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Proceedings of Consultative Meeting cum WorkshopBy
Drinking Water and Sanitation Department (DWSD)With
Corporate Social Responsibility
Initiatives
In Jharkhand
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Figures from Top Left:Representative of Block Resource center: representatives from Hindusthan copperLimited and Adhunik group; Representative of UNICEF sharing scope and opportunity of CSR
participation Senior DWSD officials discussing issues; Representative of Leading Non-Profit organization
involved in WASH; CEO,Water Life India sharing their case with the forum
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OVERVIEW
DWSD organized a day-long Consultative Meting- cum-Workshop on 7th
May, 2013 at
Hotel Ashoka, Ranchi, to explore possibilities and implications of engaging CorporateSocial Responsibility in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector of the state. Theoccasion served as a common platform for corporate agencies, NGOs, National and
International partner organizations,VWSCs (Village Water and sanitation committees),and sundry interested to share their views and experience of partnering with corporates
,specifically in the water and sanitation sector.
Background:
State Water and Sanitation Mission, Jharkhand wish to share opportunities under Waterand Sanitation Sector in the State with corporate agencies and request them to support the
initiatives as per Mandate of CSR defined by Department of Public Sector Enterprise andNational Voluntary Guideline.
It is understood that CSR can support VWSC, BRC or DWSD in IEC and HR activities
and support Construction, Operation and Maintenance of facilities and taking upResearch and Development work related to water and sanitation. They can employ
professional manpower to take care of usage and revenue generation out of theinfrastructures created in part or full in their choicest geography. However, there was a
felt need of facilitation from civil society organizations and private sector technicalservice providers to turn the concept into reality. Creation of a specific but common
platform was considered as fundamental to this concept.
Content of the Exercise:
A. Ready Models of Water and Sanitation Sector Activities available with DWSD(Along with Cost Estimate)
B. Ready Model of Water and Sanitation Sector Activities available with Privateagencies like Green Sanitation Foundation, Water life and Eco Green services.
C. Engaging quality Manpower by CSR for professional Socio technical support to ruralcommunity& Possibility of supporting Applied Research proposal to be taken up by
CSRs in their area of operation.
D. Fund Flow Mechanism, Standard Operating Procedure and legal issues likely to be insuch a program.
E. Interest, Experience and Resource availability of CSRs in Drinking Water andSanitation Domain
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE
10.30 AM -
11.00 AM
Registration of Participants
11.00 AM-11.10 AM
Welcome Address (Chief Engineer, PMU, SWSM)
11.10 AM -11.25 AM
Sharing Purpose and objective of Consultative Meeting (Speaker- Additional
Chief Secretary, DWSD)
11.25AM -
11.40 AMReady Models of Water and Sanitation Sector Activities available with DWSD
including applied Research (Facilitator- Engineer in Chief, DWSD)
11.40 AM -12.00 Noon
Scope and Prospects of engaging Corporate Bodies in the State and
perspective (Speaker-UNICEF Representative )
12.00 AM-02.30 PM
Presentation by CEO of Each Corporate Indicating projects and Programs they
wish to support in FY 2013-14 referring specific geography with indication of
Experience, interest and Resource availability (Facilitator- Senior Members of
CSR Fraternity)
2.30 PM-3.00PM
Show Casing Ready Model of Water and Sanitation Solutions available with
Private agencies (Presentation by Water Life, Green Sanitation Foundation,
Water life and Eco green services)
3.00 AM -
4.00 PM
Launch Break
024.00PM -
05.00 PMPlenary Session on Facilitating Partnership: Issues in Policy and Operation
with focus on legalities, Standard Operating Process and Fund Flow
Mechanism followed by Resolutions on how to take the initiative forward
chaired By ACS, DWSD
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KEY PARTICIPANTS
REPRESENTATIVES OF CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONS
1 Jindal Steel and Power Limited
2 Adhunik Group of Industries
3 Tata Iron & Steel Co Limited4 Electro Steel Casting Limited5 MECON Limited
