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People First: How Odisha’s Drink from Tap Mission Quenched Every Thirst
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Rupa Publications India
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G. Mathi Vathanan
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English
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Every year, scores of people all over the world die from waterborne diseases caused by lack of access
to clean drinking water.
In this background and in a country as large as India, can anyone even think of drinking water
directly from a tap? The answer is likely to be a resounding ‘No’.
However, one state in India has achieved this seemingly impossible feat—Odisha. From the time when
the state was infamous for drought and poverty, it is now providing international standard drinking
water to lakhs of homes in different parts of the state, with an aim to do so for every household.
G. Mathi Vathanan, a career bureaucrat, has led the Odisha government’s revolutionary Drink from
Tap mission. Pure drinking water is now available round-the-clock in every home in Odisha’s Drink
from Tap cities.
Ground-breaking reforms backed by strong political and administrative commitment have proved that
there is no need to privatize if governments have the will to change with a ‘people first’ approach.
The success of Odisha’s public water supply management model has been recognized internationally
and many other states and cities are now replicating it.
People First provides a robust blueprint and a step-by-step guide to the much-awarded Drink from
Tap initiative.
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Every year, scores of people all over the world die from waterborne diseases caused by lack of access
to clean drinking water.
In this background and in a country as large as India, can anyone even think of drinking water
directly from a tap? The answer is likely to be a resounding ‘No’.
However, one state in India has achieved this seemingly impossible feat—Odisha. From the time when
the state was infamous for drought and poverty, it is now providing international standard drinking
water to lakhs of homes in different parts of the state, with an aim to do so for every household.
G. Mathi Vathanan, a career bureaucrat, has led the Odisha government’s revolutionary Drink from
Tap mission. Pure drinking water is now available round-the-clock in every home in Odisha’s Drink
from Tap cities.
Ground-breaking reforms backed by strong political and administrative commitment have proved that
there is no need to privatize if governments have the will to change with a ‘people first’ approach.
The success of Odisha’s public water supply management model has been recognized internationally
and many other states and cities are now replicating it.
People First provides a robust blueprint and a step-by-step guide to the much-awarded Drink from
Tap initiative.
About Author
G. Mathi Vathanan is an IAS officer of the 1994 batch of the Odisha cadre, with a postgraduate
degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He is leading
the Housing and Urban Development Department of the Government of Odisha as its Additional
Chief Secretary. Mathi Vathanan is the architect of the Drink from Tap mission, a globally acclaimed
initiative that transformed the lives of people by ensuring a 24×7 supply of drinkable tap water
to everyone residing within the cities of Odisha. The DNA of success can be attributed to Mathi’s
inclusive people-first approach.
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