Community-Driven Waste Management in Deolali Pravara
Using Participatory Rural Appraisal to mobilise the community — 8 GVPs eliminated.
Overview. In Deolali Pravara, Social Lab used a Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) approach to mobilise the community for waste management — eliminating 8 Garbage Vulnerable Points and resolving 100+ complaints via the Swachhta App.
Project story
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The problem
- Improper waste collection across the municipality.
- Open waste disposal and burning.
Deolali Pravara needed community ownership of waste management — closing garbage-vulnerable points and embedding source segregation and home composting as everyday habits.
The programme’s approach
IT-based monitoring and direct observation to assess waste-management gaps.
Mobilising residents and stakeholders to promote collective action.
Local participation for sustainable solutions, including live source-segregation demos.
Results
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