Public Health in Mumbai Economic Capital

Question: Discuss about thePublic Health in Mumbai for Economic Capital. Answer: Introduction: While Mumbai is said to be the economic capital of modern India the public health situation in this city is far from satisfactory. In fact in some areas it is atrocious. There are very few houses which have proper sanitation and the waste disposal method is not only archaic but also intolerable. Not only do people defecate in the open but most of the people pas urine at places which are placed in the shade and outside the lighted zones. This is a social problem which has been triggered by the existing social norms and is thousands of years old(India-briefing, 2013). This project is an attempt at reversing this trend and the paper will honestly explore all the pros and cons of the efforts that5 go into this project. Discussion: This project got started off by taking the help of the ruling party in providing volunteers and opinion leaders who were inculcated with the values that this project wanted to spread amongst the people of this very affluent city. Project: This project is for spreading the awareness amongst the people of Mumbai for maintaining a high level of concern for proper sanitation and fresh environment in the city suburbs. While one thing cannot be denied is that this problem is very rampant in the suburban city where the people from all over the country come to eke out an existence. These people are not used to proper sanitation facilities and this goes to the extent that they feel defecating in the open as is done in the remote villages is more hygienic than using a sanitary facility. The Kalyan-Dombivali area is where such problem is very prominent and people are still found to spread garbage and defecate in the open creating a very serious environmental hazard(Uatali, 2015). Project Title: To create awareness amongst the residents of Kalyan-Dombivali area for maintaining the environment cleans by use of dustbins and defecating only in the sanitized toilets. Target Populations: The primary target population is the opinion leaders of the various political parties operating in this area. The secondary targets are the local significant people whose opinion is valued by the people. Time Frame of the Project: November 2016 to April 2018 Estimated Budget: The estimated budget is $95,000 Brief Summary of the Project: The project is aimed at essentially to make the people of this area use the sanitary toilet facilities which will ensure a cleaner environment in this part of the city. To do this the opinion leaders have been located and the message is being circulated through them. Appendix: Strategies Key Activities Time frame for this activity Position involved Responsible Person Project leader to contact the opinion leaders in the area and impress upon them the basic idea The project manager to form working groups for each municipal ward of the Kalyan-Dombivali area and impress upon the opinion leaders about the importance of the project 02-11-2016 to 02-12-2016 Project manager Coordinator Work out methods for preventing people from defecating in public Convert all places of defecation into well lit zones and use such places for parking of vehicles 03-12-2016 to 03-02 2017 Opinion leaders Project manager Keep track of the number of violations Opinion leaders to get the number of violations innthe beginning and provide the number on weekly basis 03-01-17 to 03-03-17 Opinion Leaders Coordinators Check the trends The exact or the approximate number of public defecation to be noted and passed on to the project manager 04-04-2017 to 04-05-2017 Opinion Leaders Project manager Project Process Evaluation Table: Key evaluation questions Indicators of Success indicators Methods for measurement including details of data collection When the information will be collected Responsible person Whether less number of people are defecating in the open If less number of people are defecating in the open then the campaign is a success. Total number as reported and verified by the project member During the full day i.e. 24 hours Opinion leader jointly with project member. Impact Evaluation Table: Objectives Indicators of Success indicators Methods of Measurement and data collection When should data collection take place Responsible person Whether the number of people defecating in the public getting reduced The number of persons defecating or urinating in the public to be noted down Actual numbers to be noted down for each location Throughout the day Opinion Leaders It needs to be stated that the availability of water in the city of Mumbai is very restricted and using of a sanitary toilet may involve providing water in plenty which is a challenge from the authorities. Again the proximity of the public urinals is matter of grave concern. Public utilities are very rare and thus the use of sanitary toilets is a source of challenge Conclusion: The continuation of the dirt habits by a large section of population is due to a combination of various factors, cultural, economic and demographic. Thus to register a distinct improvement it will be necessary to first look at the infrastructure provided to the people. References: India-briefing. (2013, October 29). New Delhi Mumbai Comparison. Retrieved October 31, 2016, from India-briefing: https://www.india-briefing.com/news/delhi-mumbai-comparison-7076.html/ Uatali, S. (2015, June 12). The sustainability dream. Retrieved October 31, 2016, from Hotelierindia: https://www.hotelierindia.com/the-sustainability-dream/