CAPPC under RSTDSP supports PMU and PIU in project activities and facilitates coordination among the executing and implementing agencies, as well as public, private, and community stakeholders. With a central team based in Jaipur and field teams in project towns, it works on the design and implementation of Community Awareness and IEC activities, the implementation of the GESI Action Plan, including the Women Internship Program and Skill Training of Women, and Capacity Building of urban institutions & municipal bodies, and other stakeholders. The initiatives mainly involve community consultations, special awareness campaigns on house service connections for water supply and metering, sewerage connections, desludging of septic tanks, health, hygiene, and public participation for the sustainability of the projects.
Key Achievements
- Paid Women Internship Program implemented as an ADB innovation in India, engaging 46 engineering institutions and 434 engineering girl interns.
- 1,500+ elected representatives, ULB staff, and officials from line departments oriented on project components, O&M, financial sustainability, and GESI.
- 25,000+ BPL households verified for metered water connections and 22,000+ BPL households verified for house sewer connections.
- 6,500+ orientation programs conducted at Anganwadi centres, covering 53,912 women participants.
- 2,000+ student awareness programs, film shows, and water audits conducted under the school intervention program.
- 8,000+ slum intervention and micro-planning activities carried out in slum areas and poor pockets to promote social inclusion.
- 15,000+ labour awareness meetings and programs on safety, health, and hygiene, benefiting 82,000+ labourers.
- 300+ women trained in livelihood skills, including masonry, plumbing, and basic computer training.
