Empowering Village Level Water and Sanitation Committees (VWSC) for effective implementation of rural water supply projects of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).

Participant: Manish Dwivedi
Batch 22

Organisation: Roundglass Foundation

Area of impact: Water and Sustainability

Alignment with SDGs

5

Gender equality

6

Clean water and sanitation

17

Partnership for the goals

Brief description

This project played a pivotal role in addressing ground-level issues in implementing rural water supply projects. It focused on Gram Panchayat Patkhori in Tehsil Ferozepur Jhirka, District Nuh, Haryana, due to its severe water crisis and status as an aspirational district. Based on these findings, Manish designed interventions to enhance community participation and contribution to sustainable water development projects. He implemented awareness programmes aimed at increasing community involvement, along with capacity-building workshops for Village Water And Sanitation Committee members (VWSC).