Unplanned Urbanization leads the ecological disruption

1. Maa Mangla Basti: Urbanization leads to Ecological Disruption
An Introduction:
Maa Mangla Basti with 156 HH , Situated close to the main road, very close to Buddha park
Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
This is a linear
settlement with one
central road and small
street alleys branching
from it. The site is
sandwiched between
formal housing to the
west with a compound
was at the edge and a
RCC canal trench to the
east.
Earlier that basti was
very rich in a biological
diversity , they have a 2
Pond where many
natural flora & fauna ,
birds, Fishes , tortoise
were founds but after
increasing the
population that
become the dumping
site of their waste, faecal & due to available of enough water used for cothing & washing.
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Urbanization, Ecologcal Diversty & WASH facility Trends of Maa Mangla Basti -14
No of HH Ecological Biodiversity WASH Facility

2. Earlier Community was too consicious about nature but due to randomly increase in the HH land will
be filled up & Converted into house .
As the no of Families increases all the pressure come on the natural ecology. As a result
 Natural Ecology/ vegetation get loss
 Spaces filled with garbages, faecal
 Water Sources gets polluted
Way Forward: Through Odisha Urban habitat through the counselling of Community & their
partociaption we have initiated the following
 Converted Insanitary to sanitary toilet
 Cluster septic tank for HH due to lack of space & faecal sludge management
 Water supply Connection HH wise & 24 x 7 Supply under AMRUT programme
 Water Quality testing with support of Bhubaneswar Municipal corporation
 SLRM initiated through BDC ( Basti Development Committee) & BMC
 Direct faecal discharge stopped in pond & initiate plantation