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Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) activity of villages
Naurangabad is one of the village of Gaindi Khata cluster in Haridwar district of Uttrakhand. The village is situated on the bank of Revasan River (Tributary of Ganga). Village is known for sand mining, Landlessness, and high migration of male workers.
IIT Delhi has adopted Naurangabad village to develop it as a model village under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan by 2019. Work done so far in this village are as follows:
- Hamlet/village meeting
- Household/village survey
- PRA exercise
- Preparation of village development plan (VDP)
During household survey and PRA exercise it has been observed that drinking water of this village is much polluted. UBA IIT Delhi team has collected sample of drinking water and sent it to IIT Roorkee for laboratory test. Many of the toilets constructed in this village under Swachh Bharat Mission are not in use. UBA team is working on social behavioral change communication by educating villagers about maintaining personal and community hygiene and also to make the village open defecation free (ODF).
Team has also prepared village development plan (VDP) which is to be approved from district and block officials for further convergence of various government schemes for the village development.