CHAPTER III

IMPLEMENTATION OF SANT

GADGEBABA GRAM SWACHATA

ABHIYAN IN KAMBALWADI VILLAGE

CHAPTER III

IMPLEMENTATION OF SANT GADGEBABA GRAM SWACHATA

ABHIYAN IN KAMBALWADI VILLAGE

INTRODUCTION :

The village is located at the banks of river Bhogawati in Kolhapur district. The

village is very small with the population 1003. It has religious and social history. The

religious blessings of the King of Deccan, Shri Jyotirling and Shri Mahalaxmi of

Kolhapur are the features of this village. The social, educational and revolutionary

teachings of Rajarshi Shahu has also nourished the village.

Back in the history Kambalwadi was politically sensitive village, people use to

attend court regularly on either of a political dispute. There were no basic infrastructural

facilities available in the village. No road to walk, no water to drink, the entire village

was full of dirt and dust.

The Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan has changed the village upside

down and came upward as an ideal village in the state of Maharashtra. Sant Gadgebaba

Gram Swachata Abhiyan brought scattered people together, developed love for the

village in their heart, developed a sense of belongingness, sense of commitment among

the people for their native village.

A common village, unknown become popular throughout the country because of

Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan. Out of the efforts and hard work done by each

and every citizen of village including a child, an old man and women. The Abhiyan has

change the social, environmental scenario of the village, it was out of the determination

of the villagers, their willpower, their sacrifice for the village. It was a sojourn from

darkness to light.

The researcher has taken an overview of implementation of Sant Gadgebaba

Gram Swachata Abhiyan from 2nd

October, 2004 to 30th

October, 2004, as per the

schedule decided by the government.

1. 2nd

October to 30th

October 2004 :

On 2nd

October, a meeting of villagers (Gramsabha) was organized in the

village. The villagers were informed well in advance through ‘Sanskar-Vahini’ to

gather to discuss over the matter of implementation of Sant Gadgebaba Gram

Swachata Abhiyan in the village Kambalwadi. The Village Development Officer

and Sarpanch took initiative for the meeting. In this meeting 110 villagers (head

of the family) were present. The Village Development Officer started discussion

over the implementation of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan in the

village. It was decided to implement 16 activities in the village. A work plan was

prepared on paper and it was decided to form Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata

Abhiyan Committee in the village to take care of all the activities, the chairman of

committee was also selected unanimously by all the villagers. An appeal was

made by Village Development Officer to clean the village and prepare for

competition.

2. 3rd

& 4th

October :

A day for village cleanliness and freedom from dirt. On this day the

Sarpanch along with some prominent inhabitants of the village started sweeping

and cleaning of village. Other villagers followed them and joined their hands. The

member of youth committee, students in school started cleaning village as per the

responsibility led on them. Every body in the village participated in cleaning.

The rubbish-dirt in the village collected together and disposed off the

village into tractors and trolleys. Near about 150 villagers participated in cleaning

of village. It was disposed off in the dumping ground for compositing. There were

six compositing centres already decided by Grampanchayat. It was also decided

by the villagers to keep a dustbin in every house and the dirt in the house will be

collected and disposed off in a dustbin kept at public places. Everybody in the

village decided to follow it, it was also decided that the person will be charged

with the fine of Rs. 100/- if put the dirt in the place other than dustbin in the

village. Everybody decided to follow it with great enthusiasm.

3. 5th

& 6th

October :

As per the plan, all the villagers on 5th

and 6th

October, decided to dig

underground absorption blocks and construct. Near about 210 villagers

voluntarily worked for digging of underground blocks. During these two days 130

underground blocks were prepared. The pit holes were filled with pieces of bricks,

small stones and sand, the waste water is allowed to fill in these pit holes for

absorption. It helped to maintain cleanliness in the village and prevented the

waste water accumulating in roads, open grounds etc. It also helped to avoid

mosquitoes and bad odour in village.

4. 7th

& 8th

October :

A day for cleaning schools and public buildings in the village. School in the

village is a temple of knowledge and culture. It is a place for cultivation of virtue

in tender minds, it’s a place where future citizenship is build. On these two days

villagers, teachers and students in the classes 1st

to 4t cleaned the school building

and school campus. The minor repairing in the school building were done. The

entire building was beautifully coloured and decorated the walls with slogans and

pictures. A welcome arch was constructed by people out of voluntary work. The

ground of school leveled. The other buildings in village, the building of

Grampanchayat, Co-operative Society was equally cleaned and decorated by

villagers.

5. 9th

& 10th

October :

Cleaning to houses and surroundings. Construction of four walls does not

mean a home. There is a need of love, affection and beautification of home. Sant

Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan taught this to the villagers. Near about 286

houses in the village were cleaned during these two days. Every part of the house

was cleaned, coloured and decorated, including cattle shed and wash area. All the

houses in the village apart of their social background, religious background,

financial status were coloured in the same colour. It was a symbol of integration.

The surroundings were also cleaned all the villagers with a positive attitude and

enthusiasm cleaned their own houses and decorated. It gave a beautiful look and

identity to the village.

