Ramara Malla Received Clean Village Award

Village (Gram Panchayat) Ramra Malla of Block Gairsain in district Chamoli, Uttarakhand awarded as Nirmal Gram Purshkar in year 2009 for achieving 100% open defecation free & clean environment. The demographic & social composition of gram panchayat includes five habitations i.e. Ramra Malla, Singhdhar, Mehargaun, Silkot & Aarudali having 191 households with the population of 955. The Village is approachable 5 km by foot after the motor road.

In every success there is always someone who makes it possible, so in this gram panchayat Ramra Malla Mr. Hoshiyar Singh (Social Worker) has taken the responsibility to make his gram panchayat as nirmal gram panchayat (NGP).  Hoshiyar has participated in the entire workshops conducted by the SWAJAL project in Gairsain block and discussed about NGP. After collection of all the information regarding TSC & NGP he made contact with the support organization Shri Bhuvaneshwari Mahila Ashram (SBMA). Friends and community based organizations (CBO's) of his village made inter personal communication with each and every household for making sanitary latrines to achieve 100% open defecation free, clean and healthy environment.

Villagers get familiarize about TSC & NGP objectives it includes panchayat representatives, school teacher's, ASHA worker, Mahila Mangal Dal , Anganwadi worker & school children. The process off meetings & awareness programs continued regularly up to one year & after that they achieved 100% individual household toilet construction & received the   incentive money for BPL household from DPMU Chamoli.

After achieving 100% toilet construction he took another initiative with the help of support organization (SBMA) for making 100% utilization of toilet & there  maintenance , domestic and personal hygiene, environmental sanitation  etc. so in the  year 2009 his Gram panchayat received the Nirmal Gram Purshkar. After receiving the award by village, his team did not stopped; now they are   taking initiative for solid & liquid waste management by constructing Public Garbage Pit. Every house hold have his individual dust been & now they are committed for healthy & clean environment in his village. 

Dr. Ramesh Badola

Environment Specialist, PMU- Swajal, Dehradun