water logging in keshabpur: a focus to the coping strategies of the people
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Water Logging in Keshabpur: A Focus to the Coping Strategies of the People. by Neelopal Adri Royal Holloway, University of London. Study area. Study Area: Keshabpur Thana in Jessore District. Target Unions: Sagardari Trimohini Bidyanandakathi Sufolakathi. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Water Logging in Keshabpur: A Focus to the Coping Strategies of the People
by
Neelopal Adri
Royal Holloway, University of London
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Source: Keshabpur Thana Information Booklet, 2008
Study Area: Keshabpur Thana in Jessore District
Study area
Target Unions:
Sagardari
Trimohini
Bidyanandakathi
Sufolakathi
Total Population: 200,229
Most of the area is waterlogged for the last 10 years.
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Research Objectives
Goals
To reduce water logging in Keshabpur Thana by taking effective policy decision.
Objectives
• To investigate the coping practice of vulnerable group in the study area.
• To find out the effectiveness of ongoing GO, NGO programs in response to water logging problem.
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Methodology
Participatory Vulnerability Assessment (PVA) & Questionnaire Survey (sample size 270; 5% of total 5500 poor households)
Coping
Common Local Practice of Coping
Recent Institutional Initiative of Coping
General Gender specific GO NGO CBO
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Major Problem faced by people due to water logging; FGD, 2008
Prioritization of problems in Keshabpur; FGD’08
1. Inundation agricultural land
2. Health
3. Reduced food security
4. Reduced social security of women
5. Sanitation
6. Drinking water
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Major Findings:
Common Local Practice of Coping:
(1)Structural Modification (2)Agricultural Coping•Late varieties of Aman are sown
•Seed beds are prepared by raising the ground
•34% respondents changed occupation due to water logging
People increase plinth height of house and latrines
(3) Livelihood Coping•Taking loans generally with high interest rate
•Sell valuable household assets
•Migration (17% families found)
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Coping with water borne diseases
•Use of water purification tablet•Fetch water from long distance•Boil water•Rainwater harvesting•Consult local health care centers•Using cheap ointments is common in case of skin disease
Gender specific coping
7%
20%
1%
68%
4%
boil water use water purification tablet filter directly drink other
Major Findings:
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•Increase ground level of toilet
•Defecate in the field/ dry land at night
•Defecate on the roof
•defecate on a paper inside the house and then throw that to the open water
•Women suffering from menstruation use unhygienic pieces of cloths inside homes and wash them in dirty water
Gender Specific Coping: Sanitation
defecate in secret places68%
use latrine32%
Women cope by changing defecation places; questionnaire survey, 08
Major Findings:
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Recent Institutional Initiative of Coping
Government Programs
(1) Reducing Livelihood Risk Project (2) Management of refugee campsOnly 15% respondents got the benefit of the
RLRP. This project is limited to only two unions.
Major Findings:
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Ring Based Vegetable Gardening
big cement rings are filled up with suitable soils. These rings with soils are then used to plant trees and vegetables. This technology reduces the risk of water logging as vegetation is accepted to grow at a higher level than the ground.
NGO ProgramsCooking is done on a
higher platform
(1) Ring based vegetable gardening
(2) sustainable cooking technology
Recent Institutional Initiative of Coping
Major Findings:
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Community based coping effort: Embankment construction
• people constructed an embankment covering Trimohini and sagardari unions with polythene, plastic and bamboo and restricted water from overflowing the crop field.
• people contributed money for buying polythene, bamboos etc. and those, who couldn’t, just became involved in the physical labor.
Major Findings:
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P
Refugee Shelter
Govt’s safety net program
Relief giving Agency
Local Health Centers
Micro Credit Organizations
Union Parishad
NGO Health Project
DPHESchool
Figure 5.1: People’s Access to Institution (Venn diagram drawn during FGD)
Findings on effectiveness of GO, NGO projects in context of WL
Only 29% respondents have institutional membership of local NGOs.Source: Questionnaire survey, 2008
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Projects for improving water logging scenario:
a) TRMb) Kabodak re excavationc) Government’s canal excavationd) Community based embankment construction
Projects for coping with waterlogged situation
a) Reducing Livelihood Risk Project (RLRP)b) Ring based gardeningc) Producing bamboo craftsd) Community based open water fish cultivatione) Water and Sanitation GOf) Water and sanitation NGO
Findings on effectiveness of GO, NGO projects in context of WL
TRM
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Constraints towards reducing vulnerability:
Climate Change ( and its effects people’s livelihood and health) Poor coordination between stakeholders.Little scope to participate in the development project Limited institutional initiative of coping.Lack of prioritization of problem area lack of gender sensitive initiative
Effective programs:
Kabodak re excavationCanal excavationCommunity based embankment constructionReducing livelihood risk projectRing based vegetable gardening.
Major Findings:
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Policy recommendation:
(1)Facilitating Drainage
(2) Strengthening Research and Activities on Agriculture and health
(3) Coordinated approach of all stakeholders
(4) Strengthen institutional coping
(5) Emphasizing problem areas in government projects
(6) Creating enabling environment for women
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Thank You All……