No toilet facilities at resettled slums
Express News Service
First Published : 28 Apr 2011 09:09:00 AM IST
Last Updated : 28 Apr 2011 12:32:04 PM IST
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa seems to have a scant regard for the National Slum Policy enacted a decade back.
The state of the basic services even after two decades in the resettled slums indicates the total collapse of the policy in the State. The Slum Policy is very specific on women living in the slums in the urban centres. There is no ambiguity in the policy - “Women’s particular needs and constraints must be specifically addressed by the State”. Bhudevi, an inhabitant of Sikharchandi slum, narrates the ordeal she has to live with daily.
There is no toilet facility in the slum, mainly due to lack of space and water. Men and children do so on the open space behind the primary school but for the women folk, it is not feasible. “We are compelled to finish by the sunrise near a big natural drain at the back of our habitation,” added Bhudevi.
The problem is the same everywhere in the State. Official data say only one in seven households in the slums in the State has access to flush or pit toilet. This is so when the density per square foot is quite high. When a non-poor urban household in the State has one sleeping room for around three members, a far more compact room space is available for over four members in a resettled slum in the State.
According to M Padhy, CFAR official, lack of space for construction of toilets in slums is proving a major roadblock in achieving the goal of Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC).
He said the National Slum Policy advocates provisioning of adequate land for resettlement of slum-dwellers. It states that all resettlement sites should be adequately serviced and even provision should be made for public transportation prior to the settlement.
But the basic services are not available in resettled colonies even after 20 years, said Padhy. According to Pankajini Pradhan, member of Agrani Mahila Samiti of Ragunathnagar Slum, the toilet facilities created for each individual household with the help of civil society organisations have been rendered useless in the area due to non-availability of water for flushing. Despite repeated petitions, the civic authorities failed to ensure water supply to the colony, she added.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Raavan | June 20 | 2010
Raavan done !
Cinematography= Top Notch !
Locales = Amazing ! – That India has more to offer than the amazons, Sri Lanka and Indo China – proven – period !
But for those who haven’t savoured National Geographic, Discovery or our vey own Surabhi and other find our India programs, do see the lush and vibrant countryside as you may have never imagined. Mani had shown great mountain slopes in flashes in Thiruda Thiruda and Uyire (Dil se in Hindi) and goes full steam here with Santhosh Sivan and Manikandan in Unison and efforts show. The camera work is amazing and those who have seen Kannathil Muthamittal would see Mani Sir going beyond any of his movies before.
That said, there is isn’t much to write about ......
I know people have liked it
– maybe I am a bit uninitiated...
But then I came back mighty disappointed.
Story = ? neo Ramayan meets Mani !!!!
Era = Unknown- alternates between the 70’s and the 90’s – didn’t see the cell phone being used a lot ! forget the existence of a sat phone or GPS..
Concept & Packaging = Apocalypse Now + Apocalypto + Crouching Tiger, hidden Dragon + House of flying daggers + Temple of doom + Thiruda Thiruda + trace elements of Chaos theory& Stockholm syndrome – Sorry but the references to the Thakurs, Corrupt Thanedaars of 70’s are too clichéd to find mention.
Acting = Snarl, Brawl and caring two hoots for the sane not to miss - lots of climbing, falling, running, helping to fall, climb and inspiring to shout. Vikram in the worst performance of his life – may be he signed and acted prior to Sethu in this film. What a colossal waste of such powerhouse of a talent .
Inspiration = The joker, Veerappan ..... ha ha ha
Mani changes the phrase – “The rain in Spain, stays mainly in the plains”
from now on – read this as “ The rain is Pain and stays always away from the sane”
Comments also avaialable on IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1334470/usercomments-42
Cinematography= Top Notch !
Locales = Amazing ! – That India has more to offer than the amazons, Sri Lanka and Indo China – proven – period !
But for those who haven’t savoured National Geographic, Discovery or our vey own Surabhi and other find our India programs, do see the lush and vibrant countryside as you may have never imagined. Mani had shown great mountain slopes in flashes in Thiruda Thiruda and Uyire (Dil se in Hindi) and goes full steam here with Santhosh Sivan and Manikandan in Unison and efforts show. The camera work is amazing and those who have seen Kannathil Muthamittal would see Mani Sir going beyond any of his movies before.
That said, there is isn’t much to write about ......
I know people have liked it
– maybe I am a bit uninitiated...
But then I came back mighty disappointed.
Story = ? neo Ramayan meets Mani !!!!
Era = Unknown- alternates between the 70’s and the 90’s – didn’t see the cell phone being used a lot ! forget the existence of a sat phone or GPS..
Concept & Packaging = Apocalypse Now + Apocalypto + Crouching Tiger, hidden Dragon + House of flying daggers + Temple of doom + Thiruda Thiruda + trace elements of Chaos theory& Stockholm syndrome – Sorry but the references to the Thakurs, Corrupt Thanedaars of 70’s are too clichéd to find mention.
Acting = Snarl, Brawl and caring two hoots for the sane not to miss - lots of climbing, falling, running, helping to fall, climb and inspiring to shout. Vikram in the worst performance of his life – may be he signed and acted prior to Sethu in this film. What a colossal waste of such powerhouse of a talent .
Inspiration = The joker, Veerappan ..... ha ha ha
Mani changes the phrase – “The rain in Spain, stays mainly in the plains”
from now on – read this as “ The rain is Pain and stays always away from the sane”
Comments also avaialable on IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1334470/usercomments-42
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