• Domaine :

  Water

• Région :

  Asia

• Pays :

  India

The project:

In the city of Warangal  in India, installation of a drinking water supply kiosk.
The building and filtration system will have a total cost of $ 30,000 and will provide drinking water to more than 1,000 beneficiaries daily.

The request:

March 8th 2018

From: Bala Vikasa, S. Shoury Reddy, India
To:      Fondation Coup de Coeur (FCC),Montréal, Canada..

Dear Mr. Jean and Ms. Fatima

Greetings from Bala Vikasa, India
We are pleased to inform you that we have inaugurated the Sujal (pure water) ATW kiosk  at Warangal city of Tealangana state with the donation of Mr. Eric Boyko. The Warangal city has a population of one million and also every day thousands of people visit the city from different parts of the rural district. Bala Vikasa initiated this innovative project which is first of its kind in Indiaduring 2016 with 10 water vending kiosks. As the population is very high it needs over 25 kiosks. Adding this new kiosk in the city helps the commuters in the area it is located.
This project is highly impacting since the city commuters have huge problem to get clean drinking water on streets. Many of the rural poor who visit city can't pay high priced branded water bottles Rs.₹20 ( 30 cents) per liter. Some time people fall sick as they drink contaminated water. Some suffer with dehydration as they cant buy water to drink. Our project is now able to provide purified and chilled water at a price of ust ₹Re 1 per liter (5% of the commercial bottle cost). This makes clean drinking water affordable even to the poorest in the city.
This kiosk will serve water to over one thousand people every day. Especially during hot summer seasons the crowd will be even more. The kiosk is located next to a bus stop from which many buses will go to rural areas. There are many passenger who drink water while waiting for the bus. Right next to the kiosk there is city police control room and shopping area too. Therefore, there is great potential for many people to access the water from this kiosk. This also gives an employment to a handicapped person who operates the project.
"This kiosk is really a gift to the people like me and many commuters. As my push cart is located right next the kiosk I am observing that many people are using the kiosk and coming out with happy expressions as the water is of good quality, affordable and served in a very hygienic condition. They are blessing Bala Vikasa and the donors for providing this great facility. Thanks a lot to the donors of the kiosk."
Mr. MD. Hyder, a street vendor.
As you see this project is very useful to thousands of people. Every day many new people come to drink water from it. As the project became very successful our model is replicated in couple of other cities by government and corporate companies as part of their CSR initiative. We take this opportunity to thank you and Mr. Eric Boyko for this great support. We appreciate all your continued support for different projects.

With lots of thanks
Regards
S. Shoury Reddy

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