Best Practice: One
Title of the Best Practice: Clean Village Prosperous Village.
Objectives of the Practice:
1) To emphasize the importance of cleanliness in the village.
2) To make the citizens aware about cleanliness.
3) To explain the health benefits of cleanliness.
4) To contribute to environmental conservation through cleanliness.
The Context-
The place is in rural areas. The people of rural areas are still not convinced of the importance of cleanliness. Many villages seem to have a lot of unsanitary conditions. No Toilette, Waste dumping & wastewater management everywhere; is a threat to the health of the citizens. To inculcate massive awareness among citizens this campaign/ practice was implemented.
The Practice-
The college adopted the village of Sonwadi in the year 2015-2016 .The village was swept clean. Students swept all village. Thirty-two absorption pits were dug for toilets. All social awareness was created. In the year 2016-2017, all the garbage in the village was collected at Shillegaon. Students swept all village. Also, fourteen absorption pits were dug for toilets. In the year 2017-2018, the entire temple premises in Shiur were cleaned on a large scale in public places and the importance of cleanliness were conveyed to the people. Students swept all village. In the year 2018-2019 at ShireSaigaon 24 drainage water absorption pits were dug and emphasized on the importance of cleanliness. Students swept all village. In the year 2019-2020, a large scale cleaning was done at Devi Dakshayani Mandir, Lasurgaon. Also, fourteen absorption pits were dug at the village of Rahegaon. Students swept all village.
The Evidence of Success-
The citizens have responded well to the efforts made by the college for sanitation for the last several years. The sanitation campaigns conducted in various villages have made the citizens accustomed to sanitation. Citizens built toilets on the absorption pits dug by the students and used them regularly. Citizens started cleaning the nullah in the village from time to time. They started keeping the area near their own houses clean. And it helped to improve the health of the citizens.
Problems Encountered and Resources Required –
In the last five years, students have dug many absorption pits. But except for a few citizens, many citizens didn’t built toilets. Even though they built toilets, they do not use them. Citizens give reasons that it takes more water to use toilets. Citizens also give reasons that they do not have money to built toilets. Waste water needs to be well drained out of the village. There is a problem of space for sewage disposal.
Resource Required –
Best Practice: Two
Objectives of the Practice:
The Context:
It is very important to make students understand the importance of cleanliness. It is very important to convince students about the importance of vermicomposting in Indian agriculture. It is very important for students to know the importance of water saving & Conservation. Students need to be made aware of the importance of saving energy.
The Practice:
In order to make students understand the importance of cleanliness dustbins for solid waste and liquid waste have been kept in the college. The mulch collected from the trees at the college is used in a vermicomposting project and the compost produced is fed back to the trees. In order to make the students aware of the importance of water conservation, rainwater harvesting has been installed in the college to drain water from the roof to the ground. all the electrical appliances in the college have been fitted with energy savers so that the students know the importance of saving energy. College staff instructing students to use dustbin to dispose of waste. National Service Scheme volunteers and college staff dispose the waste collected in the college in vermicomposting project. The importance of saving water is communicated to the students through various slogans in the college premises. Solar Panel has been installed in the college campus to save electricity. Canteen Plastic waste is given to Gram Panchayat Garbage Vehicle.
Evidence Of Success:
The students became aware of the importance of cleanliness by using dustbin into college premises and also practiced it through NSS. Garbage bins were placed in the college premises. As a vermin-composting project was started in the college premises, the students learned about the benefits of vermin-composting in agriculture. By installing rainwater harvesting in the college premises the students realised the importance of saving water. By installing solar panels and LED bulbs in the college campus the students realised the importance of saving energy.
Problems encountered and resources required:
More importance should be given to the students regarding the use of waste beans. more tree plantations are needed to feed the compost produced in the vermicomposting plant and packaging is needed to sell the vermicompost. a greater number of rainwaters harvesting pipes are needed to drain water into the ground. More LED bulbs and solar panels are needed in the college premises.
Resource required: –
2) More dustbins should be installed in the college premises and classrooms.
3) Packaging and sale of vermicompost should be done.
4) More rainwater harvesting pipes should be installed for drain roof water to the ground.
5) More LED bulbs and solar panels should be installed to save energy.