6. 11th

& 12th

October :

On these two days an exhibition of implements/items useful for cleaning

was carried out. All the useful items were demonstrated to villager, it was shown

practically how to handle, use and maintain required implements. Dustbins of

different types, spray pumps, sweepers with handles, floor cleaners, different type

of detergents, disinfectants, fungicides, roderat cides were also exhibited. The

care to be taken, the problems to be faced, the maintenance to be done, etc. was

demonstrated to villagers by experts. A session for clearing doubts was also

conducted, by interaction between villagers and experts. It proved very much

helpful for the villagers specially for women in Kambalwadi village.

7. 13th

& 14th

October :

A day for construction and repairing of toilets. Construction, repairing and

use of toilets by villagers is the soul of Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan. The

basic purpose of this Abhiyan is to prevent open excrement in village and to

develop the habit of using toilets by villagers. Open excrement resulting in

environmental pollution is responsible for several epidemic diseases in the

village. It was already decided by villages to make the village free from open

excrement. In the houses where there was no toilet, new toilets were constructed

and some of the toilets were repaired. The most important deed was to teach the

villagers, the importance of using toilet and to develop the habit of using them by

the villagers. The entire two days were devoted to this purpose.

8. 15th

& 16th

October :

A day of training for water purification. Basically water is life giving, but

if it is polluted it takes the life. Polluted water is a sources of several water borne

diseases, where there is risk of life. Thus water play a vital role in the life of

human beings. There are different sources of drinking water in River Bhogawati,

two motor engines of 5H.P. lifts water and stores in water tank with capacity

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18,000 litres. In some parts of village hand pump is also used as a source of

drinking water. On these two days the Gram Swachata Samitee inspected the

water tank and took samples for chemical analysis of water. It was brought into

the notice of villagers that the water from both the sources in village is fit to

drink. There are 89 tap connections of drinking water in Kambalwadi village. The

annual water tax is Rs. 360/- and Rs. 100/- additional on the use of drinking water

T. C. L. powder of the trade name Vikram is regularly used in the village for

purification of water. On the day the demonstration of water purification was

given to the villagers. The purifications to be taken for prevention of water from

pollution hygienic handling of water, household methods of purification of water

like boiling, filtration, use of candle filter etc. were taught and demonstrated to the

villagers.

9. 17th

& 18th

October :

A day for individual hygiene and sanitation. Individual hygiene and

sanitation plays a vital role in maintaining health. Lack of individual hygiene and

sanitation my result in several diseases. On 17th

and 18th

October, the importance

of individual hygiene and sanitation was brought into notice of all the villagers.

The importance of regular bathing, cleaning of head, cutting nails, washing cloths

regularly, washing hands before meal and after toilet was well explained by the

experts to all the villagers, specially to women and children in the village

Kambalwadi. Individual hygiene comprises of clean body and clean cloths was

understood by all the villager during these two days. It was shown practically to

women and children and an appeal was made by experts to develop the habit of

individual hygiene and sanitation.

10. 19th

& 20th

October :

A day for repairing, cleaning of roads and voluntary work. As per the plan,

all the villagers and volunteers voluntary worked together for cleaning and

repairing of roads in the village. The members of youth committee, members of

credit cooperative society and school children worked together for cleaning of

roads from Gadgebaba Chowk to the main road. Three interior roads in

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Kambalwadi were repaired where there was the need of minor repairs. All the

roads were cleaned and beautified with plantation on both sides of road. It was

unanimously decided by the village not to put the solid waste and dirt on the road,

if somebody makes the road dirty, he will be punished with fine. The road

between Vivekand Galli and Tukdoji Maharaj Galli was constructed out of

‘Shramadan’ using tractor by the villagers.

11. 21st

& 22nd

October :

Cleaning of cattle and cattle shed. Cleaning of cattle and cattle shed is one

of the important activities in implementation of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata

Abhiyan. The two days are devoted solely for this purpose in the plan. During

these two days all the owners of cattle in the village are called together for

guidance by Dr. Patil, Live Stock Development Officer, Panchayat Samitee. Dr.

Patil guided 413 owners of cattle in Kambalwadi, regarding hygiene of cattle and

cattle shed. He gave information on common medical problems of animals and

how to cure them. He also spoke on the different vaccinations made available by

the government at dispensary for animals. On the next day some of the animals

were vaccinated. A competition ‘clean cattle and cattle shed’ was organized by

the village committee. 139 owners of cattle participated in the competition after

cleaning their cattle and cattle shed. Dr. Patil supplied some literature on this

subject to villagers.

12. 23rd

& 24th

October :

A day for plantation, gardening and non-conventional energy.

Environmental protection and freedom from pollution is the slogan of Sant

Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan. Trees plays a very important role to keep

the mankind away from pollution and to maintain environment, it also helps in

natural beautification of village. Trees are helpful in maintaining natural balance.

Thus two days were spent in kambalwadi for the purpose of plantation. During

these two days more than 100 new plants were planted and decided to grow by the

villagers. It was unanimously decided by the villagers that they will plant a tree

each, and will take the responsibility of growing tree. It was also decided to reuse

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waste water for watering these new plants and garden in the village, the villager

undergo a vow not to cut the tree.

