A success story from Kulathoor
The Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency(KRWSA) or Jalanidhi has scripted a success story on Kulathoor grama panchayat with the commissioning of 55 water supply schemes, benefiting nearly 2,215 households in 19 wards. The panchayat, which has been reeling under severe water shortage, now has 52 news schemes, two grama panchayat schemes and a Kerala Water Authority rehabilitation scheme. The trial run has already been completed and an official declaration is awaited.
Apart from the water quality issues, the area, especially the coastal belt, has been facing problems like salt water intrusion. One-third of the rural population here belongs to the fishermen community and the tsunami had even taken away 19 lives in the area. Even the schemes of grama panchayat could give them water once in two or thee days. The very few private wells and water brought in big cans in auto rickshaws were the only options before them till Jalanidhi set up its office here in March 2005.
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