Located near Bodh Gaya in Bihar’s Jehanabad district, Dharnai, until recently, didn’t have access to electricity. A few years ago, the villagers took things in their own hands, and with help from Greenpeace, installed a solar-powered micro-grid, providing 24×7 electricity to more than 450 households and 50 commercial establishments. The village that houses 2,400 people is now self-sufficient in terms of energy needs. Dharnai's children no longer have to limit their studies to daytime, and with enough streetlights, women don't fear stepping out of their homes at night. Small industries are propping up prospering in the village.
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Mendha Lekha is a tribal village situated in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. After six years of legal battle, the village became first in India to be granted community forest rights. Today the village has a successful bamboo economy. The entire village, comprising 450 people belonging mainly to the Gond tribe, works together in cultivating bamboo as raw material for the paper industry. The villagers make profits in crores, and are using the money for several development and social welfare activities in the area.
bamboo
Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra
community forest rights
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Achala, situated in Odisha's Nabarangpur district was once counted among India's poorest villages. With positive interventions, however, things are now changing. Today, the village is being propelled into prosperity, thanks to its rising number of cashew growers. Cashew sells at Rs 100 per kilo in the market, which has helped increase the income of villagers. It yields quick incomes, and requires little water for management. Currently, 100 out 250 families here are growing cashew, with a steady rise in income and levels of prosperity.
achala, odissa, cashew
100 pers kg
no water
000
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Punsari is a village situated in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district. The small village, however, boasts of its free WiFi, CCTV cameras, and air-conditioned schools, water purifying plants, and biometric machines. With top notch facilities which can put metros to shame, Punsari has two primary schools and a primary health centre, proper street lights and an operational drainage system. Every home here has toilets. All of this was made possible by a young man, Himanshu Patel, who became the village's sarpanch at the age of 23. A graduate of North Gujarat University, Himanshu focused on ensuring government schemes get implemented in his village, with added focus on education, healthcare, and technology. The village and its people, since then, have been able to create wonders.
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9. A village where 111 trees are planted every time a girl-child is born - Piplantri, Rajasthan
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In a noble attempt to save the girl child while creating environmental benefits, the villagers of Piplantri plant 111 trees every time a girl child is born. The villagers also raise money and put it in a fixed deposit, to ensure the girl gets good education when she grows up. At the birth of the girl child, villagers come together in planting trees, and ensure that they survive and flourish. Over years, the villagers here have managed to plant over a quarter million trees on Piplantri’s grazing commons. The villagers also grow aloe vera, and process and market their products, including juice and gel. This, over years, has become a stable source of livelihood for many residents of Piplantri.
Actually, the yield of paneer depends upon the protein content of milk. But from normal milk averaging 4–5% fat and 3–4% protein, it yields about 12–18 gm of paneer from 100gm(approx 101ml) milk. So in this way we can have 120–180 gm paneer from 1 litre of milk.
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Mendha Lekha is a tribal village situated in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. After six years of legal battle, the village became first in India to be granted community forest rights. Today the village has a successful bamboo economy. The entire village, comprising 450 people belonging mainly to the Gond tribe, works together in cultivating bamboo as raw material for the paper industry. The villagers make profits in crores, and are using the money for several development and social welfare activities in the area.
bamboo
Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra
community forest rights
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Achala, situated in Odisha's Nabarangpur district was once counted among India's poorest villages. With positive interventions, however, things are now changing. Today, the village is being propelled into prosperity, thanks to its rising number of cashew growers. Cashew sells at Rs 100 per kilo in the market, which has helped increase the income of villagers. It yields quick incomes, and requires little water for management. Currently, 100 out 250 families here are growing cashew, with a steady rise in income and levels of prosperity.
achala, odissa, cashew
100 pers kg
no water
000
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Punsari is a village situated in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district. The small village, however, boasts of its free WiFi, CCTV cameras, and air-conditioned schools, water purifying plants, and biometric machines. With top notch facilities which can put metros to shame, Punsari has two primary schools and a primary health centre, proper street lights and an operational drainage system. Every home here has toilets. All of this was made possible by a young man, Himanshu Patel, who became the village's sarpanch at the age of 23. A graduate of North Gujarat University, Himanshu focused on ensuring government schemes get implemented in his village, with added focus on education, healthcare, and technology. The village and its people, since then, have been able to create wonders.
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9. A village where 111 trees are planted every time a girl-child is born - Piplantri, Rajasthan
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In a noble attempt to save the girl child while creating environmental benefits, the villagers of Piplantri plant 111 trees every time a girl child is born. The villagers also raise money and put it in a fixed deposit, to ensure the girl gets good education when she grows up. At the birth of the girl child, villagers come together in planting trees, and ensure that they survive and flourish. Over years, the villagers here have managed to plant over a quarter million trees on Piplantri’s grazing commons. The villagers also grow aloe vera, and process and market their products, including juice and gel. This, over years, has become a stable source of livelihood for many residents of Piplantri.
Actually, the yield of paneer depends upon the protein content of milk. But from normal milk averaging 4–5% fat and 3–4% protein, it yields about 12–18 gm of paneer from 100gm(approx 101ml) milk. So in this way we can have 120–180 gm paneer from 1 litre of milk.
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