Another important activity is to develop awareness among villagers

regarding the use of non-convention energy sources like biogas, gobargas and

solar energy, it was followed by demonstrations.

13. 25th

& 26th

October :

A day for slogan writing, essay writing and freedom from addiction. For

propagation, publicity and spread of thoughts of Sant Gadgebaba and Tukdoji

Maharaj, as a part of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swchata Abhiyan a competition of

writing slogans, essay was organized on these two days in the village

Kambalwadi. Women in the village very enthusiastically participated in this

competition, for the first time in Kambalwadi, they came out of their houses. The

competition proved that the women in village Kambalwadi are no less than the

men. By the end of competition the women who secured prizes were honoured.

Another important event of the day was freedom from addiction. There were

number of people who were victims of tobacco, smoking and Gutkha addiction.

The slide show was organized to show the effect of addiction on human health. It

was decided in a meeting that no villager will keep tobacco with him. It was

unanimously banned in the village. It was also decided to make the village clean

and beautiful by carrying voluntary work.

14. 27th

& 28th

October :

Healthy child competition. Children are the future of a nation, it is

necessary to keep them healthy. It is one of the important activities of Sant

Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan. On these two days a competition of healthy

child was organized in the village, number of children have participated in this

competition. The first, second and third rank children were honoured with cash

prizes.

Medical officer of the Primary Health Centre, in a meeting, after

competition spoke on role of a mother in growing a child healthy. Medical officer

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has given several tips to present mothers on the care of a child. The need of

different vaccinations was also emphasized by the doctor. The demonstrations on

health, hygiene and sanitation were shown in the function. The function come to

an end by interaction between the doctor and mothers.

A medical camp for medical checkup of villagers was also organized on

the same day. The people who were in need of medicine were provided with it by

the public health centre including vaccinations.

15. 31st

October :

A day of Resolution. 31st

October is celebrated as a day of resolution in

Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan. Kambalwadi village, before this day of

resolution was a village lying in the western corner of Kolhapur district, unknows

and unpopular. But Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan made it popular on

the national map. It spread the message of hygiene and sanitation throughout the

country. The efforts taken by the villagers are really appreciable and incredible

which cannot be described in words.

The people were fully resolved and determined in the implementation of

Abhiyan. Each and every citizen of Kambalwadi devoted himself at his level best

for the success of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan. The women were

also come forward and have shown equal courage to the men in village.

Everybody worked together to change the entire village upside down.

During the period of implementation of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata

Abhiyan everybody work selflessly. They have shown a good example of unity

and teamwork. The team spirit of the villagers was worthy to appreciate. They

worked hard to achieve the desired goal and brought the dream in reality. Their

determination, consistency, love, affection, teamwork, team spirit, devotion, sense

of commitment, sense of belongingness was a set example in the state of

Maharashtra. A village lost in the hills and valleys, lost in the forest come upward

with a identity of its own and got the fame and name.

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They resolved that the efforts they have taken will not come to an end but

they will carry it on and on. It was not limited to achieving an award only but they

will continue it at their level best.

The village will now no more wait for the government assistance for their

own development but they will work at their own. Their efforts will be endless

and limitless.

As per the resolution and determination, even today, the village is actively

participating in Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan every year, and getting

awards. Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan was a lesson for them, to

continue their future sojourn from hygiene to prosperity.

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A. IMPLEMENTATION OF SANT GADGEBABA GRAM

SWACHATA ABHIYAN IN JAINYAL VILLAGE

A brief history and background of the village Jainyal :

Jainyal is the village located in the hills and mountains, 48 kms. away from

Kolhapur in Kagal tehsil. The village was known in the tehsil for its addicted citizens

who were the victims of superstition. It was a very dirty village full of ignorance and

poverty. The population of the village is 1632, divided into 286 families, but people in

the village were known for their affectionate behavior and hard work.

Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan began in the village in 2002. While

travelling in a state transport but the identity of the village was the bad odour of open

excrement in the village, where people use to close their nostrils by handkerchief. But

today the village has totally changed and developed a new identity of its own. The village

previously known for addiction, disputes, struggles and court matters is today known for

its cleanliness and beauty. It was the outcome of the determination of village to

participate in Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan. The villagers have shown their

willingness even in financial share in the development project. The village was politically

too sensitive, there were two politically strong opponent groups, out of this scenario the

village has achieved great success in Abhiyan.

From the year 2002, the village Jainyal is the recipient of awards at different

levels in Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan. In 2002-03, the village Jainyal, stood

first at tehsil level competition and second in district level competition and received cash

award of Rs. 25,000/- and Rs. 1,50,000/-. In the year 2003-04, the village Jainyal stood

first at tehsil level, district level and regional level competition of Sant Gadgebaba Gram

Swachata Abhiyan and received cash award of Rs. 1,50,000/- , Rs. 5,50,000/- and Rs.

