Unnat Bharat Abhiyan

Name : Dabhon, Gram Panchayat- Gargaon, Tal-Vada, Dist-Palghar
Population : 487
No of Families - 102 : M-246 : F-241
Occupation of most of Villagers : Farming
Main crop which they grow : Rice
Closeness to the Institute : 125 km
Caste Factor : - In Dabhon village, most of the village population was Schedule Tribe (ST), very few were Schedule Caste (SC).
Literacy - Most of the villagers were upto 8th standard due to lack of higher education facilities.

Reasons for Selection of this Village

a) It is 125km away from Institute.

b) Backwardness is really high.

c) Huge Scope for Development.

d) Basic needs like Sanitation, Drinking Water, Roads, Education, Clinic/Hospital, Public Toilet, Employment etc.

Summary

• During visit we observe that the literacy rate of the villagers was very poor due to the unavailability of the secondary and higher secondary schools. Secondary schools are located at a distance of 5Km and Higher Secondary at distance of 20 Km approximately.
• Only two schools offering secondary and higher secondary education is available in a radious of 20 Km around the village. Number of seats/ sections available in these two schools are limited due to non-availability of teachers. So very few students get admission in secondary and higher secondary but large number of students are forced to discontinue their education due to which child marriage has been observed. Hence literacy in the village is very poor and as well as the employment.
• There is crisis of drinking water and water for daily needs throughout the year due to which they are forced to drink unhygienic river water, hence skin diseases and other diseases related to water are rampant.
• Due the unavailability of water they crop only Rice during monsoon, rest of the year land remains unutilized. There is no awareness of scientific techniques of farming.
• Transportation facilities connecting to nearby villages/towns are not adequate. This has affected the education and employability of village.
• During the visit the team spread awareness about harmful effect of plastic and hygiene and various other important parameters and also distribute the cloth bags.

Development Plan

1) More section for Higher education in Gargaon can be facilitated to overcome the problem of secondary/higher education or e-learning facilities can be provided.

2) Since the stamina/health of the people is very good and having lot of potential, they can be trained for the sports like Kabaddi and Kho- kho so that they can make their career in this domain.

3) School children may be sensitizing through special classes/quiz /competition etc.

4) To promote the Secondary education in village, students those who are really good in study can be provided bicycles with the help of gram-panchayat so that they can reduce travel time and concentrate on their study.

5) Campaign for creating awareness about hygiene and sanitation with the help of nearest Govt. medical Sub centre.

6) Water pumping from the river and Purification system for water in village can be set up so that the problem of drinking water and for farming the different crops(like vegetables etc.) can be facilitated in this way they can earn money by selling the vegetables and can also utilized the land. It has to be according to the population and finance.

7) Technical solutions such e-marketing, social media marketing can help the SHG group for marketing and improve their business.

Locality Name : Apti
Taluka Name : Wada
District : Thane
State : Maharashtra
Region : Konkan
Division : Konkan
Elevation/ Altitude: 102 meters. Above Seal level
Literacy - Most of the villagers were upto 8th standard due to lack of higher education facilities.

Reasons for Selection of this Village

a) It is 80km away from Institute.

b) Backwardness is really high.

c) Huge Scope for Development.

d) Basic needs like Sanitation, Drinking Water, Roads, Education, Clinic/Hospital, Public Toilet, Employment etc.

Summary

• The visit was a huge learning experience for all the students. The objectives that were laid down for the visit were by and large met.
• The most important benefit of the visit was that we got overall idea about current situation of development in Apti.
• The food, weather and surroundings were different.
• Professors and the students interacted extremely well with the local community as well as adjusted admirably to the rural setting.
• During the visit the students spread awareness about harmful effect of plastic and hygiene and various other important parameters.
• Professors spoke with official staff from government and elected representatives in village
• Overall experience of visit was very nice

Development Plan

1) Cloth bags are distributed and an awareness campaign was organized to aware them about the harmful effects of plastic. Plastic was collected from village and sent for recycling.

2) Working on to find the concrete solution for making potable water available at doorsteps.

