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Inhabitants of Maddha Sundarkhata Take a Successful Development Work Through Platform Making

Maddha Sundarkhata is one of the smallest and poorest village in Dimla upazilla under Balapara union. This village in approximately 5 km distance from Dimla upazilla. In this village total 402 HHs are living where 207 HHs are PEP. More or less about 80% people directly or indirectly involved in different Agriculture activities. Rest 20% people are involved in different activities like rickshaw/van puller, day labor etc. Social awareness is a great lack in this village. Moreover, natural disasters discourage their future survival. Most of the people of this village are suffer from malnutrition and different diseases. Safety water source are very poor in this village. As a result maximum of the people of this village are suffer from different water born disease.

For this above, a few days ago (20/06/11) PNGO (JSKS) staff Dipali Sharma conducts and facilitate small group discussion among community people as a part of VDC formation and CAP preparation. Then she conduct a live session where she facilitate the community people on their different problems through PRA tools (like problem identification, prioritization, analysis, result, entry point etc) practices.

After realizing the process, the community people develop their action plan on different issues which was achievable and manageable with immediate and long-run benefits. Among the eightteen problems the Maddha Sundarkhata villagers chose the “Unhygenic Problem” to quick win and took action plan accordingly.

They arrange platform making as per their plan which was their prime problem for a long period. They took initiatives to get safety drinking water through platform making. Platform making is the process to get safety drinking water and protect different water born disease.

About 90 family members both male and female were present in the session of community consultation. As a part of discussion they formed a committee consisting 20 members where 15 people have a management committee to implement the intervention. After long time discussion community people contribute 20 taka each for khoa, sand and 100 taka for the mason remuneration. About 173 families completed platform construction work successfully. Each platform size is 3 feet X 3 feet where khoa required 2.25 cft, sand 2 cft and cement 18 kg.

All the process completed total khoa needed 389 cft where market price of 158 cft khoa is 389 X 55=21395 taka, total sand needed 246 cft where market price of 246 cft sand is 246 X 10=2460 taka and total cement needed 3114 kg  where market price of 3114 kg cement is 3114 X 9=28026 taka. Mason remuneration of 173 platforms is 173X100= 17300 taka.

Platform making has a great impact on sound and hygienic environment. It serves safety drinking water and protects from water born diseases among community people.

After accomplishment of these initiatives, rest people of this village should take necessary step to make their own platform. Neighbor’s village is appreciating all the process and desire to making platform as soon as possible.

For the above consideration, it is proved that community consultation is the process to develop relationship among other community people. It is also the process to solve the community problem, enrich solidarity, friendship, brotherhood and self-reliance among the community people.

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