The UBA team of the institute visited the respective villages in the period of 10th May – 20th May 2018.
They interacted with the elected representatives which included the Sarpanch, Ward member, Samiti Shabhya
and other office bearers, the general public and a few other significant people to get to know the common issues.
This was followed by a detailed analysis of the problems of each village and thus a roadmap was prepared.
The survey process started in July 2018, as per the guidelines of UBA. Since then, regular interactions
have taken place with the village youth to identify their concerns and required attempts are being made to
address them. In addition to that, plantation drives have also been conducted in the various schools situated in these villages.
Computer literacy programme by UBA Team in 5 villages:
To extend the digital India into the rural sectors, several attempts have been made by our UBA Team.
The Sarpanch along with the concerned BDO were requested to provide the list of educated youth as well
as other people who are interested to volunteer to take part in this noble cause to build our nation.
Once the responses are received, required attempts will be made to organise various training programme in that direction.
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Grama Sabha Meeting on 15th Aug, 2019
Interaction with the representatives of the Jhirpani and Mitkundri villages was done to identify their problems and thereby address them accordingly. Computer literacy programmes were promoted to provide better job opportunities to the village youth. A plantation drive was also carried out to distribute the fruit saplings and promote environmental protection.
Plantation:
The plantation programs at Jamsera and Dalposh village included distributions of fruit bearing plants.
This was carried out on 16th August 2018. Each household was given one fruit bearing plant which was executed by
enthusiastic student volunteers under the guidance of Dr. P Balasubramanian. Dr. S.K. Upadhyaya, (Registrar of NIT Rourkela)
addressed the gathering. This whole event was coordinated by Dr. K Dutta. It was further organised in the panchayat offices and
schools to sensitise the villagers on the significance of tree plantation and overall environmental conservation. Similar
distribution of plants under the plantation program under the aegis of local Forest Department was carried on in the Kansar
village on 22nd October, 2018.
Health Camp:
A free health checkup programme was organized at Jamsera and Dalposh villages on 23rd August 2018, by NIT Rourkela under the
aegis of “Unnat Bharat Abhiyan”. The objective was to provide free medical check-up and come up with preventive measures
to sensitize the local community on the need of personal hygiene in preventing serious disabling diseases. A team of ten
members comprising of the institute medical officer, Dr. S Bhattacharya, doctors, nurses, faculties, staff, and students were
dedicated to make this a success. The services included Childcare, ENT, oral and dental hygiene and general medicines for all
age groups. The speakers addressed the villagers on emerging issues such as skill development for unemployed youth, quality of
school education, sanitation, health care, awareness towards digital India and use of renewable energy. About 75 villagers
attended the camp and were highly benefitted.
Sanitation:
Discussion on hygiene and sanitation was done by the UBA team on 9th February, 2019 with the locals in the Kansar village to achieve a disease free and healthy life. Special focus was given on the health issues of women and children and practices to improve their physical state.
Sustainable Agricultural Practices:
The importance of biochar (carbonaceous biomass) as an alternative soil conditioner was explained to the Kansar villagers on 9th February, 2019
Soil fertility tests were conducted and 20 households in Jhirpani were provided with the materials for organic farming on 23rd September, 2019. Revisit to the household on 30th November, 2019 showed remarkable growth of vegetables due to the use of organic fertilizers.
UBA team also promoted the use of vermicompost for increasing crop yield on 26th January, 2020. Standardized protocol for vermicomposting was explained and the vermicompost bed was provided by the UBA team at Jamsera.