IGNOU MEDSP-45 Project – Impact of Bhagalpur City’s Water Distribution Networks on People’s Lives in Bihar

This study is an inquiry to understand the challenges of access to safe water and urban water delivery systems in India. It examines through analyses is of a community water initiative in Bhagalpur, Bihar the debates around the issues of access to water and develops an urban understanding of drinking water. It examines primarily the interface between drinking water availability and the poor residing in low-income settlements of a city.

Objectives

• Understand the role of state in providing drinking water in Bhagalpur city
• Understand the issues that lead to inaccessibility and unavailability of clean water
• Examine the existing in formal water distribution networks in the city to bridge this gap

Topic Covered

• INTRODUCTION
• STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
• SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
• OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
• RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• REFERENCES