panaji goa university gu has set up a directorate of unnat bharat abhiyan uba on campus and the varsity under the central government scheme has adopted the five villages of nauxipirabhat cacra siridaopalem marcaim and gudiparoda the villages are mix of those located in the campus neighbourhood and in other parts of the stateunder uba of the union human resource development hrd ministry institutes of higher education through their faculty and students carry out studies of living conditions in the adopted villages and assess the local problems and needs based on the study solutions to issues related to health cleanliness waste management plantation financial inclusion women and child development are worked out by leveraging technological interventions the institutes also help improve the implementation of various government schemesthe university launched its uba programme from nauxim village of curcabambolimtelaulim village panchayat this week speaking at the programme gu vicechancellor varun sahni said that activities will be held throughout the year that benefit the villagers s n dhuri will act as director of the universitys uba programme on the launch of the varsitys uba programme a lecture was conducted for the villagers by dr uday kakodkar of goa medical college hospital he spoke on the importance of personal hygiene and the sanitation scenario and suggested remedial measures to achieve a diseasefree healthy life the doctor also informed villagers about the dos and donts in the monsoon effects of open defecation and contamination of drinking water dr kakodkar spoke about avoiding junk food as it is known to cause chronic diseasestwo street plays on water management and conservation and sanitation and cleanliness were also presented by the students of gus department of microbiology and kiran parsekar an ma student of the department of womens studiessarpanch maria leena da cunha and panch members promised goa university of their full cooperation