SOMAARTH – Demographic Development and Environmental Surveillance Site (DDESS)
In 2009, INCLEN established it’s first Demographic Development and Environmental Surveillance Site (DDESS) in Haryana (60 Kms from New Delhi). The DDESS site is known as SOMAARTH-PALWAL encompassing 51 contiguous villages from three blocks with over 200,000 population
In 2018, INCLEN established it’s second Ddemographic Ddevelopment and Eenvironmental Ssurveillance Site (DDESS) in Bareilly District,Uttar Pradesh (270 Km from New Delhi). This DDESS site is known as SOMAARTH-BAREILLY encompassing 45 contiguous villages from three blocks with over 90,000 population
In 2020, INCLEN established it’s third Demographic Development and Environmental Surveillance Site (DDESS) in Mawphlang, East Khasi Hills District (EKHD) (150 Kms from Guwahati and 25 Km from Shillong, Meghalaya). The DDESS site is known as SOMAARTH-MAWPHLANG encompassing 206 contiguous villages Mawphlang and Sohiong Blocks of East Khasi Hills District with over 1,00,000 population
SOMAARTH is a Sanskrit word meaning :
SOM – highest form of physical, mental and spiritual health
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ARTH– money, wealth and resources
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SOMAARTH – synergy between economic development, environmental changes, social changes and health of the individual, family and community
It is a cross-sectoral initiative to develop novel, innovative and real world solutions that helps to create healthier, prosperous and sustainable communities
It integrates real time geospatial surveillance to document economic, environment and demographic transitions and their interplay’s