10,00,000/- in the same year. The village become popular throughout the state of

Maharashtra. In 2005 again, Jainyal received third prize in the state level competition

with the cash award of Rs. 6,25,000/-. In the same year Jainyal was the recipient of Sant

Tukdoji Maharaj Nirmal Gram Award with the cash prize of Rs. 2,00,000/-.

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In 2005, Jainyal received Yashwant Gram Puraskar by the state government. The

Village Development Officer Dr. R. Y. Nulle received the award of excellent V. D. O. of

the state government. Former Sarpanch of Jainyal Shri. Parshuram Shinde and V. D. O.

Dr. R. Y. Nulle were the recipients of ‘Chikotra Bhushan’ award. Sarpanch Pandurang

Gurav and V. D. O. Dr. R. Y. Nulle were again the joint recipients of ‘Hemgaurav’

award. The village Jainyal is the recipient of Best Village Award given by the state

government.

Now the identity of Jainyal is completely changed, it is not necessary to close

nostrils to save from bad odour of open excrement, but immediately after getting down

from state transport bus, there is an arch welcoming arrival, very close to the arch a hut

for rest with a earthen pot full of cold drinking water, a glass. The village is green with

beautiful trees like Duranda, Banana, Badam, Coconut and Ashoka on both the sides of

road and clean roads. In Sant Tukdoji Maharaj Chowk, there is stage beautified with

greenery and open space. It is difficult to perceive whether Jainyal is a village or

beautiful garden. Visiting Jainyal is now a joyful experience of beauty. The village has

public dustbins kept at regular distance, a separate dustbin for wet waste and dry waste.

There are special vehicles (Ghanta gadi) to carry the solid waste and to dispose it off. The

members of youth committee are very alert and attentive. There is a project of earthwarm

composting in Jainyal. The collected solid waste is used for this purpose. Nadep project is

also working in Jainyal for decomposition of solid waste to prepare manure.

List of projects implemented in Jainyal as a part of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata

Abhiyan and Sant Tukdoji Maharaj Nirmal Gram Spardha. The researcher has used

primary data supplied by Village Development Officer regarding implementation of the

two projects in the village Jainyal in the year 2002-03.

Sr. No. Project/ Activity Date

1 Organization of Gram Sabha 2nd Oct. 2003

2 Gram safai (cleaning of village) and

awareness campaign for freedom from dirt

3rd & 4th Oct. 2003

3 Cleaning of underground absorption blocks

and awareness camp

5th & 6th Oct. 2003

4 Cleaning of schools/ office buildings 7th

& 8th

Oct. 2003

5 Cleaning of houses/ surroundings and

decoration

9th

& 10th

Oct. 2003

6 Exhibition/ training/ demonstration of

cleaning implements

11th & 12th Oct. 2003

7 Repairing and construction of toilets 13th & 14th Oct. 2003

8 Purification of water - training/

demonstration

15th

& 16th

Oct. 2003

9 Individual hygiene – awareness campaign 17th

& 18th

Oct. 2003

10 Repairing and cleaning of roads 19th

& 20th

Oct. 2003

11 Cleaning of cattle and cattle shed 21st

& 22nd

Oct. 2003

12 Tree plantation, cultivation, gardening and

non-conventional energy source

23rd

& 24th

Oct. 2003

13 Slogan writing, freedom from addiction 25th

& 26th

Oct. 2003

14 Healthy child competition, care taking,

vaccination

27th

& 28th

Oct. 2003

15 Drainage management & reuse of waste

water

29th

& 30th

Oct. 2003

16 A day of Resolution/ Determination 31st

Oct. 2003

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Details of implementation of these projects are as below :

1. 2nd

October 2003 : Organization of Gram sabha :

On 2nd

Oct, all the villagers were invited for meeting, through ‘Sanskar

Vahini’. The Sarpanch, former Sarpanch, Village Development Officer and 154

villagers were present for the first meeting. A plan for implementation of Sant

Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan was prepared in this meeting. It was decided

to implement 16 projects, these projects were designed on paper with discussion

and consent of all the villagers. The youth committees, women’s committee was

formed along with the chief monitoring committee. The executive committee and

chairperson were nominated unanimously.

Villagers present in the meeting decided to clean the village and

participate in Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan and started their efforts

on the same day.

2. 3rd

& 4th

October 2003 : A day for clean village and freedom from dirt :

Before implementation of this Abhiyan, the village Jainyal was too dirty

and full of bad odour everywhere in the village, dirt was the identity of this

village.

On 3rd

October, villagers gathered together in the ground of Grampanchyat

Office, there was a morning-march in the village to bring awareness among the

villagers. Almost everybody in the village participated in this march the children,

grownup people, teachers, students, member of 11 youth committees, member of

women’s committee, members of 24 saving groups, member of self help groups

etc. By the end of morning march Grampanchayat office, surroundings of office,

roads and a few colonies in the village were cleaned. People voluntarily worked

together.

The total number of villagers participating this campaign were 285. The

collected waste was divided/ separated and carried away through tractor-trollies in

the dumping ground. The wet solid waste was used for earthwarm decomposition.

People decided to work like this regularly in future.

