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RURAL HABITAT
Hiware
Bazar - A village with 54 millionaires
Hiware
Bazare, a village in Maharashtra's drought-prone Ahmednagar district
, was sliding into an abyss after degrading its environment. But in
less than a decade it turned itself around: into one of the most
prosperous villages of the country. There is no magic wand, just
common sense. It used funds from government schemes, to regenerate
its natural resources- forests, watershed and soil-led by a strong
village body. It had a role model in the district-Ralegan Siddhi, the
village Anna Hazare turned around. Now Hiware Bazar is in turn an
exemplar for the whole of Ahmednagar district, where others have used
the same scheme to conserve and prosper. Neha Sakhuja travelled the
district and came back with an inspirational story.
by
Neha Sakhuja, Down to Earth, 31/01/2008,
Save
up on a rainy day
A kolner village resumed its lucrative floriculture in 2005—three years
after abandoning it due to drought. Raghu Thange, a farmer, has earned
Rs 5 lakh this financial year selling chrysanthemums. The 15-metre open
well on his 5-ha plot has water up to 6-8 metres. He has now bought
five cows and plans to use organic manure for the next phase of
floriculture.
The village has learnt bitterly from the drought, says Anil Mehetre,
former sarpanch of Akolner. The memory of this period—spread over three
years from 2001 to 2003 has still not disappeared.
by
Sunita Narain, Down to Earth, 31/01/2008,
A
mixed bag
Haryana's
Land Acquisition Po,licy and the Resettlement and Rehabilitation
Policy (R&R) has
come
as a mixed bag for farmers and landowners
by
Munieshwer A. Sagar, The Hindustan Times, 12/01/2008
Rebels
transform into saviours of greens
Jalpaiguri,
West Bengal: Backwardness in a region may breed insurgency and
militancy. Development and economic upliftment therefore, are the
best antidote for these social malaise. Kalipur, Ramsai and the
neighbouring slums in Gorumara national forest range in
Jalpaiguri in West Bengal have
proved this. These slums, which were once the happy hunting ground for
the Kamtapuri Liberation Organisation (KLO), have been transformed into an eco-village by its inhabitants.
by
Subhasish chaudhuri, The Asian Age, 28/01/2008
