Karnataka is having more than 36,000 tanks which are used for drinking, irrigational and other human and animal needs. However, most of the tanks are drying up or the water in it is being polluted making the water either not fit for drinking or very unusable. This was happening due to poor or no management of water resources. This resulted in the poor health and hygiene that directly affected the life of the people who depended on tanks for their needs. Government of Karnataka wanted to bring back the tanks to their original state and make the lives of the people be revived.

Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme assisted by DANIDA (The Danish International Development Assistance) was aimed at providing hygienic drinking water and sanitation to the villages. This project was named Jalanidhi by the Government of Karnataka.

The project was implemented by the Government of Karnataka. We played a role of facilitator in community building and training the community based organisations who in reality implemented the project in their respective villages.

We supported 16 Gram Panchayats by

• * Capacity building Support through trainings and exposures
• * Information, Education and Communication
• * Community mobilisation support
• * Strengthening Village Water Supply and Sanitation Committees
• * Negotiation with resource groups and CBOs.

The project was implemented by the Government of Karnataka. We played a role of facilitator in community building and training the community based organisations who in reality implemented the project in their respective villages.

• Capacity building Support through trainings and exposures
• Information, Education and Communication
• Community mobilisation support
• Strengthening Village Water Supply and Sanitation Committees
• Negotiation with resource groups and CBOs.