Swachh Bharat Abhiyan –Swachh Vidyalaya

Chattisgarh
“Sanitation is more important than independence”
- Mahatma Gandhi

Presentation on

Construction of Toilet Blocks in Government Schools of Chhatisgarh

by
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
11.08.2015
 SBA:SV- Key Features
Basic Moto of the project
• To ensure that every school in India has a set of functioning and well maintained water, sanitation and
hygiene facilities.
• Technical components including drinking water, hand washing, toilet and soap facilities in the school
compound for use by children and teachers.
• Human development components to promote conditions within the school and the practices of children that
help to prevent water, hygiene and sanitation related diseases.

Benefits of SBA: SV
• Provision of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in school secures a healthy school environment and
protects children from illness and exclusion.
• Girls are particularly vulnerable to dropping out of school, partly because many are reluctant to continue
their education when toilets and washing facilities are not private, not safe or simply not available. When
schools have appropriate, gender-separated facilities, an obstacle to attendance is removed.
• Hygiene in school also supports school nutrition.
• Having safe water, toilet and hygiene facilities in schools promotes equity. All children are equal in their
right to access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, and all children gain benefits
through the improved hygiene practices promoted in schools.
• Having a clean school fosters a child’s pride in his or her school and community. It enables every child
become an agent of change for improving water, sanitation and hygiene practices in their families and
within their community.
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Project Summery/expenditure incurred
** BPCL will be developing total 250 nos of toilet facilities for
schools in Chattisgarh State under SBA: Swachh Vidyalaya
Mission which is a initiative to ensure that all Government schools
in the country have separate toilets for Boys and Girls.
.
** BPCL has invested INR 1.43 lacs per toilet for the construction
activities in Chattisgarh state, amounting to a total of INR 3.78
crores for 250 toilet blocks.
DISTRICT BLOCK TOTAL NO OF GIRLS NO. OF BOYS
NAME TOILETS TO TOILET TOILET
CONSTRUCT BLOCK BLOCK
SARGUJA AMBIKAPUR 2 2 0
BATAULI 4 2 2
LAKHANPUR 72 38 34
MAINPAT 27 20 7
SITAPUR 50 42 8
UDAIPUR 95 89 6
TOTAL 250 193 57
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TEAM CHATTISGARH

STATE PROJECT LEADER, SBA:SV, CHATTISGARH

:
Mr. Ravindra Yelpale

NODAL OFFICERS , SBA:SV, CHATTISGARH

:
Mr. Hrishikesh Mainkar (Assistant Manager Sales, Nagpur LPG Plant)
Mr. Nilanjan Chandra (Executive Operations, Bhitoni LPG Plant)
 History of Surguja
• The district is mostly covered with hills and dense forests which are adding
value to its natural beauty .Animals like elephants, bear, snakes etc live in
the forests. Beauty can be found even at the interior of the villages.
 History of Surguja
• 100 % of the village people living in this district are tribal. It was previously a nakshalite area
but now there is no sign of them.

• The lifestyle of the village people is very different from us as there is no proper work culture
among them. They get used to live with ‘ Eat and Sleep’ culture. The main reason behind this
is easy availability of necessary food like rice, dal, sugar ,salt etc from the government and
also ‘Desi Wine’. For that they don’t have to work in most of the times of the year.

• The main job of the village people is rice cultivation during rainy season.

• It is very difficult to make them understood something about our construction job
requirement. There remains a huge difference between our requirement and their
understanding.

• Sometimes the workers left the places of toilet construction after just 1 or 2 hours of work if
they see cloudy atmosphere which is obvious during rainy season and also they do not return
to the workplace for the day.

• Some of the school building construction works are pending for almost 10 years and some of
the state government toilet construction works are pending for almost 5-6 years.
 Behavioral Pattern of the local authorities
• In this project we have provided necessary fund and job is being done by
the state government.

• The responsible officers with whom we are working at the block level are
CEO,BRC, SDO, Sub engineers. Apart from these, the actual works are
being monitored by the respective local Sarpanch-Sachibs at the village
level.

• During working with them we found that almost all the Sarpanch-Sachibs
do not take serious interest regarding earlier completion of the BPCL
toilets, they have taken it as a state government project which will be
continued for 5-6 years.

• Sarpanch-sachib do not understand our requirement as said earlier and

they do not eager to learn as well. To get perfect work out of them is very
difficult and requires the attention from the sub engineers.
 Behavioral Pattern of the local authorities
• Now coming to the sub engineers at the block level, they visit to their
respective sites very rarely .Most of the time they hand over the drawings
and layout of the job to the Sarpanch-Sachib and do not check the
progress further. They have their own hidden share of money from the
Sarpanch.

• CEO and BRC have lot of other jobs to carry out and they hardly take any
interest of BPCL toilet unless and until pressure comes from the district
collector. Even though weekly review meeting are held at almost all blocks
by the respective CEO’s, the actual picture presented to the CEO by the
sub-engineers, sarpanch-sachiv etc. is very different than the actual
ground reality.

