Drinking Water suitation:

These issues has been taken from the district Koraput, a district which ranks top most not only in Odisha but also in India in terms of poor development parameters which is home to tribal. In the facade of development a lot of money is being put into the district. Most bilateral organizations & Ngos are putting their effort to make the government’s development mechanism effective towards achieving the MDG goals but nobody realizes the gap that remains between the availability of services to the community and for them to avail the facilities. Figures shows that a lot funds are being utilized on safe drinking water projects but still the community faces water issues. In Koraput region people are mostly using open well, stream water & hand pumps for drinking water purposes. The dark side is that to avail the Government drinking water the people have to pay an amount of Rs 12000 for a new connection in NAC/ Municipal area which is too much for those who cannot even afford one square meal a day. The payments to official charges from Rs 6500- 7000 and the rest is being spent on excavation work & instruments purchase such as GI pipe & PVC pipe due to  geographical structure. Koraput is located along the Eastern Ghats.