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3. 5th

& 6th

October 2003 : A day for cleaning of underground absorption blocks and

construction :

Before implementation of this Abhiyan, waste water was flowing on the

open street and at several places it was accumulated on grounds. The existing

drainage line was very small and insufficient in length to carry waste water.

Ultimately the village was full of mosquitoes and people were suffering of the

diseases like malaria and typhoid.

During implementation of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan on

5th

October, early in the morning, villagers gathered in Grampanchayat office. In a

meeting, the houses without drainage line connection and improper facilities of

waste disposal were identified. There were 40 to 45 houses in Jainyal with such

problems, for these families it was decided to dig and construct underground

absorption blocks for disposal of waste water. The technical side of the campaign

was on the shoulders of Village Development Officer and agricultural assistant in

Jainyal. Members of 11 youth committees in the village took the responsibility of

digging earth and construct underground absorption blocks and to prevent flowing

of waste water in the streets of Jainyal. Under this campaign villagers digged and

constructed 42 underground blocks in the village and developed infrastructure to

make reuse of waste water for gardening into 146 houses in Jainyal.

4. 7th

& 8th

October 2003 : Cleaning of School building/ government buildings :

The school building, office buildings and other public buildings in Jainyal

were purposively neglected about its cleaning, repairs and colouring before

implementation of Abhiyan in Jainyal. The primary school for std 1st

to 4th

was

waiting for colour since a long time. There was no furniture, no black boards, no

safe drinking water in the existing school and the dropout rate was very high, but

Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan has changed the school. Temples in

Jainyal were cleaned only before annual yatra; the walls were in need of repairs. It

was the predicament of school and public buildings in Jainyal.

During implementation of Abhiyan on 7th

October, villagers come

together in the school and decided to work as per the plan for cleanings of school

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and public buildings in Jainyal. It was decided to extend school building by

constructing one room for school, and add additional three classes of standard 5th

,

6th

and 7th

. Villagers, teachers, students, members of youth committees, member

of women’s committee, members of saving group first of all cleaned school

building. The collected solid waste was sent to dumping ground for manure.

There was need of one graduate teacher to teach new three classes, a young

science graduate in the village, Digambar Shelke come forward and voluntarily

decided to teach the new three classes without salary, till a new teacher joins

schools. another graduate in Jainyal M. S. Kamble promised to teach the adults in

village, Jainyal, both of them also promised to enhance quality of excellence

among school children.

After cleaning school, the group of volunteers cleaned temple,

Grampanchayat office and surroundings and it was decided to raise some funds

for major repairing of Shri Datta temple in Jainyal.

The post Abhiyan implemented village was changed a lot. Now the

student need not travel a distance of 5 kms. for the secondary school in Kapasi.

Now there is a beautiful garden in front of school, enough furniture, safe drinking

water, colourful walls. All these changes in school also brought discipline in

schools, the dropout rate come down. The construction of 6 urinals and toilet each

both for girls and boys provided facility for hygiene and sanitation in school. Now

there is a toilet in Grampanchayat office and at the bus stop. Even now there is a

project for gas on human excrement.

Surrounding of school is beautified with plantation of trees like Badam,

coconut and ashoka. A new activity ‘Swachata Doot’ is started in school, it helped

to develop habits of hygiene and sanitation among school children. Every Monday

was decided a day for individual hygiene of student and medical checkup.

New building of Grampanchayat is very attractive with an auditorium.

There is a special office room for Village Development Officer, Sarpanch and

Deputy Sarpanch. A guest room, toilet, urinal and bathroom has added hygienic

beauty to Grampanchayat building. Another attraction of Grampanchayat building

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is newly developed greenery and at the centre a stage for public function like

Ganesh Jayanti.

The public cremation ground was also cleaned and beautified. A garden

‘Smrutivan’ was developed and it was decided that every funeral march will plant

a tree in ‘Smrutivan’. The name was also given to it as ‘Vishranti’.

5. 9th

& 10th

October : Cleaning of house and surrounding and decoration :

Before implementation of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan, there

were 35 encroachments in Jainyal, some of on the public places and some were on

the land of others. On 9th

October, in a meeting of villagers, it was decided to

remove these encroachments. There was a lot of dirt in and around the houses, as

the women use to go to work in the agricultural farm early in the morning. The

houses were cleaned only on Dashera and Ganesh Chaturthi and coloured at

Dasera only. The interior of the house use to be blackened by the smoke.

On 9th

October, everybody decided to clean his own house and

surrounding after removing encroachment. Every house and its surrounding,

every street in Jainyal was cleaned up during these two days. Women in the

village decorated their houses with beautiful Rangolis. Later on there was a

competition held by Grampanchayat. In the function of distribution of awards the

Sarpanch made an appeal once again to keep village clean, to create proper

facilities for drainage management, toilet management and plantation.

Members of the youth committee worked to spread the message of Sant

Gadgebaba ‘Bring change in yourself the world will change’, ‘bring change in

yourself, the village will change’, these were the two important slogans of the

day. The members of youth committee make a round throughout the village, those

who failed to cleaned the houses, surrounding and drainage line, that is cleaned by

the members of youth committees and it was considered as a mark of punishment.

