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Appropriate Water Technology for "Tanker Villages" and Hilltop Villages of Thana District, Maharashtra, India By Dr. Costantino Faillace |
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Appropriate Water Technology for "Tanker Villages" and Hilltop Villages of Thana District, Maharashtra, India By Dr. Costantino Faillace |
| Introduction The definition of “tanker villages” applies to those water scarcity villages supplied by water tankers during the dry season (March-May). These villages are a heavy yearly burden on the government budget as it has been expressed by many politicians during the election campaign in February, 1998. On that occasion, the proposal to finally solve the problem of the tanker villages came from different sides of the political spectrum, and it seemed that one of the main goals of the newly elected government was to finally make India free from tanker villages! This is an excellent idea, but how to implement it!? What kind of economical and sustainable simple technology would be considered? No specific technical suggestions, so far as I know, were advanced at that time. This paper is an attempt to contribute with some ideas to solve the problems related to water scarcity villages located in hilly areas, with special reference to the northern talukas of Thana District, well known to the author, who, since many years, is involved in the drilling of boreholes for Adivasi villages in that district. |
