NEW VADADE VILLAGE PROFILE & DIRECT RESEARCH FOR DETAILED STUDY ON WATER AND WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT

S.S.Pujari, S.M.Bhosale, A.A.Kulkarni

Abstract: This study focuses on understanding of the development sector of village of Karveer Tehsil of Kolhapur District, named New Vadade. The research has been carried out through participatory approach by living in the village for time duration of 17 weeks, to understand the rural ecosystem in all its dimension- culture, tradition, governance and administration. The research has created an opportunity to get close to understand the ultimate developmental gaps and needs and created a new managerial knowledge at the service of the rural people. The study has been conducted with the help of social science research tools and methods which include Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) activities, household survey, Focus Group Discussions (FGD), Interviews, etc. A detailed analysis of different development sectors of the village has been done, which comprise of sectors like Livelihood, Public Health, Agriculture and Industrial, Education, Road and Public Transportation and Energy. The study also comprised of two directed research components in New Vadade Village; those are 1) Water audit at New Vadade Village area and 2) Provision of sanitation facility in Vadade Village. Apart from this mapping is done of village.

Keywords: New Vadade Village, Village Profile, Water Audit, Water Sanitation and Participatory Rural Appraisal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2017.0606021