Status: Complete - Partial Success

Report Date: Jul 24, 2008 : 08:16

Published at: Jul 24, 2008 : 08:25

Reported By: Thomas Palgadhmal

Initially in the PWX round, a consolidated proposal for 9 project villages had been submitted. Out of the 9, 8 villages were selected. The drinking water project activity has been completed in 7 villages and in one village the activity has been cancelled.

The villages are 1. Parkhatwadi 2. Parchundi 3. Vaitagwadi
4 Karande, Gaikwad, Nagare Patil and Barve hamles 5. Thakar hamlet 6. Nandora 7. Morewadi. The 8th village Koudgaon which was selected was cancelled.

Details are given below -

1. Karande,Gaikwad, Patil and Nagare hamlet :

Background: The watershed development programme has been implemented in Darewadi during 1996 – 2000. Due to the implementation of watershed development programme, the water level in the wells and the ground water has increased considerably which has solved the drinking water in the main village. But in the remote hamlets, the villagers still face acute drinking water problem in the summer months. The Karande, Gaikwad, Nagare Patil and Barve hamlet from Darewadi village were selected for the drinking water project. The four hamlets comprises of 360 inhabitants (194 men, 166 women). Out of the 360 inhabitants, school going children are 56.
2. Start date : November 2007, completion date :31st May 2008.
3. Amount funded: 6121 USD, Final cost of the project: 6121 USD, Annual maintenance cost: 621 USD.
4. Activity : 1. From the main drinking water supply scheme of Darewadi, a pipeline was connected to 4 hamlets. The total distribution pipeline is of 13,370 ft. A drinking water tank of 5, 000 liters was constructed in Nagare hamlet. One stand post was constructed in Karande, Barve and Gaikwad hamlets respectively (total 3). Due to initiation of this activity, the households now get safe drinking water. The existing Village Development Committee of the village has implemented this activity. The gram Panchyat (local government) of Darewadi has taken the responsibility of the maintenance and the water tax collection of the project.

2. Thakarwasti hamlet (tribal hamlet):

1. This tribal hamlet is a part of the Darewadi main village and situated at a distance of 3 km in remote area from Darewadi village. The total households are 20 (105 inhabitants). The main occupation is agriculture (rainfed) and people are farm labourers. Since this hamlet is situated at far distance from the main village and in the interior it is neglected by the main village as well as from the government departments. There is a storage tank of 10,000 litres capacity constructed by the government department. During the scarcity period, in summer months, water is brought through tankers and is stored in this tank for domestic purposes. But the tanker water is provided erratically once in two three days and the timing is also not fixed. Therefore the people have to wait whole day for the same.

2. Start date : December 2007, completion date :31st May 2008.

3. Amount funded: 915 USD, Final cost of the project:915 USD, Annual maintenance cost : 240 USD.

4. Activity: Deepening of existing well, pipeline and motor installation. The community well which had sufficient water was deepened inorder to increase the water storage capacity of the well. This water was lifted from the well by installation of BHPE pump on the well. 2/12” DHP underground pipeline of 500ft distance has been laid down to transport the water from the well and thus water is stored to the exiting storage tank (10,000 liters). Taps are connected to the storage tank and water is collected from it.

3. Nandora :

1. Nandora village is situated in Karanja block of Wardha district of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state. The village is a part of the main village Kannamwar located at the distance of 3 kms. There are 455 households The main occupation is agriculture and villagers mainly are agricultural labourers. The average rainfall is 900-1000 mm but the entire village faces acute drinking water problem due to the hard rock formation strata in the underground aquifers. During summer months women have to fetch and carry heavy load of water over long distances and spend practically half of the day in carrying water to meet their families’ needs for drinking and domestic water. The village community belongs to the SC/ST and other backward community

2. Start date :1st January 2008. Completion date : 15 May 2008

3. Amount funded – USD 11,081. Final cost in USD 11,081, Annual maintenance cost : 716 USD.

4. Activity : A new well has been excavated and constructed in cement concrete below down the water harvesting structure (check dam) on the main drainage line. The underground pipeline of 578 mtrs in length has been completed. A submersible pump of 7.5 HP has been installed to lift the water and it is stored in the newly constructed water storage tank (RCC) of 30,000 ltrs capacity. The water is being distributed through 2 stand posts. This project has been implemented by the Women’s Pani Samittee. This hamlet comes under the Group Gram Panchayat. The Pani Samittee would be treated as the sub committee of the gram Panchayat and this would be responsible for the management of the project and to ensure the water distribution to all families. Other benefit: A cattle trough has been constructed for the livestock.

4. Morewadi :

1. Morewadi is a hamlet of the main village Kerul which is the interior at 15 km from the block headquarters and come under the drought prone area in the rain shadow block of Ashti, district Beed. The hamlet is a home to 715 households This region has depleted natural resources and despair in rural livelihood.. The people face acute drinking water problem. The main occupation of the people is agriculture but the rainfed agriculture is insufficient to support the livelihood, hence 70% of the people migrate every year to the different sugar factories as sugarcane labourers.

2. Start date : Nov 2007 date of completion 31/5 08

3. Amount funded – USD 8,913. Final cost in USD 8,913.

4. Activity : (i) Deepening, widening and construction of the existing community drinking water well (ii) construction of drinking water storage tank of 20,000 litres capacity.

Since the village is situated at a higher elevation there is no permanent water source in the village. Therefore, the old community well which is located at the 600 mtrs distance from the village has been identified as water source. The repairs of the same have been done. The 5HP electric pump has been installed to lift the water and to be stored in newly constructed storage tank of 20,000 ltrs capacity and another storage tank of 2000 liters capacity. A pipeline of 860 meter has been connected to drinking water tanks and a pipeline of 460 meters has been laid down for the distribution of water. The water is being distributed through individual tap connections.