6 Central Coalfields Limited
7 Abhijeet Project Limited
8 ESSAR Steel Jharkhand Limited
9 JSW Steel Limited
10 HINDALCO Industries Limited
11 Hindustan Copper Limited12 Usha Martin
13 Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries
14 Association of Chamber of Commerce and Industries
WASH SERVICE PROVIDERS AND NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS15 Water life India Private Limited
16 Green Sanitation Foundation17 India Green Services
18 PRADAN
19 BASIX- Indian Grameen Services
20 Vikas Bharti
21 Global Sanitation Fund
22 Unicef, Jharkhand
23 Representatives of Block Resource Centers
PRI REPRESENTATIVES
24 Mukhia & Jal Sahiya from Gram Panchayat Bero,Ranchi
25 Mukhia & Jal Sahiya from Nihalu Kapadi gram panchayat,Ranchi26 Mukhia & Jal Sahiya from Manho gram panchayat, Lohardagga
27 Mukhia & Jal Sahiya from Dohakatu gram panchayat,Ramgarh
ACADEMIC BODIES AND MEDIA
28 Indian Institute Management
29 Xavier Institute of Social Service
30 Times of India
31 Hindustan
32 Hindustan,Times
33 Dainik Jagran
GOVERNMENT OF JHARKHAND AND DWSD OFFICIALS
34 Additional Chief Secretary, DWSD35 Engineer-in-Chief, DWSD
36 Chief Engineer, PMU, DWSD
37 Chief Engineer, CDO38 Superintending Engineer, Ranchi (Rural)
39 Other Senior officials of DWSD and SWSM
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONSULTATIVE EXERCISE
1. OPENING SESSION1.1 WELCOME SPEECHSPEAKER: CHIEF ENGINEER, PMU, SWSM
After presentation of bouquet to eminent guests on the dais,Shri
Sameer Kumar Dawn, the Chief Engineer cum Executive Director,
SPMU, Ranchi, welcomed the participants, acknowledging the work
done by corporates in the water and sanitation sector under CSR. He
apprised the participants about the work done by department he
informed that Nirmal Bharat Yojana (NBA) has been active in most of
the districts in the state. Under NBA toilets were constructed in some 29000 villages buta majority remains unused due to lack of awareness. Corporate intervention is required to
render these sustainable.
He informed that the department has taken considerable initiative in Rain Water
Harvesting but the usual hindrance has been the problem of ground water recharging. The
ground water level has been dismally low in most areas caused primarily by injudicious
and relentless high power borings. The problem has been accentuated due to mindless
deforestation too.
He expressed his hope that constructive support from CSR can go a long way to help
salvage the situation.
1.2 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVE: SETTING THE AGENDA FOR ACTIONSPEAKER: ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY, DWSD
Shri Sudhir Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary, DWSD, Jharkhand,
acknowledged the work of CSR in this sector. However he felt CSR
involvement in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene has been few
compared to the demand and may be termed as isolated pockets of
prosperity.
He took up following cases for reference. The affluence of the steel
city, Jamshedpur, stands in stark difference with Patamda block in the same district not
far from Jamshedpur, which has one of the lowest food security indices in the entire
nation. Comparing Chandwa with Jamshedpur he said the way in which power plants
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have sprung up in the region, Chandwa will soon become as good as Jamshedpur.
However in terms of Human Development Indicators Chandwa is far behind to
Jamshedpur.
The national per capita income is around 55,000 rupees and that of Jharkhand is less
though not spectacularly so. However, Chatra and Latehar register very low figures of
20,000 and 15,000 rupees respectively. This is indicative of a certain pattern. This has to
be changed. The government and corporate bodies should unite and collaborate to
produce better results.
The need of the hour is to do an impact study of mines and power sector by govt. and
private bodies. He moved on to his PowerPoint presentation with the assurance that the
twain shall meet again in a month.
In his presentation Mr. Prasad highlighted the plight of sanitation and hygiene situation of
the state. Demonstrating the latest Census figures (Census of India, 2011) he showed the
sorry figure of the state in terms of rural household having access to tap water.
Jharkhand is only second to Bihar languishing at the bottom with only 3% of people
having access to tap water.
