Scaling-up of the OPP's low-cost sanitation programme

The Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) has been working in the informal settlements of Orangi Township, Karachi, since 1980. The most developed programme is the low-cost sanitation programme. Since 1983, the OPP has been working with NGOs, government departments and international agencies in replicating the Low-Cost Sanitation Programme in other informal settlements in Pakistan. This book is a critical account of the replication projects, problems encountered in the replication process and the potentials and constraints of the various actors involved. It first presents background information on the Orangi Township, the OPP, and the Low-Cost Sanitation Programme. The replication projects analysed are located in Masoom Shah Colony; Chanesar Goth; Manzoor Colony; and Mauripur, Grex and Tikri Villages all on the edge of Karachi, Sukkur, Hyderabad, and others. Lessons learned from the OPP replication projects are organized under such topics as external development, internal development, the role of government, government procedures and regulations, problems related to leasing and development costs, the role of international agencies and their consultants, and the average costs of the various components of the OPP promoted sanitation system. It is hoped that this publication will give NGOs, government departments and international agencies involved in the development of low income informal settlements, insights that can be of assistance to them in their work.