Water & Gender Insecurity In India: A Case Of Tier Ii State Capital City Of Lucknow Feminist Participatory Approach To Rurban Sustainability

Abstract

One of the fundamental human right constitution of India in determining one's health and well-being is having access to clean water. Piped water supply in India is available to 60 percent of the households in urban fringes which does not suffice to the minimum requirement of consumption considered to be 90 LPCD (according to URDPFI 2016).  It is a common phenomenon in rural and urban fringe areas for female folks to fetch the deficit water for their household necessity. Water collection in fringe area faces challenges for gender insecurity in terms of physical, and social aspects. The objective of this research is to explore the critical issues of women's security in the process of collection of water from static water bodies and brings out how Rurban sustainability practices can solve such issues. For this purpose a primary survey has been conducted, this study will focus on recognizing the existing barriers and methodological challenges in understanding and quantifying gender inclusiveness in water supply sector of Rural and urban planning process. Lucknow city has been taken which is Tier II state capital city, state capital city of State, Uttar Pradesh in India. The primary data collection involves the process of questionnaires through primary surveys. The quantitative data analysis involves parameters like frequency of water collection, distance travelled to static water bodies, time and other relevant parameters. This research paper investigates attributes of gender-inclusive planning, specifically exploring the gender dynamics of Water consumption and access to safe water as per required quantity and quality contributing to the session's goal of fostering feminist participatory methods for inclusive planning.