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MATAULI ADOPTS SEECHEWAL
MODEL FOR GWM
atauli village, located in Patran constructed 48 individual household
Block of Patiala District, Punjab, toilets to make safe sanitation accessible
Madopted the Seechewal Model for for everyone. The community ensured the
GWM to renovate its traditional water body sustainable usage and maintenance of
through the MGNREGA Scheme. This model, these facilities and remained ODF.
introduced by Sant Baba Balbir Singh
The village’s water body, a pond spanning
Seechewal and previously implemented
2.5 acres, had become severely polluted
in Seechewal, Punjab, utilizes a pipe-
due to wastewater drainage. The proactive
and-pump formula to remove heavy solid
Sarpanch visited neighbouring villages
particles, oil and other materials from water.
and Districts to study their successful
Matauli, an agricultural village with a GWM projects, including the Seechewal
population of 2,300 individuals from Model. Based on this research, a study
326 households, achieved ODF status in was conducted in Matauli to assess its
2017 under SBM-G Phase-I. The village water usage, availability and patterns,
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