Understanding Discord NSFW Servers A Guide for Responsible Users.pdf
4thePeople
1. Providing clean drinking water
and sanitation facility for all
Towards Cleaner India
Team details
College: IIT Madras
Team coordinator : Habeeb Baig
Members : Srikanth Kolla, Nitish Reddy
Bhagavathi Ravitej, Rithesh S B
2. If 90 school buses filled with kindergartners crash everyday, the world
would notice…That’s exactly the number of deaths caused by lack of
safe drinking water and sanitation facility.
• The countries where open defecation is
most widely practiced are the same
countries with the highest numbers of
under-five child deaths, high levels of
under-nutrition and poverty, and large
wealth disparities.
• Lack of proper sanitation facilities not
only breeds numerous diseases but can
rob people off their basic human dignity.
• Trek for water keeps women away from
jobs or schools, they also risk personal
safety during the process.
• Lack of awareness amongst people, lack
of funds is the reason many govt.
schemes are defunct.
3. Girls under the
age of 15 are
twice as likely as
boys to be the
family member
responsible for
fetching water
Most schools
lack basic
facilities.
Without toilets,
girls often drop
out at puberty.
In developing
countries, as
much as 80% of
illnesses are
linked to poor
water and
sanitation
conditions.
Washing hands
with soap can
reduce the risk
of diarrheal
diseases by up
to 47 %.
443 million
school days
are lost each
year due to
water-related
diseases.
1 in 8 people
do not have
access to
drinking
water
THE PROBLEM
Half of the world's
hospital beds are
filled with people
suffering from a
water-related
disease.
People spend
up to 7 hrs.
fetching water
daily.
4. Educate to change
consumption and
lifestyles
Invent new water
conservation
technologies
Recycle
wastewater
Improve irrigation
and agricultural
practices
Appropriately
price water
Develop energy
efficient
desalination plants
Improve water
catchment and
harvesting
Look to
community-based
governance and
partnerships
Develop and enact
better policies and
regulations
Holistically manage
ecosystems
R&D / Innovation Climate change
mitigation
Shrink corporate
water footprints Financing options
Shrink corporate
water footprints
Address Pollution
POSSIBLE
SOLUTIONS
5. If only all the available resources are managed effectively, we could
see an end to major health issues and save MILLIONS of lives…
• Involvement of public is essential for
success of any scheme.
• Micro-financing local governing bodies,
SHGs and individuals for less interest
rates. Valuable time spent on collecting
water could be used in their productive
activities.
• Many MFIs are already lending for
WASH-related purposes. One example
is a combination loan. A borrower uses
a portion of the loan to pay for a toilet
and the remaining balance for
something else
• Involve villagers in providing manual
labor (e.g., digging trenches, building
water tanks, etc.) to impart ownership.
• Users with a financial stake in their
water supply solutions also have a
greater incentive to ensure proper
operation and maintenance.
• Generating investments from within
local economies is a key element in
allowing developing countries to
reverse the dependence on external
aid that has shown only mixed success
in meeting long-term water and
sanitation needs.
• Wells, dams and rain catchment
systems can provide a reliable source of
drinking water. Sanitation facilities and
hygiene training then help multiply the
impact. Communities become far better
able to grow themselves out of poverty.
6. PROPOSAL – Twin Tap Scheme
• Each house to get two water taps. One for drinking and one for
wash/bath area.
• Construction of toilets and community tank to be taken care of by the
local governing body/community.
• In case the community is not able to afford the same, the entire village
should actively take part in the construction process.
• Labor may be paid daily wages in accordance with the National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act.
• Govt. will bear the cost of sewage system and water pipe
installation/supply.
• Villages without a stable source of water can avail this facility only if all
households in the village adhere to the Twin Tap Scheme.
8. Financing Options
According to the World Health Organization,
for every $1 invested in water and sanitation,
there is an economic return of between $3
and $34!
Corporate Social Responsibility contributes
18,000 crore to the CSR fund annually. Ten
percent of this amount can satisfy most of the
sanitary and water needs of the country.
Tax benefits to be provided to companies if
they adopt villages, solve water & sanitation
problem.
As the proposal mainly aims at reallocating
the funds and optimizing the existing
schemes, we need not look for new fund
raising avenues .
