Prabhakar S Mishra
IEC in Jalswarajya Project (Maharashtra) - A guiding light for water supply sector
Posted on 01 Jun, 2010 11:51 PMIEC in Jalswarjya- A guiding light for WSSD, Govt. of Maharashtra
- An article based on vibrant experience of Jalswarajya Project
Prabhakar S. Mishra
IEC specialist, Nagpur
Introduction
Whenever we are working on development front we need to put communication at heart place. Worldwide past experience suggest that modernization approach of development communication fail to sustain impact on stakeholders due to its vertical one way format based on prejudice which fix responsibility of being backward on under develop class. Till end of 20th century mostly communication in development sector was argument and advocacy based. Also efforts initiated with expectation of switch effect behavioral change, that outcast trust from communication.