In terms of the percentage of rural household having latrine facility the state is
standing at the bottom rung with a dismal 8%.
45% of rural household have toilets but only 8% use it. There is definitely an
awareness issue where the corporate can do better.
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Fig1: State Wise Parcentage of Household having Tap Water connection (Census-2011)
The novel experiment of Jhunhunu Rajasthan, a water scarce area where a thousand crore
were spent to bring water from Himalayas some 700 km north to the district. He
passionately demanded from the participants why water from the Ganges cant be
brought to 20 km south to Godda suffering from similar ground water scarcity.
Fig2: State Wise Percentage of Rural Household having Latrine facilities (Census-2011)
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Being in lower side in Water and Sanitation directly affects the Community health and
wellbeing parameters. Jharkhand has fared bad in HDI like poverty ratio, infant mortality,
under mortality, underweight children, wasted children, stunted children, anemia and
aneroxia, are inexorably linked to quality of water and sanitation.
Fig3: Comparative status of Human Development Indicators in the state compared to
national average (Source: Food Security Index studay by UNFPA and Human
Development Foundation)
Changing this scenario is the challenge in front of the forum .The key issues in state
related to the Water and Sanitation that demand immediate attention are the following:
Low demand and supply
Low awareness in WASH
Lack of supply chain management
Lack of capacity building institutions at grassroots
Poor O&M (operation and management) of Infrastructures
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1.3 READY MODELS OF WATER AND SANITATION SECTOR ACTIVITIESSPEAKER: ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF, DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION DEPARTMENT
Shri Shardendu Narayan, Engineer-in-chief, DWSD then, admitting
that his predecessor at the pulpit has covered a wide spectrum ofissues in discussing the whole gamut of water and sanitation, chose
only to focus on a few issues. Rain Water Harvesting has great
potential to combat water scarcity.Among organizations that have been successful in
tapping the potential of Rain Water Harvesting he named Railways as a case worth
mentioning since they have used large sheds to collect rainwater.
Apart from this he listed several ways of optimizing available water resources and
modifying them for use. A few of them being:
Use of abandoned mines for water purification
Ground water treatment in copper, iron, uranium, fluoride, arsenic affected areas
Use water from Mines Dewatering
Recycling of industrial water for car wash, gardening, fisheries and irrigation
Typical toilet model in mining areas
Moreover, he spoke on the ground truths about the distribution of water resources in the
state. He said 45% of the people in the state depend upon hand pumps for their water
needs. 35% of people still use wells as the primary source for water. He concluded his
address pointing to the fact that that an appropriate mix of hardware and software activity
can address the issues at hand. He specifically urged corporates to Invest on social
Engineers who may be instrumental to bring in community participation and social
research.
Thereafter, the available prototypes and hardware solutions withindicative costs were
showcased for the benefit of corporates houses and other participants.
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1.4 SCOPE AND PROSPECT OF ENGAGING CSR IN WASHSPEAKER: UNICEF REPRESENTATIVE
Mr. Job Zakaria, Head Operations, UNICEF, Jharkhand then
addressed the participants highlighting how CSR is well suited to
work in the water and sanitation area. Out of ten areas mentioned in
the schedule 7 of the Act related with CSR, water and sanitation is
one, he said. Corporate units are mandated to spend 2% of their
profit on CSR activities. This translates to roughly 10,000 crore of CSR. Jharkhand alone
accounts for 2000 crore of CSR. This is a huge sum, Mr. Zakaria asserted. Even as a
lucrative investment Water and Sanitation area has an attractive Return on Investment
(ROI). He made the following observation to highlight why investment must be done in
this sector for humanitarian and social motives as well:
Water and Hygiene is the cornerstone of development in any society Lack of infrastructure in this sector leads to a loss of 5% in the GDP of the
country
An alarming number of children die in India of diseases related to poor water andsanitation
He asked if we can ensure that all villages have toilets we would have done a signal
service to the nation. NBA has the money we have just to cooperate with the mukhias to
ensure this. Open Defecation Free (ODF) status is a must. School, Anganwadis, must
have a toilet each. We must also ensure that children wash their hands before eating and
after defecation. If we can do just this we can stop 8000 child deaths per year. He
concluded his address on a positive note saying this convergence is a unique and
welcome step and pledged full support from UNICEF in this mission. Taking queue from
the above discussions, subsequently, functioning of Drinking Water and Sanitation
department and available models and prototypes were showcased.
