| <<< Previous |
Next
>>> |
| Post -Tsunami Sanitation |
| Trends in Health Status after Tsunami in Tamil Nadu: Although there was no incidence of epidemics or major communicable diseases in the Tsunami affected areas in Tamil Nadu, incidence of Chicken Pox, Typhoid and fever were reported in some of the Tsunami affected areas. However, it is a known fact that those living along Chennai’s coastline have some of the worst sanitation and health indicators in Tamil Nadu state, according to the Bay of Bengal Programme for Sustainable Fisheries. Morbidity, mortality, and frequency of illness are much higher among Chennai's coastal communities, and particularly among women, than in the rest of the district. Most of Chennai's coastal residents live without basic amenities such as drinking water, toilets, drainage, or a health care system. Ironically, these deficiencies were nonissues during post-tsunami in Chennai's coastal villages, simply because fisherfolk did not even know about them. Even the immediate concerns involving children were sanitation, malnutrition and HIV/AIDS. A Study Report on the Water and Sanitation situation of the Tsunami Affected Districts, May 30, 2005 [ C.eldoc1/d70d/TRRC_TNVHA_WatSan_Report.pdf] | CARITAS Network with its local Partners in Tamil Nadu,
South India, are currently involved in Tsunami Rehabilitation Projects in
which more than 8.000 houses will be built in 32 villages along the coast,
from Chennai down to Kanyakumari. It is communicated between the Tamil Nadu
State Government and CARITAS, that the T.N.Gov. will finance sanitation
infrastructure in the villages, including (centralised or decentralised)
treatment facilities, while CARITAS will finance the construction of houses
including internal facilities like bathroom and electricity. Furthermore,
the T.N. Government has indicated that it is open to innovative, ecological
sound and sustainable sanitation solutions and CARITAS is willing to develop
and propose these. Suggestions for sustainable sanitation in
Tsunami hit regions in South India, 2006 CHRITAS [C.eldoc1/d70d/sanitation-suggestions-coastal-india.pdf] | ||||||||
In a State where the progress of post-tsunami rehabilitation has largely been consistent over the last three years, inappropriately- addressed sanitation issues have begun to raise a stink. Tamizhmani, who lives in Tsunami Nagar, Cuddalore, had stopped worrying about the unusable toilet in her home until the monsoon arrived. With flood waters inundating the vast area near the settlement used by the locals for defecation, Tamizhmani has realised that it is essential for her to repair the toilet at any cost. "I could not use it right from the beginning. It clogs up with sand. Also, during the rains, the water too is contaminated." Cuddalore collector Rajendra Ratnoo says fisherfolk are unused to toilets and this is part of the problem. The inappropriateness of sanitation projects implemented in the
tsunami-hit districts of the State, especially in rural, coastal Tamil Nadu,
has never been as clear as it has been in the last six months, when
large-scale resettlement to permanent
Sanitation raises a stink in settlements for victims,
by Ramya Kannan. The Hindu, Chennai, 26 Dec 2007 [C.eldoc1/d70d/26dec07h1.pdf] | |||||||||
| Prior to the tsunami, the people living in the proposed project areas,
generally subsisted off fishing, lived mainly in huts or small houses with
limited or no sanitation facilities. Post tsunami relief construction, they
are now living in more modern houses with accessibility to many modern
amenities. These new homes have the necessary plumbing for running water
(mainly from individual or community bore wells) with washing, bathing, and
toilet facilities. While there are exceptions, for most of the people, the
living conditions have improved appreciably. The new homes have the
necessary plumbing for running water (mainly from individual or group bore
wells) with washing, bathing and toilet facilities. However, a satisfactory
sanitation system is still a basic need in all homes, as they currently
discharge toilet wastewater into individual concrete-ring soak pits. Due to
the high water table (2 to 3 feet below ground level in some places) and
sandy soil, most of these toilet soak pits are flooded, emit stench, or are
otherwise not working properly (if at all utilized). CDD performs Feasibility Studies for Tsunami Relief Projects, Borda South Asia - Thinking longterm - Acting now!, Posted on : 04.09.07, Posted by: Susmita (need to index, D70d) http://www.borda-sa.org/modules/news/archive.php?year= 2007&month=11 | the Tamil Nadu Tsunami Resource Centre, Chennai, organized
a two-day workshop in Tiruchi on DEWATS and ECOSAN as appropriate sanitation
solutions for coastal areas in collaboration with ExNoRa International and
Society for Community Organization and People’s Education (SCOPE), Tiruchi
on April 17th and 18th.About 40 participants including 14 engineers from the
Tamil Nadu Water and Drainage Board (TWAD), Coordinators of 8 District
Resource Centers and ExNoRa staff from all over the State attended the
two-day workshop.Dr. Nalini Keshavaraj, Director-TNTRC in her introductory
remark stated that all the stakeholders, the Government, the funding
agencies, the NGOs who built the houses, the local bodies and above all the
thousands of fishermen who are to live in these houses have realized the
shortcomings of the pit model toilets. Appropriate sanitation systems for Tsunami hit Coastal Areas posted by Susmita Posted on : 29.06.07 [C.eldoc1/y00_/appro-sani-sys-tsunami-areas.pdf] http://www.borda-sa.org | ||||||||
| |||||||||
video
stream| <<< Previous |
Next
>>> |