The women in Jainyal, took responsibility to spread message of Sant Gadgebaba

among the women in Jainyal. They arranged several meetings of women saving

groups and self-help groups guided them and planned activities under Sant

Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan.

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Another remarkable observation in village, Jainyal as an outcome of Sant

Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan is, the legal ownership of houses was given

to women. In 286 families in Jainyal, names of women were recorded on 7/12

forms and made them the legal owners of houses. It was the first and only event in

the state of Maharashtra. On 3rd

January, a day of ‘Savitribai Phule Jayanti’, all

the women gathered together and some of the women were awarded and honoured

by Annasaheb Nawane with cash prize of Rs. 10,000/- each. Zilla Parishad

introduced the scheme of dual ownership of house in the joint names of husband

and wife, but the village, Jainyal, a step forward, gave complete legal ownership

in the name of wives. The girls in Jainyal, undergo a vow, that they will not marry

with a boy who will demand dowry. It was unanimously decided in Jainyal that

neither the village will accept dowry and nor give/pay dowry. All the wards in

Jainyal were named after the great Marathi saints.

Implementation of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan in Jainyal,

brought number of remarkable changes in the village. The houses were coloured

in the same colour as a mark of integration. The exteriors as well as interiors of

houses have completely changed. The villagers have developed good habits

hygienic handling of food and drinking water. The use of non-conventional

energy sources like solar cooker, bio-gas, gobargas, smokless kitchens is very

common in Jainyal. The cleaning of cattle and cattle shed, a common ghat for

washing of cloths at the bank of river Bhogawati, a good management of drainage

system, use of solid waste for compost manures are some of the achievements of

villagers after implementation of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan in the

village.

6. 11th

& 12th

October : A day for exhibition and demonstration of implements and

technical training useful in cleaning :

On 11th

October, Local Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan

committee organized an exhibition com training camp in Jainyal regarding all

equipment and implements useful for cleaning, hygiene and sanitation. Health

Officers and employees guided the gathering of villagers. All the chemicals useful

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for cleaning of toilets were kept in the exhibition, the experts have also shown

demonstration to villagers. The main emphasis was washing of hands after toilet

and before meals with a soap. The proper disposal of waste water either in the

drainage line or underground absorption blocks is very important to maintain

hygiene and sanitation in the village. Purification of drinking water, use of T. C.

L. powder, hygienic handling and storage of drinking water and food were some

of the issues discussed by villagers with experts. The exhibition proved to be very

fruitful to bring awareness among students and villagers for hygiene and

sanitation.

The impact of this exhibition is noticed in post-Abhiyan activities of

people in Jainyal. People have developed the habit of using toilets regularly and

keeping them clean, washing hands before meals and after toilet is a new thing

acquired by the villagers, disposal of waste water and solid waste, use of T. C. L.

powder in drinking water, hygienic handling of storage of food and water are

some of the remarkable achievements of people in Jainyal.

7. 13th

& 14th

October : A day for repairing and construction of toilets :

There are 286 families in the village Jainyal, before implementation of

Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan only 104 families have toilets and

remaining people use to go on open grounds for excrement, thus the village was

full of dirt, pollution and bad odour.

On 13th

and 14th

October, all the villagers were guided on the use of

toilets, hygiene and maintenance. The Gram Panchayat arranged a special class

for mansions in the village to construct cheap toilets. The Village Development

Officer provided technical assistance to these mansions. It was decided by all the

villager, who does not have toilet, to construct toilet out of their own funds, the

people who does not have money will be provided loan by Gram Panchayat for

construction of toilet, it was determined that there will be no house without toilet

in Jainyal, the village will be free from open excrement.

Today Jainyal is really free of open excrement and the recipient of Tukdoji

Maharaj Nirmal Gram Award in 2005, with a cash award of Rs. 20,000/-. The

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toilets in Jainyal were maintained by individual owner. The school toilets were

constructed out of public share. The Gram Panchayat declared a fine of Rs. 100/-

for open excrement and award of Rs. 50/- to the person who will bring the

incident of open excrement into notice of Grampanchayat.

8. 15th

& 16th

October : A day for purification of water, training and demonstration :

Basically there was scarcity of water in Jainyal, there was only one

common well as a source of drinking water, during summer the drinking water is

supplied to Jainyal through government tankers.

As a part activity of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan the source

well was cleaned and it is purified with T. C. L. powder. The water was examined

for purity with O. T. solution. The water supply line in Jainyal was in need of

some minor repairs, the local committee repaired the supply pipeline. It was

decided to use water economically specially during the season of summer and the

rationing system for use of water will be applied if found it necessary.

A new bore-well was taken up to the depth of 450 feet, with a submersible

pump of 5 H. P. capacity and the water lifted to old water tank with the capacity

of 33500 liters, a tank in Santaji Nagar with capacity 3000 liters, a tank in

Shramanagar of capacity 3000 liters were filled with this lifted water for further

distribution and supply of water in Jainyal. These tanks are filled twice a day the

tank and surroundings were kept clean and hygienic. The Grampanchayat is

carrying regular examination of water. All the taps in the village, specially public

water supply line were repaired to avoid wastage of water.

