSP and TSP Component :

At the State level, 23% of BASUDHA funds shall be earmarked under STSP and

17% for SCSP.

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4. Planning :

Planning for water shall be made at District level under the chairmanship of District

Collector taking into consideration the ongoing schemes, new schemes as well as

schemes which will require augmentation / improvement and link to the habitations which

are proposed as per prioritisation envisaged above. Proposals received from Hon’ble

Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assembly for installation of hand

pumps and rural drinking water supply schemes in habitations within their constituencies

should be considered as per the norms and guideline while planning for water supply

schemes. The District Water Plan would be discussed in the Governing Body of the District

Water Sanitation Mission. The District will make efforts to pool all resources at its level like

SFC/CFC, LAD, DMF, WODC, etc to make holistic planning at its level. On receipt of the

same, the OWSM shall pool the same and make holistic planning for the State pooling

other available resources like OMBADC, Special Are Development Funds for KBK etc. The

Governing Body of the OWSM, headed by the Chief Secretary, shall provide necessary

direction to steer the progress of the projects towards optimal outcomes.

5. Community Participation :

I.

Sustainable source of water shall be constructed before the proposal of any new

pipe water supply project. For all new pipe water supply schemes so proposed

should be consulted with the Grama Panchayat / local community in order to

ensure community participation and also to ensure that the choice of technology/

system is appropriate and easy to operate and maintain. The Grama Panchayat

shall deposit with the Executive Engineer RWS&S 10% of the total project cost or

Rs.10.00 lakhs whichever is less towards convergent funds before execution of

work under BASUDHA and NRDWP.

II.

Planning for Augmentation of existing old pipe water projects shall be done where

yield of water source is adequate so that additional habitations can be covered with

house hold tap connections without creating additional source. Improvement of

existing water supply projects with respect to source of water, carrying capacity of

pipe lines and storage etc shall be taken up only when the villagers are willing to

avail house hold tap connection or inadequate water distribution or water supply is

insufficient as per the norms due to less yield of water source or shifting of ground

water source to surface source or any other reason which shall be specifically

indicated in the water plan.

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III.

Operation and maintenance of tube-wells and water supply schemes within the GP

shall be maintained by the Grama Panchayat to the extent of payment of energy

bills of the existing pipe water supply projects, honorarium of SEMs, running costs

of mobile vans for preventive maintenance, maintenance cost of all tube-wells of the

State including cost of spare parts, maintenance of taps including replacement of

the taps of existing PWS to be met from the CFC/SFC.

IV.

Water quality, water safety, waste water management, water conservation, ground

water recharge are areas that are possible only with community participation. The

OWSM and DWSMs will take up various activities in convergence with other

stakeholder departments /organizations/ technical institutions to create sustainable

community participation in these areas.

In case of any doubt regarding implementation of the Scheme, the matter may be

referred to the Government in Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department whose

decision shall be final.

ORDER

Ordered that this Resolution be published in an Extraordinary issue of the

Odisha Gazette.

By Order of the Governor

D. K. SINGH

Principal Secretary to Government

Printed and published by the Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack-10

Ex. Gaz. 2169-173+xxx