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Save the Children has planned to implement the project “New Horizons Plus” – an alternative project which provided employable skills training to the most marginalized children & adolescents between the age group of 15 – 20 years, to help them explore dignified & alternative means of livelihood in West Bengal. Save the Children, India engaged… Continue reading Baseline Study Report – New Horizons Plus in West Bengal 2020 – 2023

PHED has handed over several PWSSs to the GPs and many more schemes are in the process of being handed over to the GPs. The system of handing over and management of the handed over PWSSs by the GPs was reviewed by the PHED and it has been observed that there is need for (i)… Continue reading Proposed Guideline on Handing Over of PWSS to the Gram Panchayats and Management of the Handed Over PWSS

The objective of an efficient operation and maintenance of a water supply system is to provide safe drinking water as per designed quality and quantity, with adequate pressure at convenient location and time at competitive cost on a sustainable manner. The manual was drafted keeping in account all the features of water supply system and… Continue reading Technical Manual on Operation & Maintenance of Piped Water Supply Schemes

About 82% of rural households in India do not have individual piped water supply, and 163 million live without access to clean water close to their homes. 70% of India’s surface water is contaminated through bacteriological or chemical contamination. The module explains the water scenario in Birbhum and importance of water safety plan as part… Continue reading Module on Water Situation and JJM

On account of various constraints, only about 1122 bcm of water is assessed as the annual utilizable water, having surface water resources component of 690 bcm and ground water component of 433bcm. As a result, in this present situation, the available groundwater resource fails to meet the demands of the growing population. Therefore, it is… Continue reading Training Module on Water Source Sustainability in Birbhum

The module focuses on benefits from SBM(G) Phase I and the key objectives of Phase II. Components of SBM (G) Phase II are discussed in details. The toilets types are discussed in details followed by retrofitting. Solid waste management and Liquid waste management have also been intricately included in the module in easy adaptable language… Continue reading Training Module on Sanitation in Birbhum

The specific Training Module focuses on the need of hygiene practices at various levels, its criticality, its practices and way forward. Hand hygiene is given a special focus due to its criticality during the COVID 19 pandemic. Classification of hygiene is discussed with its practise hierarchy. Components of hygiene are discussed in details such as… Continue reading Training Module on Hygiene in Birbhum District of West Bengal

Water & Sanitation Safety Plan (WSSP) is considered an internationally best practice for assessing and managing public health risks of drinking-water supply and sanitation system. These concerns assume greater significance when dealing with widespread contagion like the one emerging from novel corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic. Hence, a comprehensive risk assessment and risk management approach in… Continue reading Water & Sanitation Safety Plan for Brahmandiha Gram Panchayat of Bankura District, West Bengal

Government Maharashtra has taken up an initiative to reform selected rural villages affected by natural calamities like drought and other social, economic, livelihood and infrastructural challenges. This initiative has been started by recruiting Fellows in each GP for preparing village development plan, promotion of community participation and effective execution of the schemes according to the… Continue reading Occasional Paper-I: Status of ODF Sustainability in Maharashtra

Maharashtra has established Village Social Transformation Foundation (VSTF) to carry on the interventions towards transformation of the villages towards integrated rural development focusing on localizing the SDGs. This organization is currently working in 855 villages across the state. There was a need for capturing ground reality of the WASH status, the capacity gap in strengthening… Continue reading An Assessment of Maharashtra VSTF Structure and Functioning with Focus on WASH and Required Capacity BUILDING