Dengue awareness song designed and recorded by Ms. Debasmita Swain, Transwoman from Kalinga Studio Kiner Basti, Ward 23. She highlighted that we must promote cleanliness and proper waste management to reduce the impact of vector-borne diseases.
Barsha Priyadarsini Chayani, a member of the Kishori club in ward 22, shared in IVRS that previously they had no idea about safe disposal and hygiene practices. However, after attending regular Kishori club meetings, they learned about the importance of safe disposal to avoid climate risks. As a result, they started wrapping sanitary napkins with paper and handing them over to the BMC waste collection vehicles for proper management.
Ankita Ojha, a community member from ward 22, shared the impacts of a micro-planning meeting via IVRS. Earlier, they had organized a micro-planning meeting at the community level to discuss water scarcity due to groundwater depletion and the importance of water conservation for future use. During the meeting, it was decided to repair the alternative water source, a tube well, to prepare for extreme weather conditions. An application was submitted to the WATCO office, and as a result, the tube well has been repaired and is now benefiting 36 households.
Anupama Ojha, SDA member of Ward 22, shared that previously feedback was registered via IVRS regarding the cleaning of drains. This was due to rainwater not flowing through the drains because of clogging, causing water to stagnate on the road. However, the issue has now been resolved as the drains have been cleaned.
Liza Sahoo, a community member from ward 22, shared in IVRS that previously, we used to call desludging vehicles which charged a lot to clean the toilet tanks. After the SDA and SSC meeting with CFAR, we learned about the QR code through which we can generate a demand to BMC for mechanized cleaning of toilet tanks at a lower cost. After that, we generated the demand 4 to 5 days before our toilet tank cleaning, and the vehicles reached at schedule date and cleaned it at a minimum cost, which is helpful to all the community members.
Drain cleaning
Drain cleaning
Drain cover
Mosquitoes spray
Drain cleaning