Village- Tivni
Village Tivni is situated in the Pali block of the Umariya District, which is 25kms away from the Pali Block Headquarter. The major occupation, here, is agriculture. Along with the discussion with villagers in regard to the awareness about rights and duties of the Gram Sabha and to know the issues related to drinking water and sanitation. During the discussion it was found that the village is suffering from the problems of drinking water availability, sanitation and open defecation. The hand pumps are seasonal in nature and get water during July-December and remain dry during rest of the months. These hand pumps supply water for 5 -6 months in a year to the village.
In these circumstances, the villagers especially women and girls have to travel 1.5-2 kms to collect the water from bore well and have to carry this head load which takes 4-5 hours a day. It was also found that few families have toilet facilities and rest of the people defecate in areas nearby to the village which leads to the problem of sanitation and women feel ashamed. The dependency on underground water has increased. When villagers were asked about the approach of Gram Sabha or Panchayat for resolving the water and sanitation issues; they told that Gram Sabha is just for name sake, only on 2 or 3 occasions like 26 January and 15 August, Secretary and Sarpanch visit their village and take the signatures of villagers. The villagers showed their anger towards Panchayat and government that as being a small village with less population they are unable to avail the benefits of any government scheme.
Intervention:
During the this year mobilization of community through nukkad natks, rallys and meetings village tivni under the “Drinking water and Sanitation Program” organized by Jeevika team in order to strengthen the role of Gram Sabha, The general information was collected and tried to built the confidence among the villagers.The intervention was made in the form of making people aware by organizing rally at village level and the issue was discussed among the community. People were made realize that government is not solely responsible for improving their life style but it’s their responsibility too. They need to recognize the strength of Gram Sabha and come forward for development of their own village.A ray of enthusiasm was observed among the villagers through continuous discussions, home visits and personal interaction, focusing on changing unhealthy practices and creating awareness about rights and responsibilities of Gram Sabha. As people are now willing to change their drinking water and sanitation system, a working plan was made with the help of available resources and potential solutions, which was approved by the community at Gram Sabha.
Outcomes:
During the program of clean drinking water availability, focus was drawn on the duties and responsibilities and capacity building of Gram Sabha which resulted into organization of Gram Sabha where significant participation of men and women was observed.
After the meetings of Gram Sabha, the people of tivni drafted an application to create pressure, a meeting was held with the officers of PHE to avail the facility of Nal-Jal-Yojna.
This led to confidence building among the community members for Gram Sabha and realized the power of Gram Sabha. The proposal has been passed and the village has been awarded as Nal-Jal Yojna. People may get the sufficient water soon as the work is in progress.
By JEEVIKA Umariya Team
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