Progress/Status Report | Drinking Water Project (9 villages in the arid region)

This report is the continuation of the report submitted on 24th July 2008

5. Parchundi :

1. Parchundi village is situated at a distance of 10 km. off side from the main road of Beed. The village lies in Beed district, which is one of the most drought-affected districts in Maharashtra state. The village is a home to 111 households with 813 inhabitants. The main occupation is farming. Due to food shortage and lack of livelihood options majority of the people migrate to different sugar factories as sugarcane cutter for 6 months and the rest moths are engaged in agriculture. The village faces acute drinking water problem especially in summer months and water is brought through tankers.

2. Start date : 1-04-2007, completion date : 31-03-2008

3. Amount funded: 3,552 USD, Final cost of the project: 3,552 USD, Annual maintenance cost: 1,145 USD.

4. Activity : 1. In the village there is an existing well with a electric pump which was connected to the drinking water storage tank through the pipeline, but was defunct for last 5 years as there was no water in the well. 2. A new bore well was drilled of 6 inches diameter to 180 ft length and a submersible pump of 6HP (horse power) was installed on the bore well. 3. A new pipeline of 265 meters was connected from the bore well to the existing well. The old pipeline (1000 meter) as well the old electric pump was repaired and water from the well is being lifted to the old water storage tank. A total of 14 stand posts were newly constructed through which water is distributed in the village.

5. The problem of drinking water was addressed with the initiative of the Samyukta Mahila Samitee (SMS). The water committee and the SMS are responsible for the implementation, supervision, quality control and monitoring of the activity.

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6. Parakhadvasti (hamlet):
1. This is a new settlement of the main village Loni in Jamkhed block. Prior to 1992-93 this hamlet did not exist. The villagers stayed in Loni. But in the year 1992, there was a very severe earthquake which occurred in Latur district and more than 50,000 people died. At the same time earthquake was experienced in Loni village. Therefore, some families shifted from Loni village and preferred to stay in present place (Parakhadvasti). Since this settlement has an establishment few years back, about 111 families (950 inhabitants) live in this area. There are no infrastructural facilities such as internal roads, drinking water facilities, proper drainage system etc.
The women have had faced serious problems while fetching water from the open well and specially in the late evenings it was risky to collect water manually from the open wells. Last 5 years, two women fell in the well while collecting water in the late evening and similarly during the last 3 years, three women also met with the same incident but fortunately their lives were saved by others villagers. Therefore the women members of 6 SHG groups have taken the initiative to solve their drinking water problem.

2. Start date : 1 April 2007, completion date : 31 April 2008.

3. Amount funded: 15,675 USD, Final cost of the project: 15,675 USD, Annual maintenance cost: 682 USD.

4. Activity : There was an existing well in the main village-Anandwadi. From this well the water is being lifted by an electric pump of 7.5HP and the water is transported through the underground pipeline of 3,000 meters to the Parakhadvasti. This water is stored in the newly constructed drinking water storage tank of 30,000 liters capacity and is distributed by individual tap connections.

5. The water committee and the SMS are responsible for the implementation, supervision, quality control and monitoring of the activity.

7. Vaitagwadi (Vijaynagar):

1. The Vaitagwadi is the hamlet of the main village Neknur and a drought affected. It is situated in the Beed district at a distance of 30km. from Beed headquarters. The main occupation of the people is agriculture which is mainly rainfed and insufficient for livelihood activities. Therefore majority of the families migrate to the sugar factories for 6 months as sugarcane cutters. The drinking water was provided to the hamlet through pipeline from the bore well. But the borewell was defunct for the last 3-4 years and people had to fetch water from nearby private wells from far distance.

2. Start date : 1 June 2007, Completion date : 30 April 2008

3. Amount funded: 2,729 USD, Final cost of the project: 2,729 USD, Annual maintenance cost: 573 USD.

4. Activity : A new bore well of 6” diameter and 240ft in length has been drilled near the existing well. The water has been lifted through 5HP electric pump and the same is being supplied by the existing underground pipeline of 1000 meters. The water is being stored in the 3 existing water storage tanks of 3000/liters capacity which has been constructed by the government. Distribution system pipeline of 200 meters has been laid down. Repairs of old pipeline of 300 meters and construction of 7 stand posts have been done.