http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2006/03/02/indias-poor-will-pay-for-water-services Comments for "India's Poor Will Pay for Water Services" en http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2006/03/02/indias-poor-will-pay-for-water-services <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-4"><span class="flexinode-timestamp-13"> March 2, 2006 - 09:00, </span> <span class="flexinode-textfield-14"> The Hindu</span> <div class="flexinode-textfield-15"> Metro Water Board goes all out to deliver at the doorstep</div><br> <div class="form-item"> <label>Story Link:</label> <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/21/stories/2006012118940300.htm">http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/21/stories/2006012118940300.htm</a> </div> <div class="flexinode-textarea-6"> Brand new water tanks, one each for two streets, a community enterprise comprising households that decides on individual timings and equitable distribution of drinking water among themselves and the Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) reaching out to an area where it has never gone before.<br /><br />Notwithstanding the searing heat, the dusty urban sprawl of Ambedkar Nagar in Jawahar Nagar gram panchayat of Shamirpet mandal in Ranga Reddy district, came alive on Friday with women dressed in their finery fetching water from community water tanks, showing that rare order. No fisticuffs, no frayed tempers and women even standing in a queue to get those pails of water!<br class="clear" /></div> </div> http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2006/03/02/indias-poor-will-pay-for-water-services#comment Consumer Products Health Miscellaneous Water South Asia Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:11:11 -0500 Rob Katz 2349 at http://www.nextbillion.net