3)Planning to conduct an awareness programme for village people about all govt. Schemes & facilities

4) To conduct various literacy programmes to increase the literacy ratio as most of the people are illiterate.

Name : Asnas, Tal-Vada, Dist-Palghar
Population : 2000
Occupation of most of Villagers : Farming
Main crop which they grow : Rice

Reasons for Selection of this Village

a) Backwardness is really high.

b) Huge Scope for Development.

c) Basic needs like Sanitation, Drinking Water, Roads, Education, Clinic/Hospital, Public Toilet, Employment etc.

Summary

• The visit was a huge learning experience for all the students. The objectives that were laid down for the visit were by and large met.
• The most important benefit of the visit was that we got overall idea about current situation of development in Asnas.
• Professors and the students interacted extremely well with the local community as well as adjusted admirably to the rural setting.
• During the visit the students spread awareness about harmful effect of plastic and hygiene and various other important parameters.Cloth bags were distubuted to the local ladies.
• Professors spoke with official staff from government and elected representatives in village
• Overall experience of visit was very nice

Development Plan

1) Purification system for water in village can be set up with the help of institute and NGO. It has to be according to the population and finance.

2) Projectors and computer facilities can be donated to primary school (run by government) in village.

3) Students who are not going to school can be identified with the help of Sarpanch and Primary school teachers in village. We can offer support to these students.

4) LSome income schemes for household ladies can be implemented with the help of some NGOs.

Name : Ambiste Khurd, Tal-Vada, Dist-Palghar
Population : 1311
Occupation of most of Villagers : Farming
Main crop which they grow : Rice
Closeness to the Institute : 113 km

Reasons for Selection of this Village

a) It is 113km away from Institute.

b) Backwardness is really high.

c) Huge Scope for Development.

d) Basic needs like Sanitation, Drinking Water, Roads, Education, Clinic/Hospital, Public Toilet, Employment etc.

Summary

• The visit was a huge learning experience for all the students. The objectives that were laid down for the visit were by and large met.
• The most important benefit of the visit was that we got overall idea about current situation of development in Ambiste Khurd.
• The real situation was worse than we expected.
• The food, weather and surroundings were different.
• Professors and the students interacted extremely well with the local community as well as adjusted admirably to the rural setting.
• During the visit the students spread awareness about harmful effect of plastic and hygiene and various other important parameters.
• Professors spoke with official staff from government and elected representatives in village
• Overall experience of visit was very nice

Development Plan

1) Purification system for water in village can be set up with the help of institute and NGO. It has to be according to the population and finance.

2) Projectors and computer facilities can be donated to primary school (run by government) in village.

3) Students who are not going to school can be identified with the help of Sarpanch and Primary school teachers in village. We can offer support to these students.

4) Library can be set up in village. We can donate book to this library, which ultimately will help students and villagers.

Name : Aamgaon
District / State : Palghar, Maharashtra
Population : 1328

Summary

The survey of 90 villagers was conducted successfully. After a brief discussion with all the team members, we mapped out the positives of the village:

• Availability of water was the major issue in most areas since the sources of water were almost a kilometer to two kilometers away from their homes and hardly a few of them had tap water at their homes. For irrigation, their only source of water was the rain.
• Electricity was available for only a few hours every day and was intermittent with no fixed timings of power cuts. Two padas specifically mentioned that the transformer was not working.
• Lack of proper education and schooling. No middle and secondary schools
• No hospital, clinic or veterinary services.
• Solar lamps were available all around the village but none of them had battery maintenance so they were not working at all. No street lights were there on road.
• Most of them were unaware of the Yojnas or schemes by the government of India excluding Swachh Bharat Mission Toilet and PM Awas Yojana which was again, known to a few.
• The village lacked a drainage system altogether.
• Lack of female hygiene.

Development Plan

1) Working on to find the concrete solution for making potable water available at doorsteps.

2) Planning to conduct an awareness programme for village people about all govt. Schemes & facilities.

3) To conduct various literacy programme to increase the literacy ratio as most of the people are illiterate.

4) Trying to find a concrete solution for electricity issue.