Title- Student Experience Regarding Sanitation and Cleanliness on the Route to Kohinoor Business School
Author- Surajkumar Jha-71
Deven Kamble- 75
Krishi Pandey- 93
Introduction-
A significant disparity exists between the internal sanitation standards of Kohinoor Business School and the external civic infrastructure along the Vidyavihar Station route. The external commuting path currently fails to meet acceptable municipal cleanliness benchmarks.
Objective-
To understand the issue of the underlying problem.
Literature Review-
1. Systemic Waste Management Failure
According to Kumar et al., (2017) Inefficient municipal solid waste (MSW) management in Indian megacities causes chronic street-level garbage overflows, specifically along high-traffic transit routes. This systemic failure directly explains the persistent uncollected waste reported by our survey respondents.
2. Commuter Stress and Mobility
According to Rao & Prasad, (2021) Navigating poor street sanitation – including foul odours and uncollected trash – forces pedestrians into constant risk-assessment, significantly degrading daily mobility and increasing transit stress. This scientifically validates our findings that the dirty commute actively harms pedestrians.
Data Collection-
For our problem we have chosen the topic as “Student Experience Regarding Sanitation and Cleanliness on the Route to Kohinoor Business School”. We have framed 5 questions to be asked on Likert scale.
The Questions/ Statements are as follows:
Q.1- I find the route from Vidyavihar Station to KBS consistently clean.
Q.2- I regularly see uncollected garbage on this specific commute.
Q.3- I experience foul odours from waste along this street.
Q.4- I have to actively avoid stepping in trash on my way to campus.
Q.5- I feel the poor street sanitation negatively affects my daily commute.
Google form was framed with linear option. 1 as strongly disagree and 5 as strongly agree for each question. The google form was personally shared with our classmates and colleagues who daily commute to Kohinoor business school from Vidyavihar station in confidence. After surveying 100 students, responses were downloaded in excel sheet. For each question Mean, Standard Deviation (SD), Standard Error (SE) and Z (T Stat) were calculated.
Data analysis-
|
|
Q.1 |
Q.2 |
Q.3 |
Q.4 |
Q.5 |
|
Mean |
3.97 |
2.68 |
4.07 |
3.75 |
4.09 |
|
Standard Deviation |
1.09 |
1.39 |
1.00 |
1.08 |
0.95 |
|
Standard Error |
0.109 |
0.139 |
0.100 |
0.108 |
0.095 |
|
T stat |
8.98 |
-2.30 |
10.81 |
7.01 |
11.47 |
|
Result |
Accepted Positively |
Accepted Negatively |
Accepted Positively |
Accepted Positively |
Accepted Positively |
Conclusion-
Commuters definitively observe uncollected garbage on their route. They statistically reject the claim that the Vidyavihar to KBS commute is clean. Commuters overwhelmingly agree that the street constantly smells like waste. They are routinely forced to dodge garbage while walking. The data overwhelmingly proves that the filthy environment actively degrades the daily commuting experience. Overall, immediate action should be taken by authorities assigned for the specific duty for maintaining cleanliness between the way from Vidyavihar station to KBS college.
References-
1. Adhikari, B., & Bivina, G. R. (2020). Walkability index for Indian cities: A case study. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 8, 100268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2020.100268
2. Kumar, S., Smith, S. R., Fowler, G., Velis, C., Kumar, S. J., Arya, S., Rena, R., Kumar, R., & Cheeseman, C. (2017). Challenges and opportunities associated with waste management in India. Royal Society Open Science, 4(3), 160764. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160764
