01417pab a2200193 454500 180718b2003 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Chatterjee, Sumit Status of urban water supply and sanitation in India - Challenges ahead 2003 p.389-404. Jul-Sep The high rate of urbanisation has put severe stress on civic services in cities and towns. Amenities such as safe drinking water supply hygenic sanitation and drainage facilities are under enormous pressure. In spite of substantial funds allocation in successive Plans and adequate state intervention the future scenario of these services appears to be bleak. The article calls for rational pricing of water, efficient collection of charges, self-sustaining O & M of civic water resources and assured supply of quality drinking water, to arrest the deterioration in this vital sector. It emphasises on the need to recycle the waste water for non-potable needs. The urban local bodies (ULBs) have a significant role in this strategies. This along with selective privatisation of urban infrastructure service shall go a long way in saving the cities and towns from becoming organised slums. - Reproduced. Sanitation - India Water supply - India Water supply Indian Journal of Public Administration N 58582 58582 58582 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 49, Issue no: 3 AR59027 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR