Annual Report 2003-2004

SCHEMES UNDER PRIME MINISTERS ANNOUNCEMENT
Honble Prime Minister in his Independence Day address to the nation
on August 15, 2002 made the following announcement with respect to rural
drinking water supply:
Installation of one lakh hand pumps in water scarce areas;
Provision of potable drinking water facilities for one lakh rural
primary schools; and
Revival of one lakh traditional sources of drinking water.
For 2003-04, the target for Orissa under the schemes announced by the
Honble Prime Minister relates to coverage of 4721 rural primary schools with
potable drinking water facilities. The Department of Drinking Water Supply,
Government of India provisionally allocated an amount of Rs.1274.67 lakh for
Orissa in 2003-04 and released Rs.637.67 lakh towards 1 st instalment for
implementing the aforesaid scheme.
The scheme envisages provision of potable drinking water by
installation of tube wells or by extension of the existing pipeline or in any
other form. The average cost for providing drinking water facility in a school,
worked out by Government of India is Rs.30,000/-. The drinking water sources
are to be executed on the principle of partial cost sharing by the community.
The community contribution would be 10% upfront in cash. Thus the
allocation of Government of India covers 90% of the cost i.e. @ Rs.27,000/per
school.
Since, there is limited opportunity for extension of pipelines from
existing pipe water supply schemes to target schools, the drinking water
sources would mostly be in the form of tube wells. In Orissa, the average cost
for installation of a tube well is Rs.41.500/-. So funds are to be mobilized to
meet the additional cost. Steps have been taken to pool resources from District
Primary Education Programme (DPEP), Sarva Sikshya Abhiyan (SSA) and
Western Orissa Development Council (WODC), and convergence of funds has
been secured in respect of 3,355 primary schools. During 2003-04, 1,830
primary schools could be covered under this scheme.
PRADHAN MANTRI GRAMODAYA YOJANA (PMGY)
In the year 2000-01, the Government of India launched Pradhan Mantri
Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY) with the objective of achieving sustainable
human development at the village level. It envisages Additional Central