Eco India: How a people's movement is helping slum dwellers gain formal access to water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fgeY7Zq5RM
Aug 8, 2021 While an affluent south Mumbai household is entitled to about 300 litres per capita daily, informal settlements get only about 15 litres. Pani Haqq Samiti help local slum dwellers do the formalities for applying for water connections. Scroll 's Eco India series presents a film featuring the relentless efforts of Pani Haq Samiti in advocating for universal water and sanitation access in Mumbai. As India's financial capital and the second most densely populated city in the world, water governance in Mumbai reflects the social and economic ethos guiding development in our country. Citizen movements such as Pani Haq Samiti play a crucial role in democratising governance institutions. By carving space for citizen participation, they question and resist the inequity that characterises our city today, asserting the possibility of a better future for all.The movement for universal water and sanitation access in Mumbai is growing!
https://panihaqsamiti.org/campaign/ .. While the MCGM made constant delays with regard to developing the policy, in its 28 November 2016 policy it has stated that water will be available to all. Once again though this comes with riders such as water will not be provided to the homeless and No Objection Certificates would be required from land owners. On 9 January 2017 a circular was issued to all MCGM officials to implement the policy. PHS has been actively engaged in ensuring sanctioning and implementation of this policy with the administration, simultaneously capacitating communities to follow necessary procedures to access water in their settlements.
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/collaborate/worldwide/sustainable-cities/india/providing-mumbai-residents-with-water/ In 2014, Pani Haq Samiti (PHS) initiated a High Court ruling that Mumbai should supply water toallresidents, regardless of their legal status. PHS volunteers have supported some 5,000 households in filing 1,100 applications for municipal water connections. However, only 68 of these have been approved to date; the rest have been stuck or lost in the municipal approval system. With multiple ward offices shutting down due to COVID-19 cases, even longer delays in processing applications can be expected. In collaboration with PHS, the Manchester University is developing an app that tracks how applications for water connections pass through Mumbai’s complex bureaucratic system. The app will speed up the approval process and contribute to the provision of safe water to tens of thousands of disadvantaged urban residents. Ultimately, it could be adopted by the municipality itself, thus making governance more transparent and implementers accountable.