Newsletter from JICA OFFICE

April- June 2014 ● Issue 25 ● India

JICA supports Sector Progress 2• JICA organizing sessions to help recycle/reuse municipal waste water project to improve • Reducing non-revenue water in Jaipur, Goa and Delhi drinking Country News 3• Delhi Metro Phase 3 gets funds boost • Financial aid to help to beat power crisis water supply • JICA supports Uttarakhand Forest Management Project Project Update in Agra Contents 4• Kolkata Solid Waste Management Improvement Project completes 7 years The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a 16,279 million Japanese yen (approximately Rs 974 crore) loan agreement with the Government JICA’S ASSISTANCE TO of India as part of the Japanese Official WATER & SANITATION SECTOR Development Assistance for the Agra Water IN INDIA Supply Project (II). The project aims to improve drinking water supply to Agra.

The agreement was signed by Shinya CURRENT SITUATION WHAT IS JICA DOING Ejima, Chief Representative of JICA India, Intermittent water supply and Rajesh Khullar, Joint Secretary, (Daily water supply in major cities Approved 29 projects ranges from 1 hour to 6 hours) amounting to `30,000 Crore Ministry of Finance, . In 2007, JICA provided a loan of 24,822 JICA projects are focusing on 69% of sewerage is 1. Infrastructure development million yen (approximately Rs 1464 crore) discharged to rivers and lakes 2. Capacity development of without any treatment water utilities to the project. 3. Access of Water & Sanitation by urban poor Agra is a major tourist destination. Yet, 66 million people are at health risk 4. Public Awareness due to uoride-affected water it receives water for only three-four hours 1. Japanese advanced knowledge and experience are being utilized a day. The drinking water, principally Major concentration remains on More than 40% of Non-Revenue 2. water loss reduction and promotion water loss exist in major cities sourced from the Yamuna river, is heavily of advanced sewerage treatment chlorinated due to pollution arising from technologies the release of untreated sewage into it. Around 28% of sewer service reaches across India Fluorosis mitigation activities are carried out such as training to This has raised concerns about the adverse doctors and teachers, raising impact on health and escalating treatment A mere 30 - 40% of Operation awareness among rural communities. and Maintenance cost are costs. recovered by utility bills. Enhancing Operation and Maintenance capacity and JICA funds are being used to build nancial sustainability facilities that transfer water from the Ganga to Agra and its surrounding areas. The funds will also be used for overhaul and expansion of existing water supply facilities. EXPECTED RESULTS People will be Water supply is People will receive benetted by expected in parts Executed by Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam, BY JICA 30million water supply 1million5 JICA sewerage of Delhi, Goa the project is expected to be completed by PROJECTS by JICA Projects Projects and Jaipur end of 2017. Commenting on the occasion, Ejima said: “In Agra, drinking water supply has not kept pace with the growing population. This project would greatly benefit the people of Agra and its tourists.” Sector Progress

JICA organizing sessions to help ICA decided to implement this Jstudy to move forward the recycle/reuse municipal recycle and reuse of waste water, which is indispensable for India. waste water The problem of water shortage The Government of India has been implementation models related to the in many cities is getting serious trying to develop water supply and reuse and recycle of waste water. and it will remain so in the future. JICA will continue to enhance sewerage facilities, thus reducing water In order to incorporate the awareness and understanding loss and improving management. The views of the various stakeholders among stakeholders to promote growing water scarcity in urban areas and authorities in the final report, waste water management in India. has made recycle/reuse of waste water a national workshop co-hosted an important policy agenda. In order by JICA and Ministry of Urban Shinya Ejima to tackle this issue, JICA has initiated Development will be held. This report Chief Representative of JICA India a study to collect data and develop a will be presented to the Government guidance document on waste water of India along with the concerned recycle and reuse specific to India. agencies and stakeholders and will For this purpose JICA organised serve as a guidance document for JICA is experienced in supporting such brainstorming sessions on ‘Recycle/ wastewater recycle/reuse. It will also projects, including the pilot activities of use Reuse of Municipal Waste Water’ in act as a reference for further actions of treated water for car washing under the , Chennai, Ahmedabad, to set up comprehensive regulations, Yamuna Action Plan in Delhi, and potential Mumbai and Bhopal. The objective water quality standards, monitoring horticultural use under the Hussain Sagar was to understand the views of mechanism and implementation Lake Improvement Project in Hyderabad. the stakeholders and discuss frameworks. Reducing non-revenue water in Jaipur, Goa and Delhi

The access to safe drinking water in by March 2017 and ultimately the NRW India has improved from 72% in 1990 ratio in pilot areas will be reduced. to 88% in 2008, but a lot of challenges In Goa, JICA has been contributing including Non-Revenue Water (NRW) to the improvement of water supply and Measuring water pressure in Jaipur still exist. NRW is water that has been sewerage facilities since 2007. Since the Government of India mutually agreed produced but lost before it reaches time of JICA’s engagement, the high on implementation of loan project customers. level of NRW ratio - approximately 40% which aimed at improving water JICA has taken initiatives in Jaipur, - was recognised as serious issue. supply service by rehabilitation and Goa and Delhi where officials of water Household surveys were conducted improvement of facilties under the supply agencies and Japanese experts to understand the actual usage Chandrawal Water Treatment Plant are working on reduction of NRW condition and map out the transmission Command area. utilising Japanese technical know-how network of the pilot area. It was Besides, to maximize the outcome as Japan is the lowest NRW achiever in followed by finding water leaks using of the loan project, it was decided the world (below 10%). listening rods and repairing/replacing technical cooperation project would be In Jaipur, Public Health Engineering water meters, pipes and valves. This implemented to enhance the capacity of Department of Rajasthan State resulted in drastic reduction of NRW Delhi Jal Board (DJB). and Japanese experts are currently from 45% to 18% in the pilot area. By successful completion of preparing annual NRW reduction In Delhi, the study on improvement all these three projects, not only program, based on which on-the-job of water supply systems was completed reduction of NRW but also 24x7 water training will be conducted at pilot in 2011 with support from JICA. supply is expected in parts of Jaipur, project sites. The long term execution Followed by the study, JICA and plan on NRW reduction will be finalized Goa and Delhi.

