Poverty Pocket Situational Analysis of Gwalior

UN- Habitat, Water Aid, Sambhav and Municipal Corporation, Gwalior

Population and BPL

Total Number of PP

Total No. of Househol

ds

No. of BPL Households

in PP

% of BPL Households in PP

229 60787 10,452 17.19

Drinking Water Supply Sources

Total Number of PP

No. of Public Stand Posts

No. of Wells Number of Hand

Pumps

Number of Tube Wells

229 160 101 462 207

•No. of Water Sources - 930

•Dependency on Public Stand Post - 17% HH

•Dependency on Wells - 11% HH

•Dependency on Hand Pumps - 50% HH

•Dependency on Tube Wells - 22% HH

Drinking Water Supply Scenario

Total Households No. of households having access to piped water

No. of households using public stand posts/taps, borehole or pump, protected wells, protected springs or rainwater/hand pumps

No. of households depending on tankers, vendors providing water or unprotected wells and springs

60787 39599 18822 2366

•HH having access to Piped Water - 65%

•HH using PSP/ Borehole/Pump/Protected well etc - 31%

•HH depending on tankers/ vendors (Unprotected supply) - 4%

Availability of Water

No water supply through pipeline

Between 1-2 hours per day

Between 2-5 hours per day

Between 5-10 Hrs per day

>10 hours

(assuming 0-1 hr amounts to no supply)

(including 2 hrs) (including 5 hrs) (including 10 hrs)

85 (37%) 104 (45%) 39 (17%) 1 (0.4%) 0 (0.0%)

Water Quality

Sweet taste

Salty Taste less

Number of PP

212 55 8

77% 20% 3%

Availability of Toilets

Total Households

Individual Community Open Defecation

60,787 37734 3901 19152

62% 6% 32%

Community Toilets : Status and Use

Total No. of PP Total Number of Community Toilet

Not maintained/not useable

Poorly managed but used

Maintained but overcrowded

Maintained and not crowded

229 115 37 57 14 7

Community Toilets: Status and Use

57

37

14

7

Poorly managed but used Not maintained/not useable Maintained but overcrowded Maintained and not crowded

Solid and Liquid Waste Scenario

Total House

Holds

No. of households having the facility of

solid waste collection at

their doorstep

No. of households having the facility of

solid waste collection at neighborhoo

d points

No. of households dumping

solid waste in the open

No. of households throwing

solid waste into the drains

60787 19257 9095 23355 9080

Soild and Liquid Waste Scenario

19257, 32%

9095, 15%23355, 38%

9080, 15%

HH having solid waste collection at door stap

HH having solid waste collection at neighbour hood points

HH dumping solid waste in the open

HH throwing solid waste into the drains

Gwalior- At A GlanceTotal No of PPs Identified 229

Total Households in PPs 60,787

Number of Households in PPs living Below Poverty Line 10,452

% of in PPs household living in PPs Below Poverty Line (average) 17.19

% hh in PPs not covered with piped water supply (average) 34.86

% hh in PPs not covered with toilets (average) 31.51

% hh in PPs with access to improved water source (average) 96.11

% hh in PPs with access to improved sanitation (average) 68.49

% hh living in the poverty pockets defecating in open 31.50

% hh living in the poverty pockets having individual toilets 62.07

% hh living in the poverty pockets depending on tankers, vendor provided water or unprotected wells and springs

3.89

% hh living in the poverty pockets with piped water supply 65.14

Gwalior Ward Map

Poverty Pockets-

PPs are situated on Swarn Rekha Nala foul smell and lack of sanitation Water table is very deep Underground water is not suitable for drinking Water, garbage disposal, sewer, electricity

are the major concern Child education varies from 20%- 50%

Defecation

Open defecation is a common practice Swarn Rekha Nala is used for defecation in

many cases open defecation was more prevalent where

more households shared less water 32% of the households covered, defecate in

the open 62% have individual toilets and again

Drains

17% of the PP are fully covered by lined drains

40% of drains are not lined garbage in the open in water logged PPs is

the main reason for water logging which exacerbated by other sanitation issues such as lack of lined drains.

Roads and Drainage

(69%) not completely covered by lined roads approximately 29% were completely covered

by lined roads

Toilets

50% of PPs have access to community toilets 10% of these are linked with reliable water

supply 32% of the households covered defecate in

the open only 2(1.7%) of the toilets were pay and use

Garbage/ Solid Waste Disposal

Nearly 38% of the households dump waste in the open

15% let it flow into drains A substantial proportion (32%) of the

households are receiving doorstep facility (possibly due to the large percentage of ‘pucca houses’)

Only 18% of the total households have access to a sewer or septic tank

Drinking Water

82% (165 PPs in total) of the PPs reported they had no access to piped water supply

at least in one slum out of six PLA PPs has resulted in issues such as drop outs of girl children who have to spend time in fetching water

more than 80% are in areas where water supply is only available for upto 2 hours

large proportion of households depend on public stand posts, boreholes, wells, springs etc for drinking water (31%)