IPP629 v1 Social Assessment, Capacity Building and Communication Framework for the Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Project in Jharkhand Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized DRAFT REPORT March, 2013 Submitted By: Public Disclosure Authorized IPE Global Pvt. Ltd. (Formerly Infrastructure Professionals Enterprise (P) Ltd.) Address: IPE Towers, B-84, Defence Colony, Bhisham Pitamah Marg, New Delhi – 110024, India Tel: +91-11-40755920, 40755923; Fax: +91-11-24339534 Social Assessment, Capacity Building and Communication Framework for the Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Project in Jharkhand TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................... 3 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 12 1.1 State Profile ................................................................................................................................. 12 Physiography and Climate............................................................................................................. 12 Tribes of Jharkhand ....................................................................................................................... 12 Administrative Setup..................................................................................................................... 13 Major Issues .................................................................................................................................. 13 1. 2 Water and Sanitation – Current Initiatives ................................................................................ 15 1.2.1 Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (RWSSP) ............................................................... 15 1.2.2 RWSS Project in Jharkhand ...................................................................................................... 16 1.3 The Need for a Social Assessment of RWSSP-Jharkhand ............................................................ 18 1.3.1 Objectives and Scope of the Social Assessment ...................................................................... 18 1.4 Approach and Methodology ................................................................................................. 21 1.4.1 Approach ........................................................................................................................... 21 1.4.2 Methodology ..................................................................................................................... 21 1.4.3 Organization of the Report ............................................................................................... 24 2. Beneficiary Assessment ................................................................................................................ 26 2.1 Demographic Profile ................................................................................................................... 26 2.2 Economic Activity ........................................................................................................................ 26 2.3 Land and Assets........................................................................................................................... 27 2.4 Culture, Religion and Language .................................................................................................. 28 2.5 Traditional system of Local Governance ..................................................................................... 28 2.6 Profile of Study Locations ........................................................................................................... 29 2.6.1 Demographic Profile ................................................................................................................ 29 2.6.2 Fifth Scheduled Areas .............................................................................................................. 29 2.6.3 Tribes, Language and Festivals................................................................................................. 30 2.7 Primary Data Analysis: Household Details .................................................................................. 30 2.10 Religion and Social Stratification in selected districts .............................................................. 31 2.11 Occupation, Work force, Employment status ........................................................................... 31 2.12 Land and Assets ........................................................................................................................ 32 2.13 Housing/Dwelling Ownership.................................................................................................. 32 3. RURAL WATER AND SANITATION STATUS ........................................................................................ 34 3.1 Water, Health and Sanitation ..................................................................................................... 34 IPE Global (P) Ltd. 1 Social Assessment, Capacity Building and Communication Framework for the Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Project in Jharkhand 3.2 Water Resources in Jharkhand ................................................................................................... 34 3.3 Rural Water Supply in the Study Areas ....................................................................................... 37 3.3.1 Availability ............................................................................................................................ 37 3.3.2 Access and Collection ........................................................................................................... 37 3.3.3 Water Quality, Treatment and Storage ............................................................................... 39 3.3.4 Preferred form of Supply and Willingness to pay ................................................................ 40 3.3.5 Water Borne Diseases ......................................................................................................... 41 3.4 Rural Sanitation Status ............................................................................................................... 43 3.5 The Key Issues ............................................................................................................................. 43 4. INSTUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT .......................................................................................................... 46 4.1 The State Level Institutions ......................................................................................................... 46 4.2 District level -District Water and Sanitation Mission .................................................................. 46 4.3 Block Resource Centers (BRCs) at Block level ............................................................................. 47 4.5 Gram Panchayat Level................................................................................................................. 47 4.6 Village level ................................................................................................................................. 47 4.7 Key Issues - Institutional Structure and Implementation ........................................................... 48 5. Stakeholder Analysis ......................................................................................................................... 49 5.1 The need for Stakeholder analysis .............................................................................................. 49 5.2 Stakeholders at Different Levels ................................................................................................. 49 5.3 Beneficiaries/Stakeholders Expectations from the Project and Issues ...................................... 51 5.4 Key Issues - Stakeholder Analysis................................................................................................ 55 6. Impact Assessment ........................................................................................................................... 56 6.1 Gender specific findings on water supply and sanitation ........................................................... 56 6.2 Other Sanitation issues ............................................................................................................... 57 7. Impact Assessment ........................................................................................................................... 59 7.1 The positive and negative impacts.............................................................................................. 59 7.2 The Impact Assessment Matrix ................................................................................................... 59 8. Safeguards ......................................................................................................................................... 62 9. Major Risks and Assumptions ........................................................................................................... 64 9.1 Issues and Recommendations .................................................................................................... 64 10. Capacity Building Strategy .............................................................................................................