Abstract
Supply of Safe drinking water in rural areas has always been one of the prime goals of the government. The government policies and programmes in rural water supply have also undergone a series of changes ever since Independence. In the initial years, emphasis was laid upon providing physical infrastructures like sanitary wells, handpumps, etc. Thereafter, one can see a transition from implementation of simple drinking water supply systems to a techno-sociological approach seeking active participation of the people. Serious steps to ensure sustainability of the systems were initiated in 1999 to institutionalise community participation in rural drinking water supply schemes through Sector Reform Project which was a paradigm shift from “government-oriented supply-led approach” to “people-led demand-centric approach”.
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