Village Bhinay, Ajmer district in Rajasthan, recently had the inauguration of ‘Safe drinking water Unit’ - the Jal Jeevan project supported by the CSR from Indus Ind Bank and implemented by Piramal Sarvajal.
Bhinay
village is a great example of women leadership, especially in all the key
position required for the rural development. The Village Pradhan is
Sushri( Ms) Anu Sharma, Smt .Uma Varma is the Sarpanch of the
Village, Smt. Gita Mali is the Deputy
Sarpanch , Smt. Sanju Meena is SDM of
Bhinay , Smt. Sonu Gupta is Revenue Officer ,
Smt. Seema Goud is the Village
Development Officer and Smt. Tinu Jha is the School Principal of the Government
School. While elected representative like Smt .Uma Varma, Sarpanch started out just
to fulfill the aspiration of Subhash Varma her spouse, when she shouldered the responsibility
alongside an active partner, she began to represent social issues that affect
women and started taking the lead in influencing the community to support local
causes. Women leadership was not limited
to the elected position; it was also heartening to see the key multiple positions
required for decision making was also being headed by women.
In
the inauguration women from Bhinay in positions such as SDM and Revenue Officer,
used their public speaking skills to articulate their interest in the Safe
drinking water project, their financial acumen to explain the sustainability of
such community based solutions, their knowledge of budget to encourage people
especially the women to look at the affordability of the solution. Smt. Sanju
Meena SDM compared the price of Rs
The entire panel of women leaders on the stage of the launch on November 23, 2019 is in a political space that was largely a bastion of men. Sarvajal team was pleasantly surprised at the presence of women in decisive leadership position and acknowledges this as an enabling recipe for addressing women centric issues as crucial as safe drinking water. Daulat Ram, our community awareness executive shared “we have been to many launches across the country in the last 6 years, but it is the first time that we have seen such large presence of women leaders in one village – and it is great for our cause”
Sarvajal salutes this era of leadership of women in this village and look forward to their support in taking forward Jal Jeevan project and Sarvajal’s vision of ‘Water for All at affordable price’!