PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 14 Pakora in Pakistan: moving towards democratic management

Document begins: PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988­2001 14 Pakora in Pakistan: moving towards democratic management Tameez Ahmad and Haider Raza Introduction Apart from this, the participation of the community in this `one-man show' was totally Pakora is situated in the Ghizer District of negligible. The site for the water tank was on Northern Pakistan, 36 km from the district the property of one of the villagers who was headquarters. The village's water supply was asking money for it. The channel down hill given to the community by the Local Bodies was built through a steep sliding place, which regularly collapsed. Not all the households and Rural Development Department were connected. Mistakes in construction and (LB&RDD) for political reasons. One of the failure to introduce a payment system for community members, Aman Ali, was elected as a member of the Union Council. After he maintenance resulted in a disfunctioning water had won the elections, he arranged for his system for most of the time since it was village to receive a water supply scheme from completed. the LB&RDD. However, the community did This was the conclusion of the community in not accept the donated water supply. This was Pakora, when the PAR ...