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SHOWCASING WASH PROTOTYPES
2.1 HARDWARE SOLUTIONS/PROTOTYPES IN WASH
SN Name of the Work
Unit
IndicativeMinimum Cost (Rs)1 Deep Tube Well 1 No 500002 High Yielding Deep Tube
well1 No 150000
3 Single Village Water SupplyScheme
Per Capita 5000/- to 8000/-
4 Multi Village Water SupplyScheme
Per Capita 8000/- to 12000/-
5 Individual Household Toilet Per Household withMGNREGS 9000/- to10000/-
6 School Toilet -2 Sit Model Per 30 Student 70000/-7 AnganWari Toilet 1 Unit 8000/-8 Solid Liquid Waste
Management
Per Household 50000/-
9 Community Toilets Per Unit 20000/- to 40000/-10 Solar Powered PWS Single Village 800000/-11 Mobile Water Treatment
PlantWith Vehicle, Waterprocessing and packaging
30,00000/-
12 Mobile Water TestingLaboratory
Zeep with generator
standard assembly 13,50000/-
13 Rain Water Harvesting/Ground Water Recharge
1 Unit through new Bore 100000/-
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2.2 SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS IN WASH
SLNo Particulars of the Work MinimumUnit cost MinimumUnit No1 Workshop(Rs 350 x 30 participants) 10500 4
2 Review of Cluster coordinator/Block
coordinator(15 Participants x Rs 20 )
300 12
3 BWSC/BRC/ CRC meetings(15 Participants x Rs
20 )
300 6
4 Development of Sanitary park 750000 1
5 Exhibition 15000 2
6 Awareness workshop for youth(40 Participants xRs 125)
5000 1
7 Training and orientation of Stakeholders oncommunication(30 Participants x Rs 300 )
9000 1
8 Wall writing(6'x 4') 300 2
9 TOT for resource persons( For VWSC)(15Participants x Rs 300)
4500 1
10 Training of Jalsahiyas on Communication(30
Participants x Rs 300 )
9000 2
11 Essay /Quiz/Debate/Drawing competition 2000 2
12 Celebration of Events(Hand wash day, world water day, local festivals
etc.06 nos in a year)
10000 10
13 Preparation of Audio visual Aids (One / As per
requirement)
4000 1
14 Use of Audio Visual Aids ( for once in a week) 3500 48
15 Printing of IEC material (For 1 Panchayet) 5000 1 Set
N.B. List of Activities with indicative cost prepared by IEC section of SWSM for block
and District level location
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CORPORATE SPEAK
3.1 ABHIJEET GROUP
Dr. Anal Sinha of the Abhijeet group along with Mr. Amrendra
Kumar informed that their CSR activities are concentrated in two
areas of Chandwa and Latehar apart from Ranchi. The Company
has a 1740MW power plant commissioned in Chandwa and a 2.5
mT steel plant in Latehar coming up. The various CSR activities related to Water and
Sanitation including but not limited to repair of hand pumps, construction and reparation
of Wells, ponds etc. There is a second program as well which concerns with a community
based water distribution system.
3.2 AADHUNIK GROUPMr. Neeraj Kumar, AGM CSR, Aadhunik group said their CSR
activities are concentrated in and around Kandra. In Padampur
panchayat in collaboration with DWSD the company has installed 400
hand pumps in as many households. This same village has 100%
access to toilets and is a candidate for the Nirmal Gram Puruskar. The company has in
addition, installed 15 ft high mast water pumps, deep well boring, submersible pumps and
232 pukka latrines in the households. He concluded his address saying that the real
challenge is the 30,000 odd villages in Jharkhand where we must ensure access to tap
water to rise in HDI.
