CLEAN DRINKING WATER
Access to clean drinking water (Individual
level): 34% of the interviewees reported
having access to clean drinking water, 46%
reported access some of the time, 4%
reported access most of the time and 16%
reported that they didn’t have access to
clean drinking water.
Adequate shelter (Community level): 52%
of the stakeholders also reported not
having access to adequate shelter at the
community level and 48% of the
stakeholders reported having access to
adequate shelter at the community level.
KEY PROBLEMS IN ACCESSING
NECESSITIES BEFORE LOCKDOWN
Several problems were reported before the
lockdown by the participants. Financial
problems (59%) were reported as the most
prominent issue, followed by (23%) lack of
safe drinking water and safe housing as
key concerns to be addressed. Education,
livelihoods, and health were reported as
key concerns by 17%, 16%,17% respectively.
Discrimination was also highlighted by 20%
of participants as crucial issue. Fewer
participants reported WASH, (9%) Nonacceptance of UNHCR card in lieu of
National ID (9%), lack of sanitation (11%) as
issues faced before the pandemic.
OTHER PROBLEMS: Several participants
gave anecdotal accounts of their lives
before lockdown. They highlighted having
a job to support them in the form of daily
labour or rag picking. Many participants
lamented their loss of livelihoods and not
being able to send their children to schooL.
They highlighted that the lack of
accessibility problems was significantly
heightened in lockdown. Three accounts
narrated incidents and consequences of
not possessing National ID. Firstly, a
participant expressed fear of going out
without Aadhar card, another one in which
the participant was denied wages for his
work because of the absence of national
ID, and the third one in which the
participant couldn’t access a hospital due
to lack of national ID.