Water Projects
The project involves necessary awareness creation at the beneficiary level on importance of safe drinking water on their life and livelihood. The project also involves making safe drinking water available to beneficiaries at community level.
Goals And Targets
The goal of the programme is to create awareness on safe drinking water and making available drinking water at the community level. Initially, villages will be selected from the districts of West Bengal (from East Midnapore, West Midnapore , Contai, Jhargram) for implementing the programme. The greater focus shall be to obtain the interest of community for promoting community facilities. In the interiors of West Bengal, water-borne diseases are widespread due to limited access to sources of clean drinking water. A village typically has a common pond from where drinking water is obtained but animals and clothes are also washed there. The Foundation aims to raise awareness across 100 villages and build along with the local community, suitable drinking water facilities by Year 2023.Our foundation have covered and 3330 households under water related project Survey. The Foundation’s support involves the distribution of chlorine tablets and building of tube wells/hand pumps etc.
Dariapur Water Project Report
Bargach Foundation with the support of Jana Small Finance Bank has implemented the community based clean and safe drinking water availability program in Dokra village of Dariapur. Dariapur is a village under Dighnagar-ii-gram panchayat of ausgram-1 block in Purba Burdwan district. The village suffers from huge scarcity and contamination of water for domestic purpose. The program officially inaugurated on 5th July 2024, in the glorious presence of Shri. Kalyan Mukherjee, IPS, Ex-IG, Shri Saurav Dasgupta, Zonal head East, Jana Small Finance Bank, Shri. Samir Mondal, Dighnagar-II, GP member and Shri Debankur Chatterjee, member of Aushgram-I Panchayat Samity, Shri Bibek Roy, Branch head Memari Branch Jana Small Finance Bank and the local community people. The Foundation has installed 33 water taps, for bathing, drinking and other domestic use, has been a blessing for the population for the village. The project cost being around 2.5 Lakhs has been funded by Jana Small Finance bank, benefiting 50 families and 300 people through this safe drinking water program.
Dokra village of Dariapur, did not have a proper water supply system previously. The water supplied previously in the village was not sufficient enough for drinking and other domestic use for 300 family members residing in the village. Moreover, the few water taps available in the village were either broken or shut down. Therefore, in order to improve the fresh and clean water supply availability to the families residing in the village, Bargach foundation with the financial support of Jana Small Finance Bank had constructed new water pipelines and installed 33 water taps for drinking, bathing and other domestic use of the villagers.The program has been implemented at Dokrapara in Dariapur for the rural dokra artisans. 50 families and 300 members in the village has been benefited through this program.
“Our village suffers from huge scarcity and contamination of water for drinking and other domestic use. The water taps installed in our village will solve our problem of drinking water, especially during the summer season. We are grateful to Bargach Foundation and Jana Small Finance Bank”.
Shubho Karmokar, Local community member
Photo Gallery:
Inauguration of Dariapur Project on 5th July 2024 in presence of Shri. Kalyan Mukherjee, IPS, Ex-IG, Shri Saurav Dasgupta, Zonal head East, Jana Small Finance Bank.
Boring and primary work of pipeline: Phase 1 activities
Setting up water pillars and platforms, connecting water taps: Phase 2 & Phase 3 activities
Press/ media coverage
Press coverage in Anandabazar Patrika
