| Abstract | The paper argues that disaster risks are an integral part of rural drinking water supply system
development and demand discussion on the topic among national and state disaster
management authorities, humanitarian aid agencies, Ministry of Rural Development and rural
water supply authorities, including UN agencies. As a way forward, the paper recommends; a) a
national round table discussion on protecting rural drinking water from disaster risk with water
and natural disaster mitigation experts, including the Government of India; b) study on
emergency distribution of alternative water supplies to guide state disaster management
authorities and civil society organisations; and c) a nation‐wide study on the impact of recent
disasters on rural drinking water supply |
