SEVEN STEPS TO

WATER SECURITY IN

JHARKHAND

An Evidence Based Hypothesis

Save Water ,Save Future : A

Jharkhand Foundation Initiative

Step1: Acknowledging a ‘Common Property

Resource’ Fast Changing to a Commodity

Step2 : Valuing Community Knowledge and

User Participation

Step 3: Trust on Democratic

Institutions of Commons

Step4: Flexible Pricing with Door Step

Service

Step 5: Continued engagement of local bodies to

promote concepts of Water Security

Step 6: Collaborative Action through Civil

Society and Corporate Social Responsibility

Step 7: State of the Art Research and

Development Facility

Less of Government and More of

Governance things we know ,lets do

Suggestions: An Integrative

Framework

Formation of a Jharkhand State Water Security Task

Force

Develop and Implement model Water Security

Programs

Ward of Urban Local Body or Gram Panchayets of

Select Districts

Scientific planning be conducted involving leading

academic Institutions

Fix location of Harvesting and Delivery structure with

proposed off take and recharge

Hire reputed Consulting Firms for Preparation of

Detailed Project Report

Suggestions: An Integrative

Framework

Work with a designated Non Government organization with long

standing local

Fund shall be channelized through Concerned Urban or Rural Local

Body

Responsible for Monitoring and implementation of the scheme

Take into consideration Life Cycle Cost Approach

Consider Design, Build and Operate (DBO) contract

Put up a network of Hydro-Geo-meteorological observatory

All government Funds for Water Resource Development in these

notified areas shall be channelized through the Task Force.

Raise resources From Corporate Social

Responsibility

Thank You

Kallol Saha

Adviser, Ecology & Environment

Jharkhand Foundation, Management

Consultant (Governance, Natural Resource &

Earth Science Domain)

Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management

Institute of Rural Management Anand

Research Fellow ,School of Water Resource

Engineering & M.Sc. (Applied Geology) ,

Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Contact: Flat No 2D ,Block B ,Jayashree Green

City, Pundag Road ,Arogra, Ranchi -834002

Mobile : +919471710631

E-Mail: kallosh74@gmail.com