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CASE STUDY
students, parents, and staff, for handwashing and in place, leading to serious
ensuring a comprehensive drinking water, resulting in environmental and hygiene
understanding of challenges. considerable water wastage. concerns.
Through issues identification, At GMSPS Panchawali, only
resource mapping, and one drinking water unit 3) Lack of Green
participatory learning, was available, with just two Spaces and Poor Waste
practical solutions are functional taps. GGMPS Management
implemented. The process Kanhai also struggled Both schools exhibited
includes monitoring and with limited water access, significant deficiencies
evaluation to ensure long- providing only 200 litres daily, in green cover, with
term sustainability, ultimately thus exacerbating hygiene approximately 3,163 sq. m. of
transforming schools into issues. open areas being paved. This
resilient, zero-waste, and lack of vegetation contributed
water-efficient environments. 2) Sanitation and WASH to excessive heat and dust
Infrastructure Deficiencies
5. Findings accumulation, resulting in
Both schools encountered a dry and unwelcoming
A. Existing condition significant issues with their environment.
An assessment was conducted toilet facilities. At GMSPS Waste management was
at both schools to identify the Panchawali, only four toilet also severely inadequate.
issues and challenges faced pans were functional, and There was no system in
by students and children. two of them were clogged. place for the segregation of
The schools faced various The flush tanks were broken, dry and wet waste, leading
difficulties concerning water and the water availability to the accumulation of
infrastructure, green spaces, was insufficient at just 500 mixed waste, which totalled
WASH (Water, Sanitation, litres. The school lacked around 16-18 kg per day.
and Hygiene) facilities, and boys’ urinals, had broken Furthermore, the absence of
behavioural practices. These handwashing basins, and composting solutions and
challenges had a substantial there were missing taps inside proper disposal methods
impact on the learning the toilet cubicles. posed critical environmental
environment and the overall Similarly, at GGMPS Kanhai, hazards and health risks to
well-being of the students. only three toilet pans were the school community. These
1) Water Infrastructure operational, but they suffered issues highlighted the urgent
need for improvement in
Challenges from waterlogging and both green spaces and waste
blockage issues. Additionally,
The schools lacked essential the school lacked electricity, management practices.
water storage infrastructure, resulting in dark and 4) Behavioural and
with no rainwater harvesting unsafe areas. Plumbing
systems or reservoirs problems, broken tiles, and Awareness Gaps
established. The water supply damp structures further Students and stakeholders
was inconsistent due to the compromised the hygiene exhibited a significant lack of
absence of a motor and the and usability of the WASH awareness regarding proper
presence of uncleaned tanks facilities. Furthermore, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and
with clogged connections. there was no proper Hygiene) practices, which
Furthermore, there were wastewater management contributed to unhygienic
no separate structures system or composting unit conditions within the schools.
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