plan 237Providing drinking water to Rural Households and Schools by installing rope pumps

Summary

Providing and installing 10 nos. of Rope pumps in five villages for the use of School children in 3 Primary Schools and by 175 households in the Sethubavachatram block of Tanjore District, Tamilnadu.

Background

In the Sethubavachatram Block, Tanjore District there are 37 Panchayat villages. In total, there are 77 nos. of Government Primary Schools and 22 nos. of Government Middle Schools functioning in this Block. Most of the Schools have drinking water source through the Panchayat and in some Schools the staff arrange for the drinking water from nearby households, public tap. At the first instance 3 Primary Schools which do not have water source have been identified and Rope pumps will be installed in these Schools.

Ekoventure NGO is coordinating 25 women SHGs with a total strength of 362 members in this block. In the five villages (2 are coastal villages) identified for this project, the women SHG members face acute shortage of drinking water.
Hence 7 rope pumps will be installed as per requirement of the women SHGs in their location and site identified by them.

Location

Karanguda, Kalanivasal, Sozhagunarvayal, Ragunathapuram and Nadiyam villages, Tanjore district, Tamilnadu, South India, India

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