Development of Villages in India!

While I am writing this there is a discussion going on bringing the black money back at central level, Devendra Fadnavis becoming Maharastra CM, relief work kn Hud Hud Cyclone, Kathi controversies, sudden knowledge gained intellectuals posting how corporates are looting our villages. People of a village in Tamilnadu protesting against Pepsi and Swach Bharat campaign promotion in media.

Leaving all these aside, lets think how villages in India can be developed with little financial requirements and maximum effort. You may think its far from reality, but it is not. I am penning down my thoughts on how can India become a developed country through the development of our villages. For some these may be looking awsome,for many these may look like someone who wrote something to prove his knowledge.

Make environment Greener:

This should be the first requirement to be met for the nations development through rural development. It may look funny,but its the most required at the moment. Motorized vehicles have grown by huge numbers and almost there is a vehicle for every 10-20 people. As a result of which,the Carbon dioxide emissions are growing by huge margins every year, with the amount of trees cut down for various reasons, the environmental balance is mot maintaied. As a result of it, the rainfall level is going down every year,with irregular monsoon cycles,resulting in underground water level going down every year.

Lets have a solution for this and bring our environmental balance back. Lets make more lands cultivable, lets have good water resources for our livehood. Lets make our nation a less polluted one,by creating pollution free or low polluted villages. One may ask why not urban areas too, lets start with rural areas and then shift it to urban areas as well.

There were messages from governments of states and the centre, to grow a tree for every home, harvest rain water to make our future generations live happily. Are we taking it seriously? My answer is a big NO,because almost everyone does not take this to their minds and keep cutting the trees,not plant new ones and finally say Rain God deceived them. If you protect your nature,it will protect you, if you dont, it wont.

Is it so difficult for us to plant a tree or two for every house for a better future? I dont think so. But are we doing it? A big NO again for it. And how can we expect timely monsoons and a good underground water level? Are we  protecting our water resources, are we creating enough opportunites in our villages to keep the rain water sink into ground? Again NO for this. In most of the villages accross our country, the lakes and ponds are destroyed or either under maintained,which is one of the major reasons why rain water is let out waste.

We have 100 day work programme,wherein all rural unemployed are utilized for doing work that is required for villages, like laying roads, maintaining lakes,ponds etc. But we are not doing it properly and just spending money. A work that can be done in a day is counted for 2-3 days and all the works are done half baked. There are very few places where this scheme was utilized properly,but in many places it is not. If the water bodies are maintained properly, the environment will be definetely  greener,the ecosystem will be on a balance and most importantly,you preserve the nature for future...

To be continued!!!!