INFRASTRUCTURE

Water Supply
Jal Sansthan is responsible for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of water supply system
and wastewater collection (sewerage) system.
The source of water supply to the town is both surface and underground water. The river
Ganga passing through the district is the source of surface water. However, surface water
supplied is limited; Kannauj is still depending upon the underground sources to a major
extent in order meet the needs of domestic, Irrigation and also for industrial purpose.
Underground sources are utilized through 33 tube wells and 711 hand pumps i.e. one hand
pump is serving 15 households. There are 14 over head tanks (OHT) with 8,900 kilo liter
capacities. The water drawn from both the sources is treated and stored in these tanks and
finally supplied to the consumers daily. Number of individual tap connections existing in the
town are 12,541 (domestic, commercial, industrial, etc) as of the year 2013. Total demand
has been estimated as 15.69 MLD, however the supply is more than the demand i.e. 21.62
MLD. Quality of underground water is soft and free from pollution.

Sewerage and Drainage

Open sewer drain network collects the waste water and sent them to Sewerage Treatment
Plants (STP) for treatment. The total length of the drains in Kannauj is 130 km and 95% of
the city is covered. There are no separate drains for storm water, creating pressure on
existing sewer network during rainy season.

Solid Waste Management

The waste generated from the city includes household waste, commercial waste, clinical
waste and industrial waste. About 20 MT of solid waste is generated every day in the town,
which comes out to be about 350 grams per capita per day. Domestic waste is the major
source of waste generation in the city. The households, shops do not store the waste at
source nor do they segregate the waste as recyclable and non-recyclable waste. As per the
Nagar Palika, the entire waste generated is collected (20 MT) and disposed off. Municipal
staff is responsible for the collection of waste in 12 wards and 13 wards had given to
contractors in order to keep those wards clean and hygiene.

Road network
National Highway-91 passing through the city is providing good connectivity to other
districts of Uttar Pradesh. City is having intra road network of which 58 km is pucca and 7
km is kutcha (2001 census town directory) enabling people to commute within the city.
Roads are challenged with appropriate signage and poor maintenance and the condition
become worse particularly in rainy season. The road density is also poor when compared
with population i.e. 808 meters for every 1000 people (> 1 km). An immediate attention is
required in order to increase the pucca road network and proper maintenance for existing
network.

Electrification
According to the 2001 Census the total numbers of connections are 6,972. Out of total
connections the domestic, commercial, industrial and others connections are 4,937 (70%),
978 (15%), 147 (2%) and 910 (13%) respectively. It is estimate that 90% of the households
are electrified and the households which are not having connections are majorly found in
slums
Education
Kannauj is having enough basic education (up to 10+2) facilities. There are one polytechnic,
6 secondary, 6 senior secondary, 17 middle and 35 primary schools (2001 census). The
availability of Higher education is limited to one Arts college in the town. The nearest
Engineering and Medical Colleges are in Kanpur at 81 km distance. A new medical college
along with associated hospital has been formulated in Kannauj in 2012.

Health
Along with District hospital, there are 3 private hospitals with 38 beds; one Dispensary, one
health centre and one female welfare centre are available in Kannauj. Along with these
facilities the private clinics and nursing homes are also active in providing medical service to
the people of town and district.

Other facilities
As the town is administrative headquarter of Kannauj district, the public services like Police
station, fire station, postal and telegraph services, Banking facilities, Agriculture (1) and Non
Agriculture credit societies (2), Parks & Stadiums (1), Cinema halls (3), Auditorium, etc are
available. The fire station helps in handling the fire accidents in the city and its surroundings.
There are 10 (Census 2001) Government and private banks in the town in order to facilitate
financial transactions.

KANNAUJ INSTITUTIONAL SETUP

Kannauj Municipal area of 14.9 sq. km is governed by the Nagar Palika Parishad of Kannauj.
All the civic facilities have to be provided by the Municipal board as per the provision of 74th
constitutional amendment act, 1992. Municipal commissioner heads the Municipality who is
a state government officer. The elected representatives formulate a governing body which is
headed by chairperson. Both play the major role in delivering the services to the people and
development of the city. At present the governing body encompass of 25 councilors led by
mayor.
Public works department is responsible for the constructions and maintenances of road
infrastructure in the city. Uttar Pradesh power Supply Corporation provides the electricity
to the city. Law and order of the city is controlled by the city police force as per the direction
of Superintendent of Police (SP).
Along with Nagar Palika the District Urban Development Authority (DUDA) plays Key role in
Slum development. DUDA works under the State Urban Development Authority (SUDA), apex
authority for development and poverty eradication in urban areas of Uttar Pradesh. DUDA is
responsible for identifying beneficiaries, generally BPL population and providing them
benefits of government programmes like allotment of houses constructed under Kanshiram
Awas Yojana, IHSDP, financial assistance in constructing individual/community toilets,
approving loans (credits) and creating awareness.