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Quality India

Cleanliness National The QCI team undertook the case
studies in 9 districts in the states of
Assessment Commission Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat,

At 47 for Scheduled Maharashtra, and Odisha. Since this
project was one-of-its-kind, the team
Locations Tribes spent time perfecting the research
Across tools for this project. The team collect-
ed primary data in the form of surveys,
Gujarat NCST has commissioned QCI to un- focus group discussion and stakeholder
dertake a study on the issues of:
interviews. The team also undertook a
massive exercise of performing archi-
Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited 1. Land Alienation/ Transfer of val research of the available literature/
(TCGL) engaged the Quality Council of Scheduled Tribe Land: Examining documentaries on tribals, laws and
India as a third-party-inspection (TPI) the factors causing alienation of multiple meetings with the domain
agency for conducting assessment and Scheduled Tribes (STs) from their experts. Other than the geographical
evaluation of the cleanliness work be- land as a result of the illegal trans- distance and the language barriers, the
ing undertaken at 47 identified tourist fer to non-ST actors or acquisition. team encountered various unexpected
locations in Gujarat.
2. Development Induced Displace- challenges like flooding. The flooding
Four cleaning agencies were engaged ment: A study of the issues related in Godavari river submerged the roads
by TCGL to carry out 24x7 cleanliness to the displacement of Scheduled completely for many weeks which de-
work on various locations consisting of Tribes (STs) due to development layed the assessment. At last, the team
different area types including the tem- projects used boats to travel on the flooded
ple’s surrounding area, market area, river. In Sundergarh and Raigarh dis-
parking area, beach area, ghat area, 3. Financial Inclusion of Scheduled tricts the team encountered hostile sit-
Tribes: The levels to which Sched-
etc. TCGL also involved two local mon- uled Tribes are engaged with ser- uations that stopped the work until a
itoring agencies to supervise the work vices and structures of the formal compromise could be reached.
being done by these cleaning agencies economy The draft report prepared is a syn-
at all locations on a daily basis. Each lo- thesis of the on-ground data, archival
cation was assessed twice or thrice in a research, and expert guidance. The
quarter for 1 or 2 days depending upon
the tier-1 or tier-2 tourist locations
and areas as provided by TCGL re-
spectively.

The project was completed suc-
cessfully giving direct effect to im-
proved sanitation and cleanliness
in Gujarat. The public feedback
collected through the assessments
done by QCI generated a positive
impact and helped spread the mes-
sage of Swachh India far and wide.
This meticulously planned project,
generating employment for hun- | w w w . qcin. or g
dreds of locals, should be replicated
in other states as well.

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