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Integrated Mens Sanitary Complexes at keelkathirpur Gram Panchayat, Kanchipuram Block

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  INTRODUCTION             In Kanchipuram District 14.4 lakhs people are living in Rural areas. The population comprises 8,83,274 men and 8,24,660 women. As per 2013 Baseline Sanitation Survey, out of   4,11,421 households in rural area, 1,96,214 households have been Identified with individual toilets. Under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin), for the remaining 2,15,207 households, toilets have been constructed and have since been put into use.   The endeavor of the district is on ensuring that no component of sanitation remains unaddressed.   With individual household latrine coverage of 100%, the district has to develop with the support of the community, a mechanism for management of human excreta, for the floating population such as laborers/ tourists/ pilgrims/ daily commuters/ other persons engaged in transportation services, so that the sanitation facilities are available to the affected persons close by. ...

Sanitation Practise and ongoing projects in Kancheepuram District under SBM- Gramin

  About SBM To accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put the focus on sanitation, the Prime Minister of India had launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October 2014. Under the mission, all villages, Gram Panchayats, Districts, States and Union Territories in India declared themselves "open-defecation free" (ODF) by 2 October 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, by constructing over 100 million toilets in rural India. To ensure that the open defecation free behaviours are sustained, no one is left behind, and that solid and liquid waste management facilities are accessible, the Mission is moving towards the next Phase II of SBMG i.e ODF-Plus. ODF Plus activities under Phase II of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) will reinforce ODF behaviours and focus on providing interventions for the safe management of solid and liquid waste in villages. 1) Construction of IHHLs Ensuring that no one is left behind : the mission wi...

A Case Study on MCC operated in Padapai Village, Kancheepuram District

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  A Case Study on MCC operated in Padapai Village, Kancheepuram District Introduction            A case study on Micro Composting Centre function in Padapai Village of Kancheepuram District, Padapai is a peri-urban village panchayat. This village has a population of 16692 peoples, 5 habitations, markets and many institutions very close to the MCC located in Periyar Nagar habitation. In this village panchayat approximately an average of 0.9 Tons of organic waste is generated daily. Hence a suitable technology was required for treating this organic waste. Hence a oneton MCC was proposed and implemented during May 2021 and brought into functioning in June 2021. Methodology of Compost Preparation STEP 1 : Unload the wet waste in the waste receiving area. STEP 2: Transfer the wet waste on the conveyer belt of the waste shredding machine STEP 3: Collect the shredded waste in a container STEP 4: Apply half inch cow dung slurry on inner wa...