** Under such an atmosphere our BPCL team is working . We will definitely

give the best toilet facilities to the school children and we are putting our
best effort towards final completion.
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Innovative Practices & Initiatives
Beyond Toilets
 Facilities provided at toilets constructed in Chattisgarh by BPCL:

1. Running water facility which includes overhead water tank, submersible motor, required PVC pipes etc.
It was noticed by the BPCL team that the toilets become dysfunctional due to non- availabilty of running
water system. Our motto is not only to construct toilets but also to keep them functional for long period of
time.

2. Hand-washing units provided : Hand washing units are provided outside the toilet blocks by constructing a
special platform and providing taps. It will help in improving the hygiene. Moreover, it can be utilized for
washing hands after mid-day meal by the children.

3. Proper CC approach road to the toilets : A well constructed toilet without proper approach road becomes
sometimes useless especially in rainy season as it becomes muddy. At Chattisgarh, we have taken special
care of the above mentioned issue and all the toilets are provided with a proper CC approach road.

4. Making others functional: BPCL has not only constructed new toilets but also made other nearby old
toilets functional by little improvement. It was noticed that at many sites the nearby toilets of newly
constructed BPCL toilets were dysfunctional due to some or other small issues like running water facility,
poor infrastructure etc. We have taken care of such toilets also and made them functional as well. It was
done either by providing extra PVC piping from new BPCL toilet to old dysfunctional toilet , plastering etc.
The toilets were made functional at very little or almost no cost.
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How we started….

• Regular site visits and meetings with the local authorities, block
resource officers, sarpanch-sachib etc. Visiting to each and every
sites on regular basis is the main criteria for success.

• Use of technology : Daily morning wish and sharing of WIP data on

Whatsapp group.

• It was noticed that some local construction agencies had fear of

timely payment for the jobs. We assured them of timely payment
for the jobs.
• Daily discussion with the local authorities regarding the school
merger issue and resolved the problem as soon as possible to start
the construction work.
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How we started….

• Some photographs:
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How we started….

• Difficult to Approach sites:

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How we started….

Construction completed till Slab

Plinth level work in progress level
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How we started….

Plaster work in progress Men at work

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How we started….

Review meeting with Block Review meeting with all sarpanch

resource authorities (construction agencies )
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Hurdles faced during this project and how we solved the problems

Hurdles faced and methodology applied to overcome them:

• Unavailability of skilled electricians, plumbers, masons etc.
 Manpower optimisation was done so as to overcome the hurdle. Limited available persons were given fixed
time-bound schedule to complete the jobs.

• Unavailability of electricity at most of the times in some villages.

 Diesel/kerosene generator was used and the job completed in schedule.

• Merger of schools issue

 Regular follow-up with the local authorities including District Collector, Block resource officers etc.

• Topographical constraints: Some of the sites are situated on high hills and not connected by all weatherable
motorable roads, making it almost impossible for transportation of material for construction activities.
 At such locations the toilets were pre-fabricated and then taken to the heights.

• Heavy rains
 We had anticipated that heavy rains may cause hurdle in timely completion of the project. Hence,
precautionary measures were taken and material transportation and some other related jobs were completed
in advance.

• Shortage of labours
 It is a unique issue in Sarguja district of Chattisgarh state. During the rainy season, most of the labours are
busy in rice cultivation, which is there primary job. Hence, we convinced the available manpower by
regular follow-up to complete the construction activity as per schedule.
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Hurdles we are facing now towards the final completion

• Severe shortage of skilled manpower for the finishing jobs like tiling,
plumbing etc.

• Shortage of material like tiles, urinal pots etc. Moreover, the material is
available at district place Ambikapur only.

• Non-availability of electricity for long duration is also delaying the progress

activity at many locations.

• At many locations, Lack of interest/attention from the local authorities

(CEO, BRC, Sub-engineers, Sarpanch-Sachiv) to complete the remaining
job.
• At some locations even after reporting the lack of progress to CEO; due to
non-involvement of Sarpanch-Sachiv; no action has been initiated against
the defaulting Sarpanch-Sachiv.
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Finally, what we are getting….

• Happiness of the school children and their teachers, thus

“ Energizing lives”.
• According to the village people BPCL toilets are the best
toilets there till date.
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Final photographs with all the facilities
• Final product with all facilities including running water, hand washing
unit, CC approach road etc
 SBA: SV Chattisgarh: Our moto….

Daily visiting to the

sites and monitoring
the job

Motivate To provide best To give motivation to the

Sarpanch-Sachib and
toilet facility to the even to the masons and
ourselves school children the workers

To discuss the practical

difficulties faced at the
sites with the block
authorities and provide
solution
We are thankful to our GM-HRS
WEST for choosing us for this
project….