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www.mantra.com/jyotish (Dr. Jai Maharaj) wrote:
>The wonder of Raj-Samadhiyala village
>
>Rajkot - When most of Gujarat is reeling under severe
>drought conditions and the horror stories from the state
>come in an unending flow, this village actually has its
>residents being choosy over the kind of water they have
>in their village!
>
>About 20 kilometres from Rajkot, Raj Samadhiyala is an
>oasis in the arid Saurashtra region. The village not only
>has ample water but also two schools in which children
>from 19 surrounding villages study, besides electricity,
>telephones, pucca houses, colour televisions, even luxury
>cars and mobile phones. The village has wide, spotless
>lanes and roads. Even the 2000-odd livestock here look
>well-fed and fat.
>
>"Though there is enough water at home, I am getting more
>water as I do not like the flavour of the water at home",
>says Manima, who is in her 60s. All the 280 households in
>this interior Saurashtra village are getting round-the-
>clock piped water in their homes.
>
>There is no migration from this village, it is crime
>free, to the extent that a popular saying in the village
>is that anyone opening a shop for locks in the village
>would go bankrupt.
>
>The village has a very low school drop out rate, it has
>already received the state government award for topping
>the state in family planning targets, girls are given a
>preference over boys in admissions to the secondary
>school.
>
>And the man behind all this is Hardevsinh Baldevsinh
>Jadeja, a local who graduated in English literature from
>Suarashtra before returning to the village to become its
>sarpanch at a young age of 26, reports PTI.
>
>Thursday, May 18, 2000
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