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Clean water and sanitation current senario in shahdol (m.p.)
1. 6CLEAN WATER AND SANITATIO
CURRENT SCENARIO IN SHAHDOL (M.P.)
BY SHRI KRISHNA KESHARWANI
181109005
2. Total population of shahdol municipality
area is 86681 and it is classified as class 2
census town.
The population growth rate is 10.24%
The Shahdol city is divided into 34 wards
and the total area of shahdol is 20.47 sq
km.
Literacy rate of Shahdol city is 88.20 %
higher than state average of 69.32 %. In
Shahdol, Male literacy is around 92.95 %
while female literacy rate is 83.17 %.
Shahdol Municipality has total
administration over 17,833 houses to which
it supplies basic amenities like water and
sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads
within Municipality limits and impose taxes
on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
The number of slums in Shahdol Nagar is
14.In which 1286 Individuals reside In the
1265 houses. 42.50 lakhs rupees amount
has been spent by the local organization for
improving the environment of these slums.
Source – part A district census hand book shahdol , Cdp shahdol.,shahdol master plan 2031
About shahdol
TARGETS OF SDG 6-
One in three people live without sanitation. This is causing
unnecessary disease and death. Although huge strides have been
made with access to clean drinking water, lack of sanitation is
undermining these advances. If we provide affordable equipment
and education in hygiene practices, we can stop this senseless
suffering and loss of life.
ABOUT SDG 6-
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
3. main source-
•At present the main
source of water
supply in the
Shahdol city is
ground water and
the Surfa river
which is 12 km
away from the main
city.
•From the river
water is pumped
out by the help of
various pumps.
Distribution-
At present there
are 8130 meters
of the water
distribution pipes
in the city.
Storage-
There are total 6
high level tanks in
the city ,whose
total storage
capacity is 28.3
lakh liters which is
40% of the water
purification facility
(30% in the
standard
condition)
Personal
connections-
•According to the
municipality the city
has a total of 4790
domestic and 56
public connections
and 488 hand
pumps .
•And only 26% of the
families have the
water supply
connection
Current demand
and supply
difference
• The current water
supply rate in shahdol
is 40 liters per per
person day .the
current demand of the
city is 126.3 lakh liters.
• However according to
the norms the supply
should be 135 liters
per person per day.
Source – Cdp shahdol.
4. 129 lakes are
disappearing. These
lakes can used as the
good sources of ground
water recharge.
There is a lack of tube
system in the city, due
to which only 4000
families are being given
water through the
nozzles
Water supply efficiency is
not good.
People get water supply
only one to two hours in
the morning.
Approx. 75% of the
people do not have
connections to the
water supply network.
Lack of public
awareness towards
proper utilization of
water, water
conservation and rain
water harvesting
Mostly people are
depended upon the
ground water due to
which at summer time
there is the scarcity of
water due to low
recovery rate of ground
water
Municipality is getting
huge loss due to the
non metered and
illegal connection of
water.
Source – Cdp shahdol.
• Shahdol district has been identified as
drought prone area.
• Practically, the entire district of Shahdol
has been suffering from the problem of
drinking water. The problems get more
pronounced during the year of deficient
rainfall.
• Water is being supplied through
dugwells, tubewells, hand pumps. At
places mine discharge water and water
from surface water sources is also
being supplied.
• Though the State Public Heath
Engineering Department with its
division at Shahdol, which is entrusted
the task of providing drinking water
supply to urban and rural population,
has made considerable progress in
providing drinking water facilities in
problem villages under accelerated
Rural water supply Scheme, much work
is to be done through concrete and
concerned plan of action to tackle the
problem on short term and long term.
• more than 82% groundwater samples
from the district fall under C2-S1 class
(medium salinity and low sodium) which
means that these waters can be used
for all type of crops on soils of low to
high permeability, without causing
problem of salinity.
http://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/MP/Shahdol.pdf
news
PRESENT CONDITION
5. EXISTINGSEWAGE
DRAINAGESYSTEM
• Shahdol Nagar does not currently have an underground sewage drainage
system.
• Generally 80 percent of the total water available in the city is emitted in the
form of dirty water. According to this standard, based on the quantity of
water supplied by the municipality, the amount of waste water will be
minimum 37.4 lakh liters.
• There is no land sewage drainage system in Shahdol Nagar and at present
the only means of sewage drainage are raw pucca drains constructed here.
• Dirty water directly into goes into pucca drains.
• In most of the places this dirty water directly drains into the nearby lake ,
ponds or nallah which eventually mixed into the son river causing water
pollution.
• The city generally has open drains and disposal of dirty water into open
drains meant for rainwater drainage is a serious challenge to the
environment.
• According to the municipal authorities, more than 10,000 population are
deprived of any kind of drainage system.
• Although the disposal of dirty water in open drains is not acceptable but it
appears
SEWAGE AND SANITATION
Source – Cdp shahdol.
6. According to the nagarpalika around 40%
of the houses have septic tanks, while 35%
of the hosuses directly drain there dirty
water in the drains which eventually
merges with the nearby reservoir or nallah.
Which results in contamination of water
source.
There are around 10 free public toilets
at various places in the city.Rest all of
the public toilets are private.
Public toilets are very few in
Shahdol city . And most of the
people are not even using it.
Source – cdp shahdol., Google maps
Before 2011 more than between 50 to
75 % of the population do not have toilets
However after the swacth bharat mission
shahdol have become an open defication free district.
https://www.scribd.com/document/332989733/Kamal-Kumar-Gaur-MP-UNICEF-Water-Sanitation-Report
7. Unavaliability of
underground
sewage drainage
system.
Septic tanks
become outdated.
The leakage of this
dirty water will also
pollute ground
water.
Lack of sewage
drainage system
can cause
serious helth and
environmental
issues.
Open defecation
by residents of
slums is a serious
problem.
Public toilet
facilities have
been provided in
some areas but
this is not
sufficient.
Due to lack of cleaning
of drains the solid
waste like plastic blocks
the flow of water
resulting in overflow of
dirty water on the road.
Lack of
awareness
among people
All natural
reservoirs are being
converted into
sewage and waste
reservoir due to the
disposal of dirty
water
PRESENT ISSUES
Source – Cdp shahdol.