Monday, 2 September 2019

Pre House Service Connection Survey for the House Hold of Chandrapur, Panikhaity, Pachim Mayong GP (Phase-I )

Introduction :-

 The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MoDWS) and the World Bank have jointly developed the Neer Nirmal Pariyojana – Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Low Income States (RWSS-LIS) with an objective to improve piped water supply and sanitation services for selected rural communities in the target states through decentralized service delivery systems .

The project is also implemented in Kamrup (M) districts, Assam for covering two nos of Block named as Dimoria and Chandrapur Block  . Name of the Project in Kamrup(M) district  for  Water Supply is “Composite Water Supply Scheme for sustainability &Quality in Chandrapur and Dimoria Block”. The Project for Kamrup(M) is divided in two Zones. The Zone-1 is for Chandrapur Block and Zone –II is for Dimoria Block for supply of Drinking Water in the Project area. For implementing the project two treatment plants are already constructed in the respective Zones.


On 8th March/2019, partial commissioning was done in Chandrapur Project under RWSSP-LIS with 921 nos. of House Service Connections in Tatimara Zone and simultaneously work is going on in the other zones of Chandrapur Block. Each House Service Connection consists of a stand-post, a water meter and 10 meter PP-R pipe. The location of the stand-post and water meter should be fixed in consultation of household owner for smooth operation of the services. In order to ascertain the same, phase wise survey will be conducted i.e. Pre Connection Survey and Post Connection survey. The process of Pre Connection Survey has already been initiated to collect information of the households under Chandrapur , Panikhaity and Pachim Mayong GP.

Process and Tools used for Pre House Service Connection Survey

This survey mechanism used under the NNP Project was an updated survey process with new tools and technology.  The survey was conducted through web based software along with GPS data collection of the survey area by the use of tablet or Android Mobile Phone.  The survey has covered all aspects of data related with the water supply scheme as well as position of water meter, stand post, requirement of extra pipe (excess 10 meter) and information about water tariff etc.

The activities performed by field level worker / enumerator during pre house service connection survey are as follows


  • Visit every House Hold of the particular area as per the baseline survey record
  • Check the status of the House hold for identifying House hold ID as per Base Line Survey and Marking the House hold ID by pasting of sticker in front of the house.
  •  Matching of the record of payment Status of the House Hold.
  • To check the distance of the Houses from the distribution Pipe line that is within 10 meters or not.
  • If it is more than 10 meters, then advice will be given to the consumer that they have to bear the cost of extra length pipe for giving them water supply connection within household’s own premises.
  • Advice the consumers regarding proper use of piped drinking water in order avoid high monthly water tariff.
  • Distribution of IEC material regarding Do’s and Don’ts of water supply scheme.
  • Record all relevant data to the online survey system.


            For implementing the process of pre and post house connection survey a group of enumerator has been engaged. Each enumerator will conduct the activity with a proper timeline and route map.

Photograph of Pre House Connection Survey


Orientation Training for Enumerator for Pre House Connection Survey at DPMU,NNP, Kamrup





 House Hold Survey Conducted by Enumerator and Monitored by Block Co-ordinator

 % wise Some Survey Analysis 

1.      Consumer awareness  on monthly Water Bill


2. HH Consumer aware on Contact Point for any Complain/ Information


  
       3. HH Consumer has any existing pipe connection  & OHR (Running water System)


4.  Location of HH with respect to Distribution Line 
5. Location consumer HH location within 10 meter distance from Distribution main
6.        NNP beneficiary want to purchase extra pipe if required in NNP hose connection
7. Requirement of Stand Post for House Service Connection