• Dr Jagmohan Singh

The aim of the study is to make an assessment on rural water supply and management with special focus on Roper district of Punjab (India), because of the drinking water crises due to semi mountain geographical area. Beside the adequate infrastructures provided by Punjab Rural water supply and sanitation project, the management of the water supply and sanitation is less effective and research finds out that the major reason behind was poor technical training provided to Gram Water Supply and Sanitation Committees. Furthermore, the reason was lack of trained man power to motivate rural population and stake holders of this project. The project has also suffered because the implementing agency’s prime motive was to build infrastructure for water supply, giving less importance to participation of community stakeholders of this project. The concept of participation was widely practiced in early 1970s to address the issues of rural population in problems solving mechanism and to provide better results. This paper is a case study of Roper district of Punjab (India). The paper focuses on community participation in water supply and management working alongside with other stake holders and seeks to evaluate the level of participation.

Rural, Water, Sanitation, Stake holders, Committees, Project, World Bank, Cooperation and Participation

"Gram Panchayat Water Supply and Sanitation Committees in Ropar District of Punjab (India): Rhetoric and Realities", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.79-84, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908949.pdf

"Gram Panchayat Water Supply and Sanitation Committees in Ropar District of Punjab (India): Rhetoric and Realities", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp79-84, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908949.pdf