Best Villages of India
In India there are nearly 6 lacks villages. Out of these some villages have a specialty. This specialty make the villages different among the other and introduce a new way of life style and culture to people. Through out the years we forget our culture and traditions. Majority of villages adapted city life but there are some villages that didn't forget their history and love to nature.. Here is some of best villages of India.
1. Mawlynnong - Cleanest village of Asia
Mawlynnong is a village of the Meghalaya state, India. Mawlynnong is famous for its matrilineal society as well as having been dubbed "Asia's cleanest village". Mawlynnong is known for it's cleanliness. The waste from houses collected in bamboo dustbins, directed to pits and used as manure for crops. There is no usage of plastic covers and materials in the village. The villagers keep this village clean and everyone takes care of nature. In 2003 it becomes the "Asia's cleanest village".
2. Piplantri - Celebratiing girl child
What should we do if a baby girl born, some distribute sweets, some arranges small functions, but people of Piplantri, a village in Rajasthan plant 111 trees and celebrate the birth of girl child. They also ensures that every girl child have financial security by the time she becomes an adult. Therefore, after the birth of a girl child, the villagers contribute Rs 21,000 collectively and take Rs 10,000 from the parents of girl child. The ground water level was increased in village because of trees. The villagers plant over a quarter million trees in village. That the villagers show their love to nature and their child.
3. Hiware Bazar - A village with 60 Millionaires
Hiware Bazar a village in Maharashtra is noted for it's irrigation system and water conservation program. Papatrao Pawar the head of the village transformed the village struggling with drought and drinking water problems into one of the India's best model village. He solved these problems with building dams and dig ponds to trap the rain water and dig wells. The villagers build 52 earthen bunds, two percolation tanks, 32 stone bunds and 9 check dams by using only available government funds. Thus, the farming was increased in village, today there are nearly 60 millionaires and all families are in above poverty line.
4. Ralegan Siddhi - A model Indian Village
Ralegan Siddhi is a village in Maharashtra. It has become an example for various development activities. Like other villages in India it also has many problems, but when "Anna Hazare" settled in this village he decided to develop the village. He baptised the villagers with his five commandments, prohibition, family planning, a ban on open grazing, a ban on felling trees and voluntary labor. The villagers constructed percolation tank, ban on dowry system, cast discrimination and untouchability. They construct the school building with their own funds. Anna Hazare says that " the process of Ralegan's evolution to an ideal village will not stop. With changing times people tends to evolve new ways. In future Ralegan might present a different model to the country.
5. Kokrebellur - The Village of Birds
Kokrebellur is a village located in Karnataka. This village is fomous for the conservation of it's nature. The village is not a reserved forest sanctuary nor operated by government but it become one of the breed centers of painted stork and spot- billed pelicans. "The birds love the habitat of village and villagers love the birds". The village appears as the perfect example of an Indian village with cattle, huts, water bodies, paddy and sugarcane fields etc. The government later establishes many programs to conserve the birds. It seems that there is a relation between birds and villagers.
6. Khonoma - Green village of Nagaland
Khonoma is the village of Nagaland with beautiful forests and wild life. It become famous during the rule of British. The villagers fought with British soldiers for their freedom. Later the village elders decided to conserve the nature. They stand against the hunting of wild life and cutting trees. The houses of village built by stone, wood and bamboo sticks. They use the wooden furniture and metal utensils. The village was famous for it's culture and tradition. We can explore different types of trees and wild animals near the village. Everywhere there are many stone carvings in the village. "Looking beautiful and purity of nature it become the Green Village of India".
These villages stand unique among other villages. The leaders and people of villages need to be take steps to develop the villages with it's own resources. It is necessary to bring change in our thinking to fight the problems like drought, drinking water problems, literacy, etc.
