Water Supply and Solid Waste Management: A Study on Urban Water and Waste Challenge of Cities of MaharashtraUrbanization has created disparity in the quality of life of people. It improved the living standards of a part of the population only because they could afford to provide basic urban services that would otherwise be under-provided. The least advantaged very often do not have access to drinking water 24 hours a day and live among piles of rubbish where they also end up dumping household waste. Maharashtra is one of the most urbanized states in the nation. It has an urban population of 45.23% while nationally only 31.16% of the population lives in towns and cities. (Census 2011). The state faced problems in clean water supply and solid waste management. Underground water sources are extremely exploited and urban demand for water is growing rapidly. Actual water coverage in Maharashtra was only 48% against the required 100%. The target was for per capita supply in urban areas to be around 135 litres, but ground level supply was only 75 litres. (Principal Secretary for Water Resources in the Government of Maharashtra, Ms. Malini. V. Shankar, 2013) In 1995, Maharashtra became the first state in the country to publish a white paper on the state of drinking water supply. Laws for better water supply were enforced and decentralization was emphasised. Key recommendations have been made regarding the involvement of private agencies in operation and maintenance. (Report of All India Institute of Local Self Governance, Mumbai, 2011) Publishes 73rd Amendment to the Constitution, provision of basic civic amenities like water supply, solid... middle of paper......n October in based on this it is judged the cleanest city in the state. (All India Institute of Local Self Government, Mumbai) Maharashtra Suvarna Jayanti Nagarotthan Maha- Abhiyan Aims to undertake reforms relating to imposition of adequate user charges Urban services to roor settlements Rain water harvesting Recycling of waste water and its reuse Promotion of PPP Project Development Fund at Maharashtra Urban Infrastructure development Co. ltd (MUIDCL) to prepare detailed project report (DPR) for ULBs which do not have the capacity. After the project is approved by the project sanctioning and monitoring committee, it can be implemented in three ways, completely PPP. Those projects which cannot be undertaken on a full PPP basis, receive funds or grants, made feasible through sustainability gap financing (Centre for University of Environmental Planning and Technology, (CEPT), Ahmedabad, 2008)