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Children learning the alphabet using a Wall Painting at the Maa Mangala Sahi Basti in Bhubaneswar, under the Odisha Liveable Habitat Project
Future Plans Best Practices

 Development of a WebGIS portal to facilitate easy  The partnership between the Trusts and the  As field movement was restricted during the
access to the land rights data generated under the Government of Odisha towards the ‘Land Rights to pandemic, the Project adopted a virtual mode to
Odisha project for assessment of the Land Rights Slum Dwellers Project’ has demonstrated the connect with the communities. A total of 567
status. long-term empowerment of women through equal households were covered through virtual
 Scaling up the Varanasi project to new wards, rights on land. The Project assigned joint ownership workshops on components of Solid Waste
capacity building and demonstration of best of land, whilst seeking their active participation in Management, such as source segregation and
practices at the city level. the process of allocation of land rights. The home composting. Besides, 538 sanitary workers
participatory processes were led by the Slum were trained virtually on safety measures to be
Dwellers’ Associations, who were encouraged to adopted during Covid and the use of PPE kits.
have at least half of their members as women. In
terms of awareness and participation in the
allocation of land rights, almost all the women were Challenges Faced
involved in the survey and mapping of the plots.
 Restrictions in field movement due to the
 Sanitation challenges in Varanasi are numerous; pandemic.
keeping this in mind, the project adopted a strong
component of capacity building, along with an  Non-availability of reliable data on urban informal
effective communication campaign which made a settlements and their growth.
difference in the outcome. Designs for digital wall
paintings, banners, posters, door stickers, hoardings,
flip charts, backdrops, standees and song
compositions for community and household level
waste management were developed for all the
vehicles used for waste collection.

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