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JICA supports Uttarakhand Forest Management Project

JICA signed a loan agreement under Phase 3 is planned to develop ring lines connecting the existing lines the Japanese official development assistance for 11,390 million Japanese yen (approximately Rs 682 crore) Delhi Metro Phase 3 gets for the Uttarakhand Forest Resource funds boost Management Project. The rural population, comprising JICA has extended an official 502,644 million Japanese yen 70% of the total population of development assistance loan of (approximately Rs 30,098 crore) for Uttarakhand, has doubled over the 1,40,000 million Japanese yen construction of the Delhi Metro in past three decades. This increase has (approximately Rs 8,383 crore) for phases 1 to 3. resulted in deforestation. Around 80% construction of Phase 3 of the Delhi Delhi Metro is known as a shining of the forest cover is estimated to be Metro. The agreement was signed by example of Japan’s assistance in India. degraded, as rural residents depend Shinya Ejima, Chief Representative of Phase 3 is planned to develop ring heavily on forest resources for their JICA India, and Rajesh Khullar, Joint lines, connecting the existing lines so livelihood and sustainability. Also, the Secretary, Ministry of Finance. that the transport system can become unprecedented floods and landslides Since 1997, JICA has provided even better. due to heavy rain in June 2013 caused severe damage; 6,000 people died or went missing and 4,200 villages were affected. Financial aid to help Haryana to The project will contribute towards eco-restoration of the forest area in conformity with the improvement beat power crisis of the livelihoods of communities by undertaking measures for rehabilitation JICA has provided an official commercial loss) is around 30%. The of degraded forests, income generation, development assistance loan of 26,800 loan would be used to augment and to community development and disaster million Japanese yen (approximately upgrade power distribution facilities mitigation. The project will be executed Rs 1,604 crore) for the Haryana in areas with increasing demand and by the Uttrakhand Forest Department Distribution System Upgradation reduce electricity distribution losses in by March 2022. Project. the state. Haryana, where rapid industrial The power distribution system development and economic growth needs to be upgraded on a priority have led to a drastic rise of electricity basis to meet the growing demand for demand, faces an acute power crisis power from industries and domestic in the form of shortages, inadequate consumers. The loan will help Haryana distribution and theft. In Haryana, it is to meet this objective and achieve said that the AT&C loss (transmission overall improvement in economic and & distribution loss including social well-being.

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Kolkata Solid Waste Management Improvement Project completes 7 years

The Kolkata Solid Waste component” to enhance public Management Improvement Project has awareness and environmental completed 7 years. JICA supports the education. For instance, the project’s project through an official development highlight has been the creation of a assistance loan of 3,584 million yen team of 36 volunteers named ‘Social (approximately Rs 210 crore). JICA’s Mobilisers’ who lead public awareness assistance followed the assessment programmes and social mobilisation. that sudden population influx into These awareness efforts are urban areas is leading to discharge underscored by the creation of a mascot of waste exceeding disposal capacity. named ‘Suchi Didi’, which helped As a result, public health and living people to identify with the programme. environment of citizens is being Three PR vehicles were launched to threatened by diseases like diarrhea carry the project message across the and hepatitis. targeted areas. The project is being implemented by Mascot- Suchi Didi helped people to Various stakeholders such as youth identify with the programme the Kolkata Metropolitan Development clubs, Integrated Child Development Authority in six contiguous Service workers, self-help groups, municipalities–Uttarpara-Kotrung, students and teachers also got Konnagar, Rishra, Serampore, involved to work as messengers. The Baidyabati and Champdani. In all these project visited more than 2,77,073 localities, mounting garbage volumes families across 103 wards in the six and its management is a formidable municipalities to repeat the message problem. of behaviour change communication. To help these municipalities Awareness was created to segregate improve their waste management waste at household level and handing services, the project not only provides over stored waste only to municipal

facilities such as compost plants, waste collectors instead of throwing Tractor Trailer for disposing green and transfer stations, secondary collection them here and there. blue waste points, and sanitary landfills. It also Significant impact was shown on of Rs 10 per month regularly and have grants equipment at grassroots level, the ground. Through involvement welcomed the system. such as household bins for segregation of stakeholders and a steady effort at source, community bins, tractor to spread the message, the project This project exemplified that trailer containers for secondary storage, succeeded to impact behavioral change. strong political will is important for drain cleaning and road sweeping People were encouraged to participate such public welfare programmes. equipment, vehicles of different sizes, not as beneficiaries but as stakeholders The achievements encouraged tractors for secondary transportation, of the project. More than half the people that changing mindsets and transportation of inert materials and families segregated waste perfectly. behavior is possible, even though it is septic tank sludge and so on. There were wards where perfect painstaking. It was also learned that The most unique and innovative segregation is well over 80%. More public awareness and environmental feature of the project is its “soft than 85% families are paying user fee education need strong PR exercises.

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