A core committee has been formed comprising of Faculties, Staffs and Students headed by the Co-ordinator Dr.P.Albino Kumar (Professor, Civil Engg. Dept).
At present, NIT Manipur is the Regional Coordinator for Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan, Manipur State.
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The villagers of Nambol face acute crisis of water scarcity. UBA NIT Manipur has adopted 5 (five) villages at Nambol, Bishnupur District of Manipur namely- Nambol Makha, Kongkham awang, Maibam Chingmang, Nambol Bazar &Koriphaba. The team of UBA-NIT Manipur had carried out Participatory rural appraisal (PRA) of these villages in 2015 and identified the most priority issue - Clean & Safe water for drinking. The villages have ponds and it's their main source of water. NIT Manipur adopt the villages through UBA and firstly surveyed and select few ponds for treatment. A lab- scale and a pilot plant filtration unit has been set at NIT Manipur, and studied for designing of large scale plant to be implemented at the villages site using biosand filter concept. A low cost 9000 L water treatment plant based on roughing and biosand filter was designed and constructed by NIT Manipur and finally inaugurated on 27th August 2016 along with awareness programme. The treated water were odourless, colourless and health effects were found to be almost nil. The treatment plant serves the villagers within 3 km radius. Another 2nd water treatment plant was constructed and handed over to villagers of Maibam Chingmang in April 2018
Treatment of water from nearby ponds using indigenous techniques (combination of Roughing Filter and Slow Sand Filter) with low cost and easily available materials. The 9000 L water treatment plant based on roughing and biosand filter treats the water from the Pond and provided drinking water (Potable water) to the villagers of Nambol. The treated water were tested for all the parameters and observed within permissible limit for potable water and hence these treated water were abundantly used by all the villagers in the vicinity. More than 2000 villagers of Nambol depend on this filter for their drinking water. Villagers within 2-3 km(farthest) radius of the treatment plant comes and collect water, the mode of conveyance being trolleys and bicycles. Regular surveys were carried out to identify effect due to the plant water if any. For the last three years the water treatment plant fulfill the needs to safe and healthy water for consumption without any cost and minimum maintenance. Also programs related to sanitation of the villages through introduction and installation of Dust Bins (Different solid waste) to optimise Solid Waste Management provide a very effective awareness and practice to the villagers in the vicinity regarding importance of sanitation.
After completion of the construction, the inauguration of the biosand filter on 28th August 2016 was attended by more than 200 local peoples. The awareness & demonstration lectures were delivered by Dr. P. Albino Kumar, UBA Coordinator, NIT Manipur. This whole project with the awareness programmes on importance and methodology for sanitation also benefited a lot to the local villagers in the vicinity and hence the project was extended and another 2nd water treatment plant was constructed and handed over to the villagers of Maibam Chingmang in April 2018.