The objective of the project is to create a zero waste residential neighbourhood and to promote a sustainable community based zero-waste management system in the slums of Koramangala in Bangalore. Committed staff have been involved in making the project work successfully with the cooperation of the local community.

Installation of DEWATS in HA block promoted residents to take collective action to get a metallic water storage tank from the mining company.

On several occasions work group took representatives to the in charge officer of the company to a idle metallic water storage tank but in vain. Work group made arrangements for a public meeting. All the families participated in the meeting they decided that all the families should go to the mining company office and demand the officer to give an idle metallic water storage tank.

 

Article from the Deccan Herald dated Feb 28, 2006
A shot in the arm
Illness is a major cause of indebtedness among the poor. Many people in the State, however, have found a way out of the debt trap through the Community Health Insurance scheme, writes Bharathi Ghanashyam. 
 
Mahadevi (25) is being treated for severe burns at Naganur Primary Health Centre (PHC) of Bailhongal taluk, Belgaum district, Karnataka, and requires a fairly prolonged stay in hospital. This means she will suffer loss of wages for the days she does not go to work, and even though her treatment at the PHC will be free, she will pay for any medicines that are not stocked by the PHC. All of this will come at a price she or her family can ill afford, and in all likelihood, will push them into a vicious debt trap.