Name of Organization
Municipal Corporation, Haldwani-Kathgodam
Address
Municipal Corporation, Haldwani-Kathgodam Nainital Road, Haldwani
District : Nainital (UK)
Nodal Officer
Pankaj K. Upadhyay
Designation
Municipal Commissioner
BAINI SENA (Baini means Sister in Kumaoni Dialect)
Uttrakhand
57 wards out of 60 wards in Municipal Corporation Haldwani
- Scarcity of Human Resource for waste management work
- Minimal monitoring of Sanitation workers/Sanitation work
- No interactive Grievance redressal mechanism
- Minimal involvement of Citizens in Sanitation Drive
- Low user charge collection i.e. Rs. 6 Lacs per Month only
- Sustenance of sanitation related responsibility as defined in various rules and acts.
- To create a Holistic Sanitation Monitoring System.
- To create effective Grievance redressal mechanism.
- Women empowerment through livelihood.
- To create peer leaders by the public, from the public for the public.
- Enhancement of Collection of USER CHARGES.
- Convergence of SBM-NULM Schemes.
- During the various discussions held with State SBM PMU Cell at UDD and after learning from the Bageshwar Model of SHG, Nigam decided to take one step ahead and made a plan of involving SHGs for total sanitation monitoring work of Nigam
- These SHGs are already registered under DAY-NULM Scheme of GoI
- Lucrative incentive was decided for SHGs to motivate them
- On 27.10.2022 Nigam formed the BAINI SENA
- November, 2022 onwards Baini Sena initiated the work
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- Resistance from Sanitation Workers, as they thought their work is being monitored by third party
- Timebound redressal of grievances of public
- Working in sensitive areas is a challenge for some SHGs
- Behavior related issues arises during the first few weeks
- Resistance from public for payment of user charges
- Several meetings done with leaders of sanitation workers
- Create dedicated Grievance redressal cell to handle complaints on daily basis
- Training of Baini Sena on public dealing matters
- Wards allotted to local SHGs of concerned ward only
- Enhance Service delivery and ensure daily door to door collection of waste from all the gates.
- User Charge collection increased from Rs. 6 Lac/month to Rs. 32 Lac/month
- Each SHG is getting Rs. 14,000/month on an average
- Effective monitoring of waste management helps in better cleanliness
- Assist in women empowerment by providing them additional income
- Awareness creation of various schemes run by Nigam
- Effective and interactive grievance redressal mechanism established
- Helps in planning for enhancing service level delivery of Nigam
- Corporation is able to reach 85 % households directly through these SHGs
- Assist in enhancement of work quality of sanitation workers
- 100 % collection of waste from all the households and streets
- Manifold increase in user charge collection
- Door to Door waste collection vehicles reach is enhanced
- Improvement in sanitation activities of city
- Citizens are more aware about schemes run by corporation
- Increased revenue generation
- Additional livelihood provided to SHGs
- Reach of door to door vehicles has been increased
- Timebound redressal of grievances of citizens
- Holistic sanitation monitoring achieved
- Many other ULBs are now planning to engage Women SHGs for Waste Management related works
- Women SHGs can now be engaged in other SWM works like management of Material Recovery Facility
- Improvement in waste management work can be done with effective monitoring
- Without extra investment effective waste management can be achieved
- Peer groups formed through SHGs helps in mitigating field challenges
- Strikes of workers can be handled through involvement of third party involvement
- Convergence of schemes can provide additional income to SHGs
- A tool which can make Atma Nirbhar women
- Third Party Monitoring of waste management work is essential
Atma
Charge
Collection
Facility
Group
Help
Livelihood
Material
MRF
Nirbhar
Recovery
Reliant
Self
SHG
User
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11 Month
- Convergence of Schemes
- Involves Self Help Groups for One to One interaction
- Uses IPC (Inter Personal Communication)
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