Author: Devyani Mani
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no. HS-94-27
Year: 1994
Academic Program: Human Settlement (HS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 1993
Examination Committee: A.T.M. Nurul Amin (Chairperson); Rene Parenteau (Co-Chairperson); Yap Kioe Sheng, Govind Kelkar, (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: This study reviews the institutional arrangements at Ahmedabad for the delivery of sewerage and storm drainage services. The agencies responsible are the Ahmadabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) for the municipal limits and the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) for the urban fringe areas. In recent years, these agencies have been unable to meet the city’s requirements for these services. The lack of finance, the use of inappropriate technology and the nature of the institutional arrangements have been identified as three major constraints in the service delivery, of which the third is the focus of the study. At Ahmadabad, several alternate arrangements have emerged as attempts to overcome the deficiencies in the services. Assuming that the public agencies will continue to be at least partially responsible for the delivery of these two services due to their public goods characteristics, their changed role as facilitators rather than providers of the services is investigated. The areas found deficient in terms of the access to and installation of the services are the recently annexed East Ahmadabad area, the slums and squatter settlements and the western fringes of the city. The nature of the supply by the alternate agencies corresponds to the demand specific to each area, its physical features, legal status and the socio-economic characteristics of the residents. In East Ahmadabad, the alternate services are largely different types of site specific services installed by private developers and individuals. In the slum areas, the services are provided by NGOs and CBOs as part of the schemes for services for the urban poor instituted by the Central Government. In the western fringes, a number of agencies are active including the individuals, private developers, Gram Panchayats and District Panchayats. The responsible institutions are unable to effectively deliver the services due to their legislative bases, organizational structures, working procedures, practices of finance and staff management, and th
Scholarship Donor(s): Norwegian Agency for International Aid
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science
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