Under the scheme ‘Shivkalin Pani Sathwan Yojana’ a new tank at the

ground level with the capacity of 10,000 liters was constructed and it is filled with

water during monsoon with the help of rainwater harvesting system from the

terrace of Anganwadi building. This water is used during summer, to avoid the

scarcity of water. The members of the women’s committee visits every house in

Jainyal, during summer, to bring awareness among women for economic use of

water and to avoid wastage of water. As the entire village uses pure and safe

drinking water, there are no epidemic or waterborne diseases in Jainyal. The

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Grampanchayat charges minimum water tax at the rate of Rs. 100/year and it is

deposited by all the villagers on 1st

April every year, without any notice and

persuation.

9. 17th

& 18th

October : A day for individual hygiene and sanitation :

Health is the true wealth of mankind, the healthy body can only keep the

mind healthy. Individual hygiene and sanitation is the basic requirement of

individual health. These two days were devoted for individual hygiene and

sanitation. In the primary schools in Jainyal, a special class of health employees

was arranged, to bring awareness among students about hygiene and sanitation.

The students were asked to cut their nails and hairs regularly, to bath daily with

soap, to wash their cloths regularly, to wash their hands after toilet and before

meals regularly ect.

A special meeting of all the villagers was also arranged by the

Grampanchayat to bring awareness among them for all healthy habits. Right from

the establishment of Grampanchayat there was no evidence of epidemic diseases

in Jainyal, in the year two blood donation camps were organized by Jainyal

Grampanchayat and it was actively participated by the villagers including women.

Every inhabitant of Jainyal is known with his blood group. The Grampanchayat

supplied ‘Kutumb Sanjivani Card’ to each family in Jainyal. To maintain peace,

social harmony and safety in Jainyal the Grampanchayat undertakes programmes

for prevention of liquor and other addiction and several schemes of family

welfare.

10. 19th

& 20th

October : A day for repairing and cleaning of roads by voluntary work

(shramdan) :

Before the implementation of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan,

the roads in Jainyal were dirty, with accumulated waste water, both the sides of

road were full of bushes and shrubs shortening width of road.

On 19th

and 20th

October, all the villagers decided to clean and repair

roads in Jainyal, 2 Kms. of road on 19th

October and remaining on 20th

October.

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First of all the roads were cleaned and the shrubs at both the sides were removed

to increase the width of road. The road from S. T. stand to Grampanchayat office,

other road from S. C. colony to the brook were cleaned and repaired by putting

road metal on both the sides. The member of youth committees in Jainyal have

actively participated in this repairing work of roads. The small ‘Panand’ roads

were also cleaned and repaired.

Today the village Jainyal have all the tar roads, constructed out of funds

from Hasan Mushrif and public share worth Rs. 8 lacs. There are beautiful trees at

both the sides of road. There was not even a single public dust bin, but now there

are several dustbins and facility for classification of solid wet and dry waste,

facility of decomposition of waste for manure, facility to convey the waste

through tractor trollies. The most important thing is that the Grampanchayat has

banned use of plastic and polythene bags in Jainyal.

11. 21st

& 22nd

October : A day for cleaning of cattle and cattle shed :

Agricultural is the chief occupation in Jainyal and breeding is the joint

occupation. They are in need of bullocks for agriculture, buffalos, cows and goat

for milk. Almost every family in Jainyal have cattle and negligence towards

hygiene and sanitation of cattle and cattle shed.

During these two days of Abhiyan the villagers were guided by the Live

Stock Development Officer regarding care taking, hygiene and sanitation of cattle

and cattle shed. The Veterinary Officer also spoke on different disease and

vaccination of cattle in a meeting. Cleaning and disinfection of cattle shed plays a

very important role in maintaining hygiene of cattle. The demonstrations were

shown to the villagers. All the cattle and cattle shed, attached to every house in

Jainyal were cleaned properly. A competition of clean and hygienic cattle and

cattle shed was also organized by the Grampanchayat.

The researcher has interviewed the villagers for the collection of primary

data in Jainyal and observed that all the villagers are taking very much care of

hygiene, sanitation, cleaning of cattle and cattle shed. The excreted waste of

animals is used for compost manure and gobar gas, animals were regularly

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vaccinated. The lactating buffalos and cows were fed with a special food for

maximum milk yield. Implementation of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata

Abhiyan has brought a remarkable change about the cattle in Jainyal.

12. On 23rd

& 24th

October : A day for growth and plantation of trees, gardening and

non-conventional energy source :

Trees are very important for environmental protection. Trees were there in

Jainyal but neglected about their growth. There was no garden in the back yard,

cutting of trees was very common.

During implementation of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan,

people started using waste water for plantation and gardening. The Abhiyan

committee suggested villagers to create garden into backyard specially for reuse

of waste water. The trees like banana, mango, sapota, badam, coconut and ashoka

were planted by villagers, these trees are alive and growing even today. Every

student in Jainyal, took the responsibility of growing a tree and adopted it to take

care. In some house, medical plants were also observed by the researcher during

his on-site visit. The Grampanchayat has developed ‘Oxygen Park’ and planted

several species of Tulsi and some other medicinal plants. The oxygen park has a

beautiful statue of Lord Shiva at the centre and it is surrounded by the facility to

seat and take rest. The plantation in Jainyal has largely helped for clean, healthy

and hygienic environmental protection.

