Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

96. We welcome the initiative of Government of India in sanctioning the project
of JALMANI to provide improved quality of drinking water to school children through stand
alone water purification system for which an amount of Rs.5.45 crore has been released by
Government of India for installation of water purification system in 2732 rural schools. The
state government has installed 1359 stand alone systems in schools in Punjab under this
programme and 1373 more stand alone systems shall be made functional shortly.
97. The state government is providing assistance to poor people in rural areas for
construction of individual toilets through various programmes. As per base survey
undertaken recently by the Department of Water Supply and Sanitation, about 12 lakh more
toilets are still required to be constructed in the villages of Punjab. The cost of construction
of toilets has been revised from Rs. 7800/- per unit to Rs.10, 000/- from the year 2009-10.
An outlay of Rs. 250 crore has been provided in the 11 th Five Year plan for this purpose.
2,84,528 toilets were constructed up to 31/03/2010 by incurring an expenditure of Rs.179.25
crore. For the year 2010-11, the state government has allocated Rs 139.00 crore as
Additional Central Assistance for the construction of toilets for economically backward
families in rural areas. Besides this, a sum of Rs 220 crore has been earmarked for this
purpose for Rural Development department for the year 2011-12 under NABARD project. In
addition to this, an outlay of Rs 50.00 crore has been provided under “NABARD sanitation
project” for construction of toilets @ Rs 12450/- per toilet by Water Supply and Sanitation
Department in the Annual Plan 2011-12. This shall enable the construction of nearly 4.50
lakh toilets for the poor section of the society in rural area.
98. Under Total Sanitation Campaign 20 projects for Rs.214.45 crore were
sanctioned by Government of India out of which Rs.26.38 crore was received from GoI. The
progress of the scheme was not satisfactory mainly because of low incentive of Rs.1500/- for
individual toilets provided under this scheme because the state government under its own
scheme gives Rs.10,000/- per toilet. Government of India has now allowed convergence
with the state government scheme. So far TSC funds are utilized for providing 100% toilet
coverage for Governments Schools & Anganwadi centres.
99. The state government has set up a “Shikayat Nivaran Kendra (SNK) at Mohali
with a Toll free number 1800-180-2468 for the redressal of consumer’s complaints relating
to Rural Water Supply. This “Shikayat Nivaran Kendra (SNK) has been outsourced on
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