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reason of selection

The site and the people

To ensure complete Community Participation, the villagers were involved in the process right from the stage of selecting the site. The villagers identified different sites available in that village.

They finally settled upon a plot, situated on a flat land amongst open fields, which was very close to the village market (haat), and Gram Panchayat Office (GP). The community wanted a community centre which gave an identity to the village and hence its location at the outskirts of the village was finalised to highlight it. Also, due to its high visibility it doubly served the purpose of being a technology demonstration unit among the villagers.

The local land revenue officer together with the UNVs conducted a feasibility study for the plot and its location. The land being Government owned a NOC (no objection certificate) for the construction of the community centres in the particular plot was obtained from the government.

Community participation

A Village Construction Committee (Nirmiti Samiti) was formed to carry out the various construction activities such as procurement of materials, employing the mason, detailed supervision, book keeping and accounts.