Experience of Swachh Bharat Mission
with Focus on Swachh Energy:
An Experience in Silvarpatti Village
of Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu, India
K. Loganathan, J. Sowndharya, S. Vignesh and V. Kirubakaran
Abstract Swachh Bharat Mission mainly aims in bringing about an improvement
in the quality of life in the rural areas, by promoting cleanliness and focusing on
scientific solid and liquid waste management systems for overall cleanliness in the
rural areas. It focuses on achieving the sixth sustainable development goals (clean
water and sanitation). This paper presents one of the Swachh Bharat Mission which
has been carried out in a village named Silvarpatti, Rediyarchattram Block, Dindigul
District., Tamilnadu, India. The mission was related to Participatory Rural Appraisal
(PRA) and creating awareness on using toilets, sanitation and Swachh fuel. The
motivation was moved toward segregating the waste and the proper usage of dustbins. The awareness generation has been done on various strategies like audio visual,
wall painting, walkathon and roadshow. The main cooking fuel in the village is the
agro-residue and used traditional three-stone wood stove. This increases the pollution level as well as affects the health of the rural women. The rural women have
been educated on the use of energy-efficient stove. The rural youth has been trained
on easy method of fabrication of the wood stove which improves their livelihood
enhancement. Since the village has enough number of livestock, a PRA has been
conducted on community biogas plant. The village leaders have been educated on
the effective use of wasteland for grid tied solar power plant. The success stories
have been reported in this paper.
K. Loganathan · J. Sowndharya · S. Vignesh
Renewable Energy Scholar, Centre for Rural Energy, The Gandhigram Rural
Institute-Deemed to Be University, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India
e-mail: loganathantkm@gmail.com
J. Sowndharya
e-mail: sowndharyathilak@gmail.com
S. Vignesh
e-mail: svickynkl94@gmail.com
V. Kirubakaran (B)
Centre for Rural Energy, The Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed to Be University,
Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India
e-mail: kirbakaran@yahoo.co.in
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
S. K. Ghosh (ed.), Solid Waste Policies and Strategies: Issues, Challenges
and Case Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1543-9_10
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with Focus on Swachh Energy:
An Experience in Silvarpatti Village
of Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu, India
K. Loganathan, J. Sowndharya, S. Vignesh and V. Kirubakaran
Abstract Swachh Bharat Mission mainly aims in bringing about an improvement
in the quality of life in the rural areas, by promoting cleanliness and focusing on
scientific solid and liquid waste management systems for overall cleanliness in the
rural areas. It focuses on achieving the sixth sustainable development goals (clean
water and sanitation). This paper presents one of the Swachh Bharat Mission which
has been carried out in a village named Silvarpatti, Rediyarchattram Block, Dindigul
District., Tamilnadu, India. The mission was related to Participatory Rural Appraisal
(PRA) and creating awareness on using toilets, sanitation and Swachh fuel. The
motivation was moved toward segregating the waste and the proper usage of dustbins. The awareness generation has been done on various strategies like audio visual,
wall painting, walkathon and roadshow. The main cooking fuel in the village is the
agro-residue and used traditional three-stone wood stove. This increases the pollution level as well as affects the health of the rural women. The rural women have
been educated on the use of energy-efficient stove. The rural youth has been trained
on easy method of fabrication of the wood stove which improves their livelihood
enhancement. Since the village has enough number of livestock, a PRA has been
conducted on community biogas plant. The village leaders have been educated on
the effective use of wasteland for grid tied solar power plant. The success stories
have been reported in this paper.
K. Loganathan · J. Sowndharya · S. Vignesh
Renewable Energy Scholar, Centre for Rural Energy, The Gandhigram Rural
Institute-Deemed to Be University, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India
e-mail: loganathantkm@gmail.com
J. Sowndharya
e-mail: sowndharyathilak@gmail.com
S. Vignesh
e-mail: svickynkl94@gmail.com
V. Kirubakaran (B)
Centre for Rural Energy, The Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed to Be University,
Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India
e-mail: kirbakaran@yahoo.co.in
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
S. K. Ghosh (ed.), Solid Waste Policies and Strategies: Issues, Challenges
and Case Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1543-9_10
113