Jainyal is the first village in the state of Maharashtra with its street light

working on non-conventional energy source. The founder chairman of Chatrapati

Shahu Sugar Industry donated street light working on solar energy worth Rs.

50,000/- to Jainyal Grampanchayat. The researcher has observed, during his on-

site visit to Jainyal, 225 smokeless chulhas, 71 bio-gas plants, 4 solar cookers, 13

solar street lamps etc. as the use of non-conventional energy source. The

‘Sanskar-Wahini’ is the another remarkable identity of Jainyal working as a

source of information, knowledge and entertainment in Jainyal.

13. 25th

& 26th

October : A day for slogan writing, essay writing competition and

freedom from addiction campaign :

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Five years back Jainyal was famous for addicted people in the village. It

was too sensitive, the gathering of people in Annual Yatra never took place

without police protection. There were number of disputes and struggles in the

village. Some of the respondents in interview reported that the Grampanchayat

office use to be full of empty bottle of wine.

During the implementation of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan,

the villager took decision to make the village free from addiction like drinking,

smoking, chewing tobacco and Gutkha and gambling. Anti-addiction Committee

was formed in Jainyal, under the supervision of committee villagers specially the

youth, undergo a vow to free themselves from different addictions. The women in

the village played a very important role in Jainyal with the cooperation of

members of youth committees. All the wine shops/ liquor shops in the village

were closed by women. All the victims of addiction were collected together, to

bring awareness among them to keep themselves away from any type of

addiction.

On the same day a competition of slogan writing and essay writing was

organized by the committee for school boys and villagers, to bring awareness

among the villagers for more effective implementation of Sant Gadgebaba Gram

Swachata Abhiyan in Jainyal. The successful participants in these competition

were awarded and honoured. The best few slogan selected out of this competition

were painted on the walls of schools and public buildings in Jainyal. At the entry

gate of Jainyal it was inscribed in bold letters that ‘Attention, this village is free

from every addiction.’ The villager who were the victims of addiction were now

completely free from addiction, the credit goes to Sant Gadgebaba Gram

Swachata Abhiyan. There is complete ban in Jainyal on sale and consumption of

liquor, tobacco, cigar and Gutkha.

14. 27th

& 28th

October : A day for Mother-Infant care, healthy child competition,

prevention of epidemic diseases and medical checkup :

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Villagers were unaware of close relationship between cleanliness/hygiene/

sanitation and health. There were number of epidemic diseases in Jainyal due to

flowing and accumulation of waste water on the streets.

On 27th

and 28th

October, all the villagers were guided by the Medical

Officer regarding cleanliness/hygiene and its closeness with health. Medical

checkup camp was also held, in which all the villagers including women and

children were checked up. The competitions of healthy child, mother-infant care

taking were also organized. Need of balanced diet for healthy growth of child was

one of the important factor which is to be considered by mother.

During these two days vaccination camp for children, camp for

identification of blood groups, camp for checkup of pregnant and lactating

mothers were also organized.

15. 29th

& 30th

October : A day for drainage line management and reuse of waste

water :

Before implementation of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan in

Jainyal, waste water use to flow and accumulate on roads due to small drainage

line of insufficient length. There were mosquitoes every where in Jainyal. Several

houses neither have the underground absorption blocks or connection with

drainage line for disposal of waste water.

It was decided to repair drainage line, construct new drainage line,

construct underground absorption blocks etc. the existing drainage line of 260

meters in Jainyal was extended to 2100 meters out of public share, and closed it.

Anti mosquito fish project was also started in Jainyal. There are 146 backyard

garden, where waste water is reused and 42 underground absorption blocks for

disposal of waste water. The Grampanchayat has developed a garden of medicinal

plants where the waste water is reused. Some of the farmers are using waste water

for agricultural and paying Rs. 500/- to Grampanchayat as tax on water. There are

several trees of sapota, mango, banana, coconut and ashoka flourishing and

fruiting on waste water.

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16. 31st

October : A day of resolution/ determination :

Last day in the implementation of Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata

Abhiyan is the day of resolution and determination. On this day all the villagers

gathered together and declared that there are no disputes and struggles among villagers.

Everybody was happy and satisfied because they worked together for a common goal

in the last month. A resolution was taken to work continuously for cleanliness, hygiene

and sanitation in the village Jainyal. All the villagers took the vow of national loyalty,

and decided to carryon all the projects taken in the month even for the future and

participate in Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan every year.

As per the resolution passes unanimously the villager in Jainyal are continuously

participating in Sant Gadgebaba Gram Swachata Abhiyan every year with great

enthusiasm and Jainyal is the recipient of several awards in the last five years. Now

the village is clean and beautiful upside and down. It may be described as a sojourn

of village Jainyal from cleanliness and hygiene to prosperity.