• Vinu Govind

Water is a natural resource vital for the survival of life. It is becoming increasingly evident that limited availability of water can impede further progress while its thoughtless exploitation can negate most of our socio-economic achievements. With the availability of water and water use pattern undergoing constant changes and facing pressures owing to a variety of environmental and human factors, it has become necessary to lay down guidelines and policy parameters for the optimal utilization and proper conservation of this natural resource. There is an imminent need to create greater social awareness about the rights and responsibilities in the use of water and to put it in place better management practices in the utilization of this invaluable resource. It is also necessary to ensure people’s participation in water sector within the framework of decentralized democratic institutions and to evolve suitable frameworks and strategies for the continual up-gradation of water environment. Further it is important to make sure that the right of every citizen to equitable access to water for his or her basic needs is protected and enforced through appropriate policy, legislative and programme initiatives. Jalanidhi is a paradigm shift in the area of water resource management projects. Jalanidhi is a community managed rural drinking water supply scheme implemented with the financial assistance of World Bank and its objectives of demonstrating the viability of the cost sharing model and in building up the state's capacity in environmental sanitation were commendable.

"JALANIDHI: A SUCCESS STORY OF KERALA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.455-456, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908069.pdf

"JALANIDHI: A SUCCESS STORY OF KERALA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp455-456, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908069.pdf