NCCL to mordenise tribal village VANAJ in North Gujarat

NCCL has on 21.11.2014 launched its new Project “Rainbow Hills” from village VANAJ, in Taluka Vijayanagar, District: Sabarkantha in North Gujarat.

In a simple Ceremony, Taluka Mamlatdar,  Mr Prajapati, in the presence of villagers & NCCL Volunteers started the work of re-constructions and modernization of houses in the picturesque Vanaj village which is situated on a small hillock facing a huge lake.

After necessary survey, NCCL has selected 10 houses in village: Vanaj, for reconstruction and repair.  The selected houses are constructed by the Adivasis using mud for walls and local wood for ceiling.  Adivasis in  Vijaynagar Taluka are living in dilapidated  dusty houses  in an unhealthy conditions and uncontrolled element of their routine misery.

Under the scheme  the NCCL will do  Repair of walls, floor, roof, Varendas , Plastering of mud walls & floor with Cement , Laying Cement Sheet on the roof for protection from rains, heat etc and putting tiles (Nadiya) on it for long lasting roof protection ,Colouring of roof top and Construction of toilets.   

NCCL will arrange Cleaning of surrounding area with the help of local Adivasis of the selected houses and will guide them to maintain clean & hygienic surroundings and also to stop using plastic products, causing maximum damage to the Environment. The entire cost of repair/reconstruction etc will be borne by the NCCL.

The aim of this scheme is to provide basic amenities to the poor Adivasis, without disturbing their lifestyle, traditions and surroundings. Further, these Adivasis will also be guided to rent out one room in these neatly Re-constructed houses to the tourists interested in eco-tourism, which will generate income for them.

NCCL in the past successfully implemented Mission ENDURE, in Ahmedabad City to reduce dust pollution by constructing footpaths from pre-cast Cement Concrete blocks, which was a unique practical, positive and participatory project  implemented in association with Ahmedabad Muncipal Corporation (AMC).

Newslink, the Pioneer, New Delhi dated 24.11.2014 below:

http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/nccl-to-modernise-north-gujarat-tribal-village.html

V K Saxena

President

NCCL

Ahmedabad

Project Rainbow Hills under clean India initiative

One of the prime concerns of NCCL is to provide an expression to the potential strength of environment to rejuvenate itself and present it to the people at large as a new dimension of civil liberty to realize harmonious and sustainable development of nature with respect to man. 

We have followed this principle in many of our earlier Missions, a visible example of which has come to be known in Ahmedabad as Mission ENDURE (ENsuring DUst REduction).  Through Mission ENDURE, we established a culture of presenting to people a clean city endowed with good air quality.  It also epitomized our resolve to bring into play the simple principles that are otherwise shrouded in ignorance and callousness. More importantly, we strived to restore popular civil liberty to expect betterment of contemporary life. 

On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, