The question as to what levels of services ought to be provided and maintained in the urban areas of various sizes, dimensions and economic activities has been debated at various forum. It has been observed that fixing norms and standards for basic urban services is an extremely complex and critical task. Norms and standards are dependent on a number of factors such as the fiscal capacity of local bodies and the users, topography and geology of the settlements concerned, the past history of infrastructure development, the size of population and other economic and non-economic factors.