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Installation
of hand pumps within the Phagi block
With the help of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of
Germany, SIDART had managed to install twenty hand pumps in the rural
area of the Phagi Block. The villagers of the Phagi block are suffering
with scarcity of resources, especially water. Before the installation of
the hand pumps, the village women, whether young or old, needed to walk
two to four kilometers in order to fetch water from the nearest pond or
well. The water table within the Phagi Block is very low and the
fluoride content in the water is very high which leads to various
psychical illnesses.
SIDART has identified
the sites where the new hand pumps were placed with the help of the
villagers and experienced people in order to ensure success in digging
the bore well and to ensure access to safe less fluoridated water for
the villagers. The villagers are handed over the responsibility to look
after the hand pumps in order to ensure that the pump does not get miss
utilized, damaged, no water clogging takes place, and also to ensure the
after care. The villagers are given training on repairing minor faults
in the hand pump assembly.
By means of the installation of
the hand pumps, a solution is found for the fetching water from long
distances and for the escape from the village to urban areas due to the
water shortage. Thereby, awareness created towards hygienic practices
towards protection and judicious use of community owned resources, and
towards the importance of water and saving it.
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