Summary
The Progarmme aims to construct 10 Eco San Toilets in Two Villages Agaya & Paringwa of Shohratgarh Block Of district Siddharthnagar.It also aims to develop rooftop rainwater harvesting system l which will provide safe drinking water
Background
Eco San Toilets :
People living in targeted villages are mostly dependent on agriculture and poor .Our Baseline Survey shows around 80 % people in targeted village do open defecation. In total, only 35% toilet is there & Only 5 % use toilets. Open defecation in rural area of Block Shohratgarh is big concern. It leads to soil contamination, surface and groundwater pollution as well as invitation to disease like typhoid, cholera, diarrhea JE/AES (Japanese /Acute Encephalitis Syndrome). Japanese encephalitis is a viral disease that infects animals and humans. It is transmitted by mosquitoes and cause inflammation of the membranes around the brain of affected human being. Mostly children are affected by this disease. Human excrement that villager leave each day in fields of paddy, potatoes Etc. & on banks Of water sources which are used for drinking. In This way Infections are related to excreta in two ways: the pathogens leave the original host’s body through excreta, or one of the vectors of the disease benefits from the lack of adequate sanitary structures or from accessible excreta. Several disease-groups leave the body through excreta. Though, there is vaccine to prevent the disease. But, After Survey in these two villages, It was found that crisis for girls are especially acute: Many drop out of school, once they reach puberty because of inadequate lavatories in schools. On other hand, people having toilets are not aware about basic such as relation of groundwater & discharges from a toilet.
Most of people are dependent on agriculture & as per requirement they also develop kitchen garden. Development of Eco San Toilet will provide them water & fertilizers both. So, It is inevitable that model eco san toilets to be develop in these two villages. This action is not only a step towards prevention of open defecation but also sensitize people about benefit of toilets to community. The Programme does not focus on achieving only targets But on transforming behavior of people. Health and hygiene promotion to mothers is key to improve the children’s behaviour and reduce the risks of open defecation by children. The focus is to replicate or multiplying the number of eco san toilets in future too rather than socio-engineering of the concept in the lives of the rural people. Construction of toilets is just one part of programme; the Inevitable step is to make people use them.
Rain Water Harvesting:
Shohratgarh is a small tehsil of District Siddharthnagar. Population of town is around 10000.Though, there is Jal Nigam but there is little supply of water to the town. So, people living in town have installed their personal motors as well as tank. Since 1964, Shivpati Post Graduate College in town, is serving as excellent learning center for not only people residing in town but from other town in neighborhood district. Currently, strength of college is 800. By our survey in the college, we found that 50 % of students drink water from unsafe sources. As area is affected by Japanese Encephalitis /Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (JE/AES). Safe drinking water is only proactive way to prevent dreaded disease. The annual average rainfall of town is 897.8 Mili Metre (mm).So, construction of rooftop rainwater harvesting can be used as alternative mode for drinking water & other usage in college. By setting up rain water harvesting tank for students & irrigation of garden, it will at least give 6-8 hours drinking water to students.
Similarly, Janta Vidya Mandir Inter College in Udairajganj is school with capacity of 750 students. The area does not have water supply system. So, students drink water from handpumps. Rainwater Harvesting will provide them safe drinking water atleast.
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Shohratgarh , Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaAttachments
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