Times of India [21 May, 2012 ] reports about the existence of an Indian
village which you would not expect to come across till 2050
Here are the details:
- Name of
village / State
Punsari (Himmatnagar/Gujarat)
- Recognition
Voted best Gram Panchayat ( out of 240,000 ) by Govt of
India
- What does
it have ( that is futuristic ) ?
- WiFi to
cover village
- Optical
Fibre Broadband Network
- Air
conditioned Schools
- CCTV
cameras in class-rooms to watch over teachers
- Schools
with zero drop out rates
- 25+ CCTV
at street junctions to catch litterbugs
- Mini-bus
transport system
- Rs 1 lakh
insurance cover for each of the 6000 villagers
- Rs 25,000
Med claim policy for each villager
- Reverse
Osmosis plant to supply 20 liter clean water to each house for Rs 4 /- (
Dean Kamen, take heart ! )
- How did Panchayat
( Village Council ) manage this miracle ?
- By
managing its own funds well
- By better
management of funds received from State / Central Governments
- By
selling part of village grazing land as plotted schemes to various
communities
- Village
Panchayat ( Council ) capital has gone up from Rs 25,000 five years ago
to Rs 75 lakhs today
- By
villagers agreeing on a co-operative approach to development
- What “
obvious “ factor did Times of India leave unstated ?
- There are
no corrupt people in the village panchayat
- My
suggestions to Punsari Village Panchayat
- Invite
Management Institutes to prepare case-study
- Request
Peter / Steven ( Authors ) to write a sequel to their excellent book,”
Abundance: Future is better than you think “
- Build a 3
star hotel in village – then invite Panchayats from all over India to
send delegations on Study Tours . One more source of income . The
Panchayat has a name for it :
“ Development
Tourism “ !
For additional info , visit : http://deshgujarat.com/2012/04/28/gujarats-punsri-village-wins-best-gram-panchayat-award-nationally/
Hemen Parekh
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