Narasapura region in
Kolar district has become synonymous with industries over some period of time.
Amidst this industrial township, two government schools also exist.
Kolar district has become synonymous with industries over some period of time.
Amidst this industrial township, two government schools also exist.
The first school is
at Jodi Krishnapura and the second one is at K.B. Hosahalli. Like many of the
peripheral areas in Kolar district, this region also faces the problem of high
fluoride content in the water. Tackling high fluoride content becomes more important
in the context of this school as research has shown that continuous and long
term exposure to fluoride affects children more than adults as they are more
vulnerable with soft enamel. Thus, providing safe drinking water becomes
imperative. Jodi Krishnapura school has been lucky in this sense because Canara
bank has put up a de-fluoridation plant in this village and hence, safe
drinking water is available to this school. An interesting fact that came into
light is that the fluoride reject water is collected in a tank which is reused
for hand washing, etc. This system is not available to the school of K B
hosahalli and for this school depends on Tata Swach filter to treat the water.
However, this doesn’t solve the issue of fluoride in water.
at Jodi Krishnapura and the second one is at K.B. Hosahalli. Like many of the
peripheral areas in Kolar district, this region also faces the problem of high
fluoride content in the water. Tackling high fluoride content becomes more important
in the context of this school as research has shown that continuous and long
term exposure to fluoride affects children more than adults as they are more
vulnerable with soft enamel. Thus, providing safe drinking water becomes
imperative. Jodi Krishnapura school has been lucky in this sense because Canara
bank has put up a de-fluoridation plant in this village and hence, safe
drinking water is available to this school. An interesting fact that came into
light is that the fluoride reject water is collected in a tank which is reused
for hand washing, etc. This system is not available to the school of K B
hosahalli and for this school depends on Tata Swach filter to treat the water.
However, this doesn’t solve the issue of fluoride in water.
While Jodi
Krishnapura doesn’t face drinking water issue, it does face problem of access
to water in toilets, in kitchen, in an anganwadi, etc. K B Hosahalli school
also faces similar problem of access to water as storage is present only in one
of school premises and kitchen, toilets, and other school premises are
separately placed.
Krishnapura doesn’t face drinking water issue, it does face problem of access
to water in toilets, in kitchen, in an anganwadi, etc. K B Hosahalli school
also faces similar problem of access to water as storage is present only in one
of school premises and kitchen, toilets, and other school premises are
separately placed.
Under the Swarna
Jala Scheme of Government of Karnataka, rainwater harvesting structures were
installed in government schools across Karnataka which included these two
schools as well. However, both the systems are non-functional with broken
pipes, lack of connections, etc.
Jala Scheme of Government of Karnataka, rainwater harvesting structures were
installed in government schools across Karnataka which included these two
schools as well. However, both the systems are non-functional with broken
pipes, lack of connections, etc.
We understand that,
providing technical recommendations would not have a long term and sustained
impact on any of the issues. And hence, involvement of school kids (6th/7th
class), school principal, school teachers, school development and management
committee (SDMC) and Cluster Resource person (CRP) of that district is equally
essential. Thus, separate sessions were conducted with each of these
stakeholders.
providing technical recommendations would not have a long term and sustained
impact on any of the issues. And hence, involvement of school kids (6th/7th
class), school principal, school teachers, school development and management
committee (SDMC) and Cluster Resource person (CRP) of that district is equally
essential. Thus, separate sessions were conducted with each of these
stakeholders.
Session with kids
and teacher: Water quality testing kit (JAL-TARA Kit) was used to demonstrate
the process of water quality testing for fluoride and bacteria. Students were
involved in conducting the activities like drawing water sample, mixing up
solutions. Teacher was reminded to keep a tab on test time, to check results,
and an exercise was given to students to conduct mapping and checking of
several water samples within their village.
and teacher: Water quality testing kit (JAL-TARA Kit) was used to demonstrate
the process of water quality testing for fluoride and bacteria. Students were
involved in conducting the activities like drawing water sample, mixing up
solutions. Teacher was reminded to keep a tab on test time, to check results,
and an exercise was given to students to conduct mapping and checking of
several water samples within their village.
Separate session
with SDMC, Principal and CRP: Two
grampanchayat’s in a village have one CRP. Each CRP has 15 schools under him
for supervision. The CRP of these two schools is Mr. Kolappa who has been very
proactive during our interactions. SDMC
is an association of parents and teachers in the school which takes care of
every issue the school is facing. SDMC consists of 13 members from parents, 3
permanent teachers as members and 3 donors making the total of 19 members. This
session was also insightful as mutual consent is necessary before taking up any
plan and monitoring of the implemented plans would involve this group actively.
with SDMC, Principal and CRP: Two
grampanchayat’s in a village have one CRP. Each CRP has 15 schools under him
for supervision. The CRP of these two schools is Mr. Kolappa who has been very
proactive during our interactions. SDMC
is an association of parents and teachers in the school which takes care of
every issue the school is facing. SDMC consists of 13 members from parents, 3
permanent teachers as members and 3 donors making the total of 19 members. This
session was also insightful as mutual consent is necessary before taking up any
plan and monitoring of the implemented plans would involve this group actively.
Now, the further
work will involve:
work will involve:
- To address the access to
water problem in both the schools, construction of overhead tanks with
connections to areas where that is needed and repairing the rainwater
harvesting system is recommended.
- In K B Hosahalli, we came
across an old, abandoned and dry well in school premises. Recharging this
old well through redirecting captured rainwater into it would take care of
the water needs.
- To address the fluoride
problem in K B Hosahalli school, we are still pondering over the options. - Setting up of new set of
toilets, roof over the toilets is also suggested
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