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FSTP PROVIDES LIVELIHOOD

OPPORTUNITIES FOR

TRANSGENDERS IN ODISHA

n a unique collaboration, the Government based Decentralized Wastewater
of Odisha engaged a transgender SHG Treatment System (DEWATS) technology,
Ifor O&M of the FSTP in Basuaghai village commissioned in 2018 under Atal Mission
of Bhubaneswar District in Odisha. The for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
12-member transgender SWIKRUTI SHG has (AMRUT) by Odisha Water Supply and
been operating the plant since 1 July 2022. Sewerage Board (OWSSB).
st
It also hired a technical resource person
Meghna Sahoo, President of SWIKRUTI
to run the testing laboratory, keep the trip
SHG, informed that the SWIKRUTI SHG was
register, and give technical support to the
founded in 2018 with 17 members. Prior to
SHG for O&M.
being involved with the FSTP, a majority
of the members had no stable means of
The Basuaghai FSTP is a stand-alone
low-tech and low-cost model of nature- income. They mostly had to beg for food and

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