Jalanidhi -Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project

The development objective of the Second Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (Jalanidhi II) for India is to increase the access of rural communities to improved and sustainable water supply and sanitation services in Kerala, using a decentralized, demand-responsive approach. There are three components to the project. The first component of the project is institution building. This component will: (i) support the capacity building of sector institutions and support organizations; (ii) assist the Government of Kerala (GOK) in implementing a statewide sector development program; and (iii) support project management costs. The second component of the project is technical assistance to implementing agencies. This component will provide technical assistance to implementing agencies such that the infrastructure investments under component three are properly implemented and the resultant services efficiently provided. The third component of the project is infrastructure development. This component will fund the implementation of infrastructure investments for (i) new and rehabilitated intra-GP (Gram Panchayat) rural water supply schemes; (ii) pilot rehabilitation and modernization of multi-GP water supply schemes and transfer of internal distribution to GPs; and (iii) sanitation schemes, mainly covering community-centric solid and liquid waste management and household sanitation solutions in difficult terrain.