Professional Documents
Culture Documents
October 2009
Programme Vision:
Strengthened capacity of local service providers leading to sustainable and improved water and
sanitation services to the urban poor in Bangalore. Access to improved sanitation, better hygiene and
safe affordable water for approximately 160,000 people living in 34 slums areas of Krishna Raja Puram
and Mahadevpura areas of the city.
1. Proposed Programme Outcomes:
2. Strategy to Achieve Outcomes
1
Programme Factfile: Bangalore, India
October 2009
• Develop and execute a targeted appropriate hygiene campaign that includes awareness,
education and promotion to increase the hygiene standards in the communities and help create
demand for household toilets;
• Given the poor status of sanitation in the target areas, provide a focus on the sanitation
component as a priority, particularly during the EIP. This will include partnering the KSPCB for
sanitation improvement in the three DP slums.
3. Achievements to date under Phase I (Since 2007)
• The programme for this phase is consistent with the funding secured up to March 2010. The
initial stage of implementation has focused on the three Demonstration Phase (DP) slums with
about 950 households while activities in Kaveri Nagar settlement with about 4,000 households
commenced at the beginning of 2009. This key activities and planned outputs include baseline
surveys and needs assessment, developing partnerships with the main LSP’s, community
mobilisation and engagement, improved water supply services for about 30,000 population,
improved sanitation for approximately 5000 better hygiene standards and sustainable operation
and management arrangements for community based water and sanitation infrastructures.
The following is a summary of key activities and outputs to June 2009 and the remaining
programme under the EIP:
• Baseline surveys, Community engagement, mobilisation
and capacity building: Baseline surveys followed by
community based activities have resulted in the
establishment of close coordination with the communities as
well as a good appreciation of the current status and issues
of water and sanitation services. Capacity building activities
focus on the operation & maintenance of community based
infrastructure that will be developed under the Programme.
• Engagement and partnerships with Local Service Providers and other Stakeholders: A
Stakeholder Co‐ordination Committee has been formed under the Chairmanship of the KSPCB
with the first stakeholder meeting held in February 2009. The SCC includes other LSP’s, notably
BWSSB, BBMP and KSCB and discussions are in progress for a strategic partnership with
BWSSB for water and sanitation improvements in the slum areas. .
• Water supply improvements: The current status of access to water supply via the BWSSB/BBMP
network of borewells and municipality (BBMP) tankers is unsatisfactory. Consultation and
planning of selected measures for improved water supply security are in progress for the DP
slums with implementation programmed to commence by September 2009. This is planned as a
first stage improvement until the slums have the option of being connected to the BWSSB central
network at a future date. WSUP is also facilitating a community based enterprise (SHG Group)
to develop pilot Programme for water storage and transport at Swatantra Nagar with the
assistance of the ACUMEN fund.
• Improved Sanitation: Given the current low coverage of sanitation, improvements to on‐site
sanitation is an immediate priority. An integrated strategy is being adopted for the initial four
slums including the construction of community managed sanitation blocks, the construction of
hygienic household toilets and facilitating the development of sustainable pit emptying and
disposal services. As far as practicable, these improvements will be designed for easy connection
to the main BWSSB sewer networks when the options for such connection become available.
Design and implementation of community sanitation blocks have progressed in the DP slums as
well as the trialling of different approaches for sustainable development of Household (HH)
2
Programme Factfile: Bangalore, India
October 2009
latrines on a large scale. The development of a pilot low cost sustainable option for pit emptying
is also being trialled.
• Hygiene Promotion: A targeted hygiene promotion programme has been undertaken in the
three DP slums. This has been based on a community focused awareness and education
programme that has been led by the WSUP community development team working with the
communities and through community leaders.
4. Phase II Programme (2010‐2014)
The Phase II programme is planned to scale up the water and sanitation improvements to a further
30 slums in the K R Puram and Mahadevpura areas, which were identified during the scoping stage
of the Programme. The technologies as well as the sustainable operation and management
arrangements will be adopted from the experience in Phase I and continuing dialogue with the
stakeholders. In particular, the Phase II strategy would link with BWSSB’s development programme
for the slum areas including under the Karnataka Municipal Reform Project (KMRP) and Bangalore
Slum Upgrading Programme (BSUP).
• Sanitation: The planned sanitation improvements in Phase II are expected to benefit about
47,000 in the 30 slums. These improvements will adopt an integrated strategy based on the
Phase I experience using models that can be replicated and scaled up on a sustainable basis. It is
anticipated that the Phase II programme would continue to deal with on‐site sanitation
improvements for the slum areas where the option of connecting to the central BWSSB central
sewerage system are not available. However, where slums could be connected to the central
BWSSB system under its development plans, WSUP would work with BWSSB and other
agencies to support and facilitate these developments.
• Hygiene: A hygiene campaign will be launched for the slums based on the experience of the
Phase I programme. The design of the campaign would be reviewed to adapt to the significant
sized population that is targeted under the Phase II programme.
3
Programme Factfile: Bangalore, India
October 2009
slums areas. Since the sustainable improvements to environmental conditions will require
ownership by the relevant state agencies, WSUP’s primary approach would be to assist these
agencies in developing their strategies for these improvements and their implementation.
5. Programme budget – Phase II
WSUP is currently utilising funds from DFID and KSPCB to implement the Early Implementation
Phase of the programme in the demonstration slums. An updated Programme Implementation Plan
for the full Programme has been prepared which provides a breakdown of the total Programme
costs estimated at US$ 5.4 million.
Solid Waste Infrastructure,
$59,969
Local Service Provider
Capacity Building, $68,184 Water Community
Capacity Bldg, $36,707
Water Infrastructure,
$272,880
Environment Impact
Mitigation & Capacity
Hygiene Promotion, Bldg, $93,076
$67,738
Monitering & Evaluation,
Sanitation Infrastructure,
$23,653
$3,907,837
Project Management,
$895,293
Sanitation Community
Capacity Bldg, $37,214
6. Programme Implementing Partners:
WSUP Members In partnership with:
Halcrow Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) – Municipality
Cranfield Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) – Service Provider
WaterAid Karnataka Slum Clearance Board (KSCB)
Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB)
CDD – Bangalore based NGO
ASCENT– Bangalore based NGO
About WSUP
WSUP’s mandate is to support local service providers around the world to deliver affordable and sustainable
water and sanitation services to poor people in urban communities. WSUP is a not-for-profit partnership -
between public, private and civil society organizations - and provides a new model that engages businesses and
communities to achieve real, meaningful and practical solutions. WSUP's members each contribute their
particular skills and experience, pooling their strengths for greater effectiveness and reach. WSUP’s works with
municipal authorities and local communities from the start of every programme and the partnership continues
throughout the process.