3.3 CENTRAL COALFIELDS LIMITEDShri R K Dasaundhi from CCL then gave a detailed account of CCLs
CSR activities in the FY 2012-13 spending some 12 lakhs on installation
of hand pumps, submersible pumps, Wells, deep borings etc. The PSU
also has an awareness program in place to educate school children on
sanitation and hygiene. Besides, they have a program called CCL ke Lal operative in
many schools patronizing needy students and ensuring free boarding and coaching for
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competitive exams. Mr. Dasaundhi informed the participants that CCL will continue to
take CSR seriously and has planned to spend 15 lakh rupees in the FY 2013-14.
3.4 ELECTRO STEELThe representative from Electro Steel Mr. Kaushik Gupta spoke
about their 2500 ton integrated steel plant in BokaroSteelCity and
Iron ore project in Singhbhum. On CSR, he said, their focus areas are
Health, Education, Water and Sanitation and Women Empowerment
which fall under the Millenium Development Plan. In the Water and Sanitation sector
they work on three levels viz. Institution, community and village level. At the
institutional level they have deployed water filters at schools. At the community level,
they provide water tankers on social occasions and religious gatherings. At village levelthey have installed hand pumps in their CSR villages in collaboration with the DWSD but
since Panchayat elections they have experience a lack of coordination.
3.5 ESSAR
Mr. Vikas Yadvendu, representing the ESSAR group which has
an 1800 MW power plant commissioned in Chandwa and a coal
block in Chakla, informed the part icipants about the groups CSR
activities in the peripheral villages in their catchment areas. They
supply drinking water, have 20 hand pumps installed in 7 villages,
and repair and maintain these same after receiving complain through the village
committees. We are trying to train one person from each village in hand pump repairing
to make them self reliant, Mr Yadvendu said. He concludes with an assurance that they
are planning to take sanitation next, in a phased manner.
3.6 ASSOCHAM
The representative of the Association of Chambers and
Commerce, Jharkhand, Mr. R.K. Chaudhary then gave a spirited
discourse on convergence between corporate and government in
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this noble cause. He stressed on the importance of teamwork in this mission to provide
safe drinking water to the poor and implement best practices in sanitation. 40% of the
hospital beds are occupied with patients suffering from water borne diseases. CSR
professionals have the best brains. It is important to focus on the issues as per the ground
situation in resective geographical areas. He felt that Funding should not be an issue.
After sharing these viewpoints he concluded his address with a mention of the
importance training women on sanitation and expressed his eagernesss to facilitate the
initiative.
3.7 HINDALCO
G.K.Singh, Head CSR Hindalco, for a change sounded less upbeat
about the success of their activities in this sector. He chose to reveal
some bitter ground truths instead. Functionally, corporate have a
different structure than what most people perceive, he said. The
truth is most corporate are struggling in land acquisitions and CSR
is not that effective in villages.CSR activities result from community demand rather than
from arbitrariness, and water and sanitation is not on the priority list of the communities
who prefer microfinance, rural infrastructure, and livelihood generation related
investments from CSR portfolio. In this regard IEC activities assume paramount
importance.
About the companys CSR activities in this sector, he informed the present party that 20
villages in Sonahatu Block fall under their command area. Of these the company has
concentrated on 13 villages where basic water infrastructure like bore wells and hand
pumps are installed and being maintained. He claimed that most of these are functional.
However to have any real impact on this glaring problem we all have to sit together and
brainstorm to implement our plans related to capacity building, training and other areas.
Hindalco is pledged to engage itself avidly in this social cause.
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3.8 HINDUSTAN COPPER
Mr. Kamlesh Soni , AGM CSR, Hindustan Copper, Ghatsila unit
started with the information that his company has 5 mines, one
smelter and one concentrator plant in the state. Though CSR is an
apparently recent concept, Hindusthan Copper has been directly
and indirectly associated with such activities since 1939. He then
listed the various villages which fall under the catchment area of the company where
CSR activities are in full sway. Hindusthan Copper first gets a need assessment survey
done before implementing CSR activities, he told the participants.
