Sustainable and Resilient Sanitation

Sustainable and Resilient Sanitation

Sustainable Sanitation for the Young

Sustainable Sanitation for the Young

Build Your Own Toilet

Build Your Own Toilet

Serving the Under-served

Serving the Under-served

Bringing Safety to Women and Children

Bringing Safety to Women and Children

Conserving and Recycling Resources

Conserving and Recycling Resources

Nirgandh Technology

WASH SOLUTIONS

Nirgandh , endeavours to provide technology driven, affordable WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene) solutions for healthy sanitation practices that save lives and conserves water. As part of the Cleantech industry we provide environment friendly, easy to deploy and economical solution for necessary sanitation needs.

PHILOSOPHY

We believe in delivering high quality, sustainable and affordable WASH solutions with complete honesty. Our organization believes in innovating and embracing new technology to evolve, learn and make a positive difference in the society by providing clean and hyigenic sanitation solutions to one and all. 

IMPACT CREATED

1600

Cleanliness
Touching 1600+ lives everyday

320

Dignity and safety of women
320 doors installed

850

Water Conservation
Saving 850 liters of water everyday

3020

Water recycling

Impact Stories

From Old To New
From Old To New
Location – Ajmer, Rajasthan

Moinia Islamia High School, established in 1910 has been catering to the education needs of the area for over 110 years. An institution that continuously focuses on adopting the new, has provided a new set of sanitation facility using the technology developed by DRDO and the system designed by Nirgandh.

The installation helps ensure that the students have access to clean, safe and sustainable sanitation. The technology ensures that there is no contamination of soil and ground water.

Continuous Development
Continuous Development
Location – Tain, District Nuh, Haryana

Progressive thought process at the leadership level helps create and sustain change. Tain, a village in Haryana is an example. The village  is a ‘Smartpur’ village, a digital village ecosystem. The digital ecosystem has a Wifi hub, a medical clinic and they have provided an ambulance for medical emergencies. The ecosystem that has bee set up at the panchayat ghar, also has an assistance point for governance, a teaching centre to help students with their academics and the team also assists with finance information and assistance.

The focus for ‘Team Tain” is to continue being a game changer. And in this endeavour  they have also moved to the new sanitation technology. They have set up a community toilet at the ‘Smartpur’ using the bio-digester technology developed by DRDO . The installation and display of the technology has also encouraged individuals in the village to move to this technology.

Empowering Women
Empowering Women
Location – Imamnagar, District Nuh, Haryana

Seen many movies where women in clusters are walking a distance, at odd hours,  just to go to the toilet.  This ‘reel life’ is ‘real life’ for a lot of women across the world.  This is due to lack of access to a safe sanitation facility.

Realizing this desperate need, a young and open minded Sarpanch decided to make a change. A ‘Nirgandh’ facility was set up in the village to make life easier for the women. A 4 door facility, with two of these toilets reserved for women. It has been placed at a location where there is running water and electricity. More and more women are encouraged to use the facility and not go into the wilderness. Safety was the most important priority and this installation helped achieve it.

Change is a mindset and that is what needed to be altered!

We Stand As Equals
We Stand As Equals
Location – Badarpur, District Nuh, Haryana

A school catering to 200+ children was seeing an increased drop-out rate amongst girl students. After talking to them and analyzing the situation it was not difficult to identify the problem – there was no toilet complex for girls. A real, in the face issue encountered by thousands of girls.

A ‘Nirgandh’ facility was set up in the school compound. Now, more than 100 girls have access to a safe and hygienic facility and they no longer need to worry about a basic right that each individual deserves. We have seen a considerable reduction in the drop-out rates and our efforts certainly seem worthwhile.

Safe sanitation is not a privilege it is the right of every individual. We would like to make that happen!

Our Responsibility To The Environment
Our Responsibility To The Environment
Location – Dehradun
Nirgandh has installed its sanitation system at 2 schools in the Dehradun district
(Dharampur and Banjarawala). Both these schools are for under privileged students
(boys & girls). The schools are managed by an NGO called Asara.
We are proud to say that these installations impact 350+ students on an ongoing basis.
The children today do not have to worry about access to safe sanitation.
The students are also aware of how water is being conserved, reused and recycled. The
output water from the bio-digester is treated through a reed bed to make it irrigation
friendly. The students from the schools have worked tirelessly to utilize this treated
water for increasing greenery around their school.
The smiles say it all! Sincere efforts will always reap results.

FAQ's

Specially developed bacteria inoculums consume the fecal matter and convert it into water and methane under anaerobic conditions.
The bio-reactor tank is sealed against ingress of air and that makes it anaerobic.
Special nano titanium oxide coating Make the sliding of fecal matter in the toilet bowl easy Reduces odour from the cabin Removes bacteria and viruses caused by cough, sneeze and touch from cabin surfaces Prevents water from coalescing on cabin floor
The technology is validated by DRDO (Defence Research Development Organization) Gwalior.
It is a four stage process – Hydrolysis, Acidogenesis, Acetogenesis and Methanogenesis.
The by-products are nutrient rich water and traces of methane.
No there is practically no sludge even after many years of use.
Solid sludge will remain in the tank as thin slurry, without harming the process.
There is no need to recharge the bacteria as it regenerates itself every few hours.
Nor chemicals are used in the process. In fact strong acids and alkalis are prohibited from being put into the tank. Mild cleaning detergents, in small quantities do not harm the bacteria.
Fecal matter drops directly into the bio-digester tank hence no flushing is required. This conserves water. No energy is required for the process and thereby reduces the carbon footprint. Water is recovered from the fecal matter and urine.
The output water is substantially pathogen free and can be recycled easily for further use in horticulture, mopping and cleaning.
The technology is effective in a wide range of temperatures between very cold temperatures of -500 C and very hot temperatures of +500 C.
Pit latrines and septic tanks leach pathogens into the earth which can go down 50 meters and 20 meters radial distance causing contamination of wells and hand pump reservoirs. Pit latrines and septic tanks require periodic emptying which is harmful to the cleaning staff. Bio-digester toilets give out pathogen free water which does not contaminate water resources. It also does not need periodic emptying.

Practically no servicing is required for the digester.

The cabin, toilet bowl and cabin floor need to be kept washed and cleaned with minimum usage
of mild cleaning chemicals.

The toilet should be cleaned regularly with mild cleaning chemicals. It needs very little water.
The user should not discard items like bidis, cigarettes, paper, plastic, cloth, sanitary pads etc
into the toilet bowl. These items should be disposed off in separate waste bins.

Yes for Public and Community toilets.

The prices vary with sizes, usage and specifications. They are expected to range from Rs
20,000/- to Rs 70,000/- per cabin.

For individual households, Nirgandh assists buyers in getting loans and grants through SHGs,
BOs, Banks and Foundations.

Payment Plans – The payment plans are negotiable depending upon commercial considerations.

Mobile units for events are available for rent.

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