| dc.description.abstract | During last year, a drought prone district was experiencing acute
scarcity of drinking water. The state government, however, was very
keen to provide drinking water facility to as many villages as possible.
Thus, under a UNICEF project, more than 1,200 newly designed
hand pumps were installed. These pumps worked alright for some
time. However, during the summer months, when the pumps were
needed most, most of them broke down. This led to lot of discontentment
among the people. The chief minister of the state as well as the
minister hailing from the district were very keen that the hand
pumps should be repaired at the earliest possible opportunity. | |