In the two blocks of Mussawani and Bahdurdih, the company has formed apolitical
water user groups in addition to self help groups who collaborate with the mikhias and
gram pradhans. These groups are registered under Co-operative Society Act.
Prototype wells have been dug in 15 villages and deep tube well and submersible pumps
in 9 fitted with water taps accessible to all, he informed. He further added that hand
pumps installation and repair is done by Hindustan Copper and he can confidently claim
that more than 90% of the hand pumps are functional.
Another Water conservation strategy the company is focusing on is Rain Water
Harvesting. The hilly train and a large catchment area make his CSR villages an ideal
candidate for Rain Water Harvesting. The beneficiaries of this project are farmers who
can utilize this water for irrigation as well. Apart from this ponds deepening and pump
irrigation facilities are also being provided by the company.
With regard to sanitation the company believes in educating about personal hygiene and
sanitation. Kendadih village, Mr. Soni proudly claimed, has 100% toilets and that the
households are using it (not for storing grains). But old habits die hard and it will take
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some time to create complete awareness. One big step would be to target ladies for
training on sanitation and person hygiene. With this remark, Mr. Soni ended his address.
3.10 JINDAL STEEL & POWER LIMITED
Mr. Bibhu Prasad Mohanty from JSPL said their CSR activities
cover 65 villages in Patratu, Dumka and Godda. Drinking Water
and Sanitation is their development fulcrum. We Start from
Schools, they must have toilets; then comes awareness creation.
JSPL conducts awareness programs in every 2 months in the
schools. 52 households have been provided with latrines and more
are in line. JSPL strive to make all theirvillages candidate for Nirmal Gram. Till date, 48
lakhs have been spent towards these activities Mr. Mohanty added.
JSPL was disappointed with their overhead water tanks project which has been a failure
and seek support of DWSD on this and in hand pump repairing. Under CSR they have
barricaded wells, beautified ponds, and have also concentrated on Rain Water Harvesting.
For this last they have earmarked potential sites and are trying to engage young people
from the villages as they are our vectors. JSPL hopes that this workshop has suddenly
assumed greater importance for us to enhance collaboration and impact.
3.11 MECON
Mr. S.K.Bage of the CSR cell MECON succeeded Mr. Mohanty to
the pulpit. He enumerated the various CSR activities related to water
and sanitation in their command villages. He said they have 6 villages
in LWE areas. In paancha village the company has installed 3 bore
wells and a 6 inch boring irrigation pump. In the same village 3 toilet
complexes, ten-seater each, have been constructed involving the services of Sulabh
International. Work is underway on two more such complexes (10 seater,5 for males,5 for
females) which will feature a common wash platform too.
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3.12 TATA IRON AND STEEL CO
Mr. S.L.Nandi, Tata Steel CSR too was very delighted with the
departments initiative to bring industry stalwarts and government
to a common platform. He said that the company is doing CSR in
130 villages in 12 blocks in Jamshedpur. Hand pumps, deep bore
wells, structures fitted with syntax tanks etc. have been some of
the installations done in these villages. 300 pumps have been installed and an equal
number repaired along with installation of 100 deep bore wells. Additionally, 5 Rain
Water Harvesting facilities have been constructed in Periya. The company is planning to
pump peat water from its mines to villages as raw water which can be filtered and used as
drinking water. The company has also collaborated with Water Life a pioneer
organization in this sector. Main problem with making drinking water available to people
in water scarce area is the lack of ground water, he observed. 50% of tube wells
invariable get defunct in 1year and roof water recharge is not sustainable, he added.
3.13USHA MARTINMr.Navin Kumar, representative of Usha Martingroup was the last
in corporate session to address the participants. He too in his turn
enumerated the several steps his company has taken under CSR. 350
villages fall under their command area out of which 138 villages
have been covered through Water harvesting and utilization
structures have been installed in these villages. Well repairing, Hand pump repairing and
other maintenance work are also being done by the company. USHA Martin have alsoeffectively taken initiative on GIS based Ground water management ,Community tap
water program, Mobile water testing lab and solarized system to treat bacteria infected
water and Awareness about sanitation propagated through Nukkad Natak in schools.
