IRRAD blog on Water for Villages in Haryana, India: The Green Economy at the Grassroots

1. Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD)
(An initiative of the S.M. Sehgal Foundation)
Together, We Empower Rural India
World Environment Day 2012
Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD)

2. Rural villages need drinking water in homes and
schools, and water for other household and
Rural villages need drinking water in homes and schools, and
water for other household and agricultural uses
agricultural uses

3. Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission
Indira Gandhi Drinking Water Scheme
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Integrated Wasteland Development Programme
National Mission on Micro-Irrigation
Total Sanitation Campaign
Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
Government has established schemes to provide
basic water facilities

4. To benefit from the schemes, local communities plan,
Rural villages need drinking water in homes and schools, and
water for other household and agricultural uses
implement and monitor water solutions

5. Committees plan for and manage water for school
and the community

6. Villagers manage water wisely

7. In semi-arid areas, villagers harvest rainwater and
Rural villages need drinking water in homes and schools, and
water for other household and agricultural uses
store it in tanks

8. Rural villages need drinking water in homes and schools, and
water for other household and agricultural uses
They purify water for drinking with bio-sand filters

9. They rechargevillages need drinking water in homes andrecharge-wells,
Rural groundwater through schools, and
water for other household and agricultural uses
check dams and ponds

10. Rural villages need drinking water in homes and schools, and
water for other household and agricultural uses
They dispose of wastewater through soak pits

11. Saving water villages need drinking waterwater—they use water
Rural is like creating in homes and schools, and
water for other household and agricultural uses
wisely

12. They work on village water projects schools, and of the
Rural villages need drinking water in homes and as part
water for other household and agricultural uses
Green Economy

13. What can stakeholders water in homes and schools, and
Rural villages need drinking do to accelerate village
water for other household and agricultural uses
successes in the water sector?

14. Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD)
(An initiative of the S.M. Sehgal Foundation)
Together, We Empower Rural India
World Environment Day 2012
Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD)