Bhagora Parthkumar Amrutlal's project focused on health hazards for slum dwellers in Surat, India. Over 10% of Surat's population of 4.47 million lives in slums, with some estimates of slum population as high as 40%. Slum dwellers lack access to clean drinking water, garbage disposal, sanitation, and other facilities, making them susceptible to diseases like diarrhea, dysentery, malaria, and pneumonia. The project aimed to provide free medical checkups, tests, and medicine to 1.25 lakh slum residents across 15 slums over one year through regular clinics and health camps, as well as education activities to promote healthy practices. A total of

1. NAME : BHAGORA PARTHKUMAR AMRUTLAL
ENR_NO : 216170316118
SUB_CODE : 4300003
SUB_NAME :
ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
PROJECT_NAME :
HEALTH HAZARDS FOR SLUM DWELLERS IN SURAT

2. • Home to a population of 4.47 million, Surat is the second largest city
in Gujarat
• As per the provisional figures of Census 2011, more than 10% of
the city population lives in slums; however, this does not include a
significant number of non-notified slums that have over 3.84 lakh
households. Health assessment studies reveal that the total
percentage of slum population in Surat is as high as 40%.
• These slum dwellers, living below the poverty line, are generally
engaged in daily wage labour, domestic help, rickshaw/auto driving,
rag picking and other unskilled/semi-skilled jobs to make a
livelihood. However, overcrowding, congestion and unhygienic and
dismal physical environment make living conditions grim for them.

3. • Lack of civic facilities likedrinking
water, garbage disposal, sanitation,
drainage , and community toilets
them susceptible to diseases like
diarrhoea , dysentery , malaria,
typhoid, dengue and pneumonia.
Illiteracy, poor hygiene and lack of
health-seeking behaviour further
add to their vulnerability to health
risks.

4. PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
• Targeting to reach around 1.25 lakh
beneficiaries residing in 15 slums of Surat
in a year.
• Free-of-cost medical check-ups,
pathological tests and medicine
distribution conducted through regular
OPDs and special health camps.
• Regular IEC activities like street plays,
community meetings and school health
programs conducted to promote healthy
living practices among families and
children.

5. IMPACT
• A total 84 OPDs organized
• Total number of female and child beneficiaries was 2850
• A total of 3592 people benefited from the healthcare
services provided
• 42 pathological tests were conducted so far.

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