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Water supply policy of Government of India
Government of India (GOI) attaches greatest importance to safe drinking water supply and recognizes its vital role in the health of the people. The National Water Policy gives top priority to drinking water supply. GOI has set a target of covering all the households with piped water supply in the country. GOI provides funds to State Government under the aegis of the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (RGNDWM) set up in 1990 specifically for this purpose. GOI has also laid down minimal per capita water supply norms of 40 lpcd (liters per capita per day) in the rural areas and 70 lpcd in the urban areas. Though water is primarily under the jurisdiction of States, policies of GOI are applicable to the entire country.
PASK is a project status alert system of Kerala Water Authority for providing frequent updates of the status of ongoing projects of KWA. Anyone can register to any project and subscribe the status alerts of the project. The subscribed user will get the progress status of the project to his mobile phone. Apart from this people can check the status of the projects through this website also, all the status updates will reflect in the particular project page of this website.PASK is a project status alert system of Kerala Water Authority for providing frequent updates of the status of ongoing projects of KWA. Anyone can register to any project and subscribe the status alerts of the project. The subscribed user will get the progress status of the project to his mobile phone. Apart from this people can check the status of the projects through this website also, all the status updates will reflect in the particular project page of this website.PASK is a project status alert system of Kerala Water Authority for providing frequent updates of the status of ongoing projects of KWA. Anyone can register to any project and subscribe the status alerts of the project. The subscribed user will get the progress status of the project to his mobile phone. Apart from this people can check the status of the projects through this website also, all the status updates will reflect in the particular project page of this website.
Policy and programmes of Government of Kerala
About the State of Kerala
The State of Kerala lies in the south-west corner of Indian peninsular between 8018 and 12084 North latitude. The State is bounded by Western Ghats in the East, the Arabian Sea in the West, Tamil Nadu in the South and Karnataka in the North. Total land area is 38,863 sq. km. According to 1991 census, total population in the State is 290.99 lakhs with density per sq. km. as 749. The State has been divided into 14 Districts spreading over 63 Taluks and 1452 Revenue Villages. There are 991 Panchayats, 53 Municipalities, 5 Corporations and 1 Township. Policy and programmes
Though community managed traditional water supply in the form of open dug wells and ponds have been in existence for generations. The first form of protected water supply system in Kerala was started at Ernakulam Town in 1914. Another protected pipe water system for Trivandrum was started in the 1930's by the erstwhile Travancore State. After the formation of Kerala State, various urban and rural piped water supply schemes were initiated from first Five Year Plan onwards. Kerala has adopted a comprehensive State Water Policy, in 1992, the first of its kind in any State in the country. Kerala Water Authority
Kerala Water Authority was established on 1 st April 1984 as an autonomous body of Government of Kerala by converting the erstwhile Public Health Engineering Department for the development and regulation of water supply and waste water collection and disposal in the State of Kerala.
Responsibilities
1.Design, construction, execution, promotion, operation, maintenance and financing of schemes for the supply of water and for the collection and disposal of the waste water.
2.Rendering all necessary services to the Government in relating to water supply and collection & disposal of the waste water in the State of Kerala.
3.Establishment of standards for water supply and waste water services.
4.Fixation and revision of rates for water supply and sewerage maintenance with the approval of Government.
5.Taking other measures necessary to ensure water supply in time of emergency.
