The document discusses water facilities in different parts of Chennai. It describes the water situation in four neighborhoods - Anna Nagar, Mylapore, Madippakkam, and Saidapet. Anna Nagar residents have a comfortable water supply through sprayers and taps. Mylapore residents face shortages and depend on tanker water. In Madippakkam, water is available once every four days for a single resident. Saidapet slum residents share one tap for 30 huts, with water available for only 20 minutes per day. The document also discusses that public facilities like water, healthcare, education and transportation are a fundamental right in India but progress providing universal access has been inadequate, with inequalities between urban and rural areas

1. Public Facilities
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2. Meaning of Public Facilities ?
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3. Water and the People of Chennai
 Story of Amu and Kumar:
:Amu & Kumar are
travelling through
Chennai in a bus. As they
go round the city, they
observe the water
facilities available in
different parts of
Chennai...
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4 situations: 4 places
• Anna Nagar
• Mylapore
• Madippakkam
• Saidapet

5. ANNA NAGAR
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 Ram gopal …
 Green area- comfortable water
supply- sprayers- tap water full day-
fast service- 24 hours. No
complaints.
OFFICERS COLONY
Anna nagar tower park

6. MYLAPORE
Subramanian:
Shortage- only once in 2 days-
Private bore wells- blackish water.
Not good for use.
Depends on tanker water service-
Rs. 500-00 per month.
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7. MADIPAKKAM
SIVA
 Once in 4 days- alone- single
room- family at home village-
use bottle water for drinking-
less use of water.
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8. SAIDAPET
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 PADMA
 slum area- hutment- on
rent- no tap water- 1 tap
for 30 huts- water is
available fro only 20
minutes per day- only 3
buckets -

9. Discussion:
Activity questions:
page no: 108
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10.  Essential – safe water- diseases-India, largest nation
with water born diseases-
 Name some water born diseases: ?
 More than 1600 people dies, daily. - Many children
dies daily, below age 5-
 The Constitution of India recognises the right to
water as being a part of the Right to Life under
Article 21.
 In other words, there should be universal access to
water.
 Right to get water.
Water as Part of the
Fundamental Right.
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11. Healthcare.
Sanitation.
Electricity.
Public transportation.
Schools and colleges etc.
These are known as public facilities.
Public Facilities ?
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Important characteristics:
Once provided, benefits can be
shared by many.
Eg: a school
 A dam
A hospital

13. Private companies
OR
Government ?
Who will provide public facilities?
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14. Why the government
(and only the government)
must bear this responsibility ?
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15.  The Right to Life that the Constitution
guarantees is for all persons living in this
country.
 The responsibility to provide public
facilities, therefore, must be that of the
government.
 And Public facilities relate to people’s
basic needs.
The Government’s Role
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16.  Non profitable services
 Private companies try always to make
profit
 They may charge high
 Only rich can afford
 Many will be neglected/ deprived.
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17. Where does the government get
money for public facilities?
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18.  Great shortage- water reaches only 50%
of population- regular supply only in
some places-
 Closer to water tanks, less for distant
places.
 Poor people suffers-
 Middle class: depends on tanker/ bottle,
tube wells
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Chennai water supply

19.  68 percent of the households in India have access
to drinking water and about 36 percent have access
to sanitation (toilet facilities within the premises of
residence).
 Sulabh, a non-government organisation, has been
working for three decades to address the problems
of sanitation facing low-caste, low-income people in
India.
 It has constructed more than 7,500 public toilet
blocks and 1.2 million private toilets, giving access
to sanitation to 10 million people.
Extending Sanitation Facilities
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20.  Average consumption in cities:
per person- 135 litters per day-
(7 buckets)but in slums, 20 lit/
day (1 bucket)
 In luxury hotels: 80 buckets (
1600 litrs)
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According to the Urban Water Commission,

21.  CONSIDER THIS:
 In world, govt. supplies.
 Public water supply service
 Hence universal access
 Private companies: high price,
un affordable to many
 Hence people protests.
 Eg: Bolivian water war.
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22.  Mumbai: enough money is raised from people.
 Hyderabad: increased coverage & performance
 Chennai: rain water harvesting- water supply on
contract by private companies- Govt. fix the rate-
 But what about other services?
 The Census of India, 2001 puts rural household
electrification at 44 per cent, leaving around 78
million households still in the dark.
India: success in big cities
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23. • Public facilities relate to our basic needs and the
Indian Constitution recognises the right to water,
heath, education etc as being a part of the Right to
Life.
• But, progress on this front has been far from
satisfactory. There is a shortage in supply and there
are:
inequalities in distribution.
• Villages are under privileged.
• But, Every citizen of the country has a right to all
basic facilities which should be provided to her/him
in an equitable manner.
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24. exercises
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