Thursday, January 5, 2012

Ek Anokha Gaon

Gambhoi ke nikat Punsri naam ka ek gaon hai jisko Gujarat government ne "ideal village" ghoshit kiya hai. Chief Minister Narendra Modi ne iss gaon ko well maintained aur advanced hone ke liye award bhi present kiya hai. Mera kal wahan jaana hua. Incidentally, wahan ke sarpanch Himanshu Bhai Patel sadhak hain...unki Baapu ji aur mere prati bahut shraddha hai. Unke netritva mein gaon ne khub pragati ki hai. Himanshu ji ne mera bahut accha swagat kiya aur mujhse gaon mein unke ghar jaane ki prarthana ki. Unke ghar jaane ke baad unhone mujhe poora gaon dekhne ki ek aur prarthana ki. Iss gaon ko dekhne ki ruchi mujhe bhi thi, to maine bhi sarpanch ki baat maan li. Himanshu ji ne mujhe gram panchayat ki taraf se aayojit gram sewa mein lagi hui ek bus mein baitha kar gaon ki sair karwane ki baat ki...yeh baat mujhe bahut pasand aa gayi...aur hum nikal pade village ki round trip per.
Gaon ki ek ek development dekh kar main aascharyachakit reh gaya. Yeh aisa gaon tha jahan ki advancement ke mukaabale mein metropolitian cities bhi shayad peechhe hain. Yahan ke kuch highlighting progressive set ups iss prakar hain:

1. Poore gaon mein audio system hai. Har gali mein uski connectivity hai. Roz subah sham ki sandhya, aarti audio system ke dwara harr ghar mein pahaunchti hai. Kisi ko koi message dena ho to wo bhi iss audio system ke dwara bheja jaata hai.
2. The entire village runs with the help of solar light.
3. There is a huge shopping complex under construction, which will support 120 shops that will sell items of daily use. The villagers will not need to go to cities for shopping.
4. The village maintains its own website, which has a special column of keeping financial transparency. All the money exchange w.r.t the govt is on display. Sabhi gaon ke log bahut imaandari se paise use karte hain.
5. Village ke sabhi gates bahut khoobsoorati se decorated hain. Sabhi per LCD displays hain.
6. Food storage facility bhi bahut advanced hai.
7. The entire village has neat and clean roads. The drainage system is well-maintained and has been constructed underground.
8. Harr ghar ko daily consumption ke liye 4 Rupees mein 20 litre ka filtered water milta hai. Summers mein Rs. 6 ka 20 litre thanda paani milta hai.

Urban sector ko iss gaon se avashya prerna leni chaahiye. Villagers ki unity, unka purusharth, Himanshu Bhai Patel ki leadership, aur sabhi nivaasiyon ka ishwar ke prati bhakti-bhaav hee iss gaon ki unnati ka mukhya kaaran hai.

2 comments:

  1. Hariom Sai. Today India needs villages like this. Aise sarpanch aur ministers ki aaj desh ko bahut jarurat hai.

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