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PRESENTATION BY WASH SERVICE PROVIDERS
4.1 WATER LIFE INDIA
Mr. Sudesh Menon, Chief Executive Officer, Water life India gave
a presentation on his companys competence in this sector. The
company has till date done 3,500 installations of water purifiers
and has directly impacted 3-4 crore people. They are presently
supporting Operation & Meintenance of a number of schemes in
Jharkhand. He too felt that local partnership is critical to succeed in this drive. He urged
house to take up practical step and develop a transparent roadmap for effective
collaboration sorting out legal issues.
4.2 GREEN SANITATION FOUNDATIONMr. Manas Bhattacharya, Member, Green Sanitation Foundation
apprised participants about Enbiolet, a bio digester based Toilet
requiring lesser water developed by them that convert human waste
into water. They have done piloting a number of places and looking
forward to start a pilot shortly in Jharkhand.
4.3 INDIA GREEN SERVICESIn absence of representative from India Green Services, Mr. R S Dasaundhi shared
information about integrated Solid liquid Waste management Project in villages and
urged corporate to support the initiative.
4.4 PRADAN
PRADAN, a national NGO working in collaboration with DVC and
DWSD Jharkhand shared process and issues in collaboration with
Government and CSR to develop community based Rural Pipe Water
Supply system in the state.
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RESOLUTIONS
Subsequently in the concluding session the Additional Chief Secretary, Mr. Sudhir
Prasad invited suggestions from corporate representatives, PRIs, and departmental
participants, in order to formulate an action plan. Based on the discussion following
resolutions were made.
5.1A State Level task force shall be formed to take forward CSR-DWSD collaborativeinitiative in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene sector, consisting of nominees from
registered participants, preferably from Ranchi so that the committee can frequently
meet and interact.
5.2The same task force or core committee shall be chaired by Chief Engineer cumExecutive Director, SPMU and that Shri Kallol Saha, State Coordinator, shall be the
convener of the State Level task Force. Next meeting of the Task force comprising of
the CEOs of the corporates and select DWSD officials is proposed on 18th
June,
Tuesday in presence of honorable advisor to the Governor.
5.3A core committee on similar lines shall be formed at the district level through therespective DCs and DDcs with Executive Engineer as nodal of the division as the
nodal officer.
5.4All information related to the initiative will be updated on present website of SWSMi.e. daa.jharkhand.gov.in. A G-mail group will be created soon to facilitate two-way
communication between the department and the corporate representatives.
5.5CSR initiatives were requested to prepare a report on key water, sanitation andhygiene parameters as baseline for their project affected area based on recently
published census report and share it with SWSM within 15 days. For data collation
and support they may contact Deputy Director, Statistics.
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5.6Corporate Groups will prepare a mitigation plan based on the baseline reportmentioned in clause 7. CSR shall share their annual action plan (2013-14) in water
and sanitation domain with State Water and sanitation Mission
5.7Drinking Water and Sanitation Department shall not receive any fund from the CSRsunder this initiative. Depending on the nature and quanta of work CSRs were
requested to take help of VWSC, Block Resource Centers and technical partners
supported by Drinking Water and Sanitation Department.Following options are
available ;
A. CSR can directly fund Village Water and Sanitation Committee for taking upwork in Water and Sanitation Sector at village level.
B. CSR can fund Block Resource Centers, NGOs engaged by Drinking Water andSanitation Department for taking up Training and capacity building activities.
C. For Technical support from WASH sector Service providers like Water life andStone India CSRs to explore possibilities through FICCI.
D. CSR shall take up work directly with dedicated team of professionals in projectaffected villages where department can extend technical help
There being no agenda the consultative exercise came to an end with vote of thanks.
Figure in the back Cover (from Top Left): Representatives of Green Sanitation
Foundation and Usha Martin Group interacting; representative of Water Lifeand BASIX-Indian Grameen Services discussing issues with Additional Chief
Secretary, DWSD; Corporate representatives on the dais to facilitate Corporate
Speak; PRI and VWSC representatives sharing their view on CSR initiatives
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