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Specifically,
• Village electrification will be completed by 2007 through an
accelerated implementation of the program to cover 1 crore
households and 1 lakh villages.
• All villages will have primary health centers within the village,
dispensaries within five to eight kilometers, and referral
hospitals within twenty kilometers.
PURA will be launched before August 15, 2004.
Rural Sanitation
Lack of safe drinking water and sanitation is the cause of 80% of all
diseases and ailments. 67% of India's rural population and 22% of our
urban population has no access to toilets. This is a source of
embarrassment and discontent among the youth, especially young
women. The NDA is committed to changing this sad reality.
The Total Sanitation Campaign, launched by the NDA Government in
1999, has been a remarkable success. Necessary funds will be
mobilized to ensure that all the TSC projects will be fully implemented
in five years, ensuring that all the 8.4 crore uncovered rural
households will have access to basic sanitation either their own or
community-owned. There shall be no Anganwadi centre or rural/urban
school without water and toilet facilities by 2005. Priority will be given
to girls' schools and schools in tribal and remote areas.
Drinking water
More than Rs. 40,000 crore have been invested in the rural water
supply sector during the last five decades by the Central and State
Governments. However, the results have not been commensurate with
this investment, primarily because the schemes did not have an in-built
mechanism for people's participation, panchayat ownership, and
bureaucratic accountability. The NDA Government removed this
shortcoming by launching the "Swajaldhara" program in December
2002. Under this, 90% of funds on capital cost would be given by the
Centre directly to Panchayats. The remaining 10% of the capital cost
and full Operation and Maintenance (O&M) responsibility will be borne
by the community.
All the existing rural drinking water supply schemes would be brought
under the reforms agenda of "Swajaldhara"-making them "demanddriven"
rather than "supply-driven" to ensure their long-term
sustainability. Adequate funds will be mobilized for its enlarged
implementation with the following commitments:
(a) Every rural habitation in the country, including those that have
slipped back into the Partially Covered or Non-Covered status, will be
provided an assured source of drinking water supply by 2007;
(b) A community-based program for water quality monitoring would be
initiated;
(c) Water supply departments and nigams of State Governments
would be reformed;
(d) Panchayats would be given incentives for rainwater harvesting,
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