Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2017

Safe Drinking Water Supply in Karnataka – A Study

Dr. R. N. Mareppagoudra

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 Supply of clean drinking water is the responsibility of the state. Drinking water, in adequate quantity and safe quality, is a basic requirement for life and a determinant of standard of living. Poor or no access to safe water supply can result in many diseases. These ailments potentially constrain human resource development and productivity, especially of the poor. The National Water Policy 2002 reflects the significance attached to drinking water by stating, “adequate safe drinking water facilities should be provided to the entire population both in urban and rural areas. Irrigation and multipurpose projects should invariably include a drinking water component, wherever there is no alternative source of drinking water.

 Karnataka being an progressive and accommodative state has always strived hard to provide benefits to people at large setting the party politics. Karnataka tops in management of rural drinking water schemes reports Nagesh Prabhu  associated with leading news daily The Hindu. Karnataka has emerged top performer in the country in management of rural drinking water schemes and devolution of powers to Panchayatraj institutions (PRIs).

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Dr. R. N. Mareppagoudra, Safe Drinking Water Supply in Karnataka – A Study, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-9 | September-2017

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