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Need Bala Vikasa Social - Prominently across locations, water contamination, drinking water quality
assessment in Service Society (Bala and scarcity have been a prominent issue.
Veltoor, DSPL Vikasa) conducted a - Around DSPL site, which is in northern Telangana, there have been concerns
and CREPL need assessment about a bidi rolling vocation adopted by thousands of women working from
catchments study in October home and there is a need to educate them and offer alternative livelihood
2020 covering means.
Veltoor, DSPL and
CREPL catchment - Villages on the approach road from NH 144 to DSPL site have open
communities. defecation issues which need to be addressed by a comprehensive initiative
in line with a government scheme.

- Overall literacy rate has been low in catchment communities compared with
the state average.

Andhra Lake Yuva Mitra carried out - Lack of quality primary healthcare facilities.
catchment research to identify the - Water and sanitation challenges and opportunities.
need villages' major
assessment socio-economic - Poor school and Anganwadi infrastructure and high dropout rate, especially
study development among girls.
covering challenges and, - Inactive SHGs and other women-led organisations/groups.
Khed and submitted a report in
Maval blocks October 2020. The
study included 22
villages in Pune
district's Maval and
Khed blocks.

Theni Kalanjiam Dhan - Total catchment area population is 58,800.
community Foundation carried out - People are mostly dependent on farming, wage work, army jobs and, foreign
need community need migration for jobs.
assessment assessment study in
study by November 2020. Theni - 99% of the village reported decrease in income followed by increased
Kalanjiam wind farms catchment workload in households due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Foundation area has 13 villages - There was a need for development of SHGs and promotion of vocational
which fall in Theni, training centre/s for creating employment opportunities in the villages for
Chinamannur and additional and supplementary income for the families.
Andipatti block in
Theni district.