Bawana Resettlement Colony

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Bawana Resettlement Colony

• Public Hearing on Sanitation
• 19 March 2008

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• Sanitation is one of the major issues that Bawana
  has faced since the eviction of the residents in
  2004. Keeping in view of the problems, Jagori
  Mahila Nagrik Hak Nigrani Samiti organised a
  Public Hearing on the issue of sanitation and how
  women and children are facing problems due to it.

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• Venue Jhanda Chowk, Bawana J.J.
  Colony,Delhi
• Slogan
• Swach rehen sehen- suraksha hamari
• Hamari suraksha- prashasan ki jimmedari

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Pamphlet distributed for the Public Hearing
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• Panel Members
• Area Councillor
• MLA
• Representative from MCD

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Issues Raised

• Water scarcity in Ladies toilets
• No proper cleaning in the toilets
• Problem of Paid toilets
• Closure of toilets at 10pm
• Unsafe environment for women
• Problems in accessibility of women/girls to the
  facilities provided
• Cleaning of drains
• Dearth of dustbins in the area
• Spread of diseases
• Careless approach of the authorities

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Testimonies

• One of the residents of Bawana stated that the
  government has opened Sulabh toilets in the
  locality for which each family has to pay 10 to
  15 Rupees everyday. He exclaimed that they cannot
  afford one meal a day, how can they spend on
  toilets? Hence the people have no option rather
  than to use the streets for bathing and latrine.
• Another person said that there are some empty
  areas which are allotted for parks but even they
  are filled with garbage as there are only 5
  garbage points of which people only use 3. Also,
  the garbage is not picked up by the authorities
  regularly which has led to its overflow.

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• The area superintendent present in the meeting
  regretted about the condition and blamed the
  localites on not co-operating with the MCD
  officials. He suggested to have another public
  hearing with the higher officials.

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Course of the meeting

• Mass participation from the people of Bawana
• People came up with problems
• There were almost equal number of men and women
  who came to speak about the issue.
• The residents raised many questions during the
  hearing and asked for redressal from the MCD
  authorities
• MCD representative addressed their problems.
• A photo exhibition on sanitation in Bawana was
  also conducted.

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Conclusion

• The authorities and the people of Bawana came out
  with certain suggestions to maintain a clean and
  safe environment in the area.
• These are
• Establishment of groups in each block so that the
  problems of each and every individual can be
  taken care of.
• These groups can register complaints if any and
  also look after the documentation of these
  complaints for future use.
• Some preparatory work should be done for solving
  these problems. People should participate in the
  Jagori Nagrik Hak Samiti meeting to discuss these
  problems.

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• The residents should keep a check on the
  authorities and be in regular contact with the
  officials.
• The localites should keep a check on their
  surroundings and come together to raise their
  voices against any injustice committed by the
  authorities.
• To send a letter to the higher officials to raise
  the number of dustbins and sweepers in the
  locality.
• The localites should co-operate with the
  authorities and keep their surroundings clean.

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Follow-up

• The Public Hearing provided a platform to the
  Bawana inhabitant s to meet the authorities on a
  one to one to basis. It helped them in addressing
  their problems and find efficient solutions for
  the same.
• It was also a podium to recognise their rights
  and how they can stand for them and fight against
  any injustices.
• The sanitation issues have been efficiently taken
  into consideration by the authorities and
  effective steps have been taken in this regard.
• Jagori members also keep a check and take actions
  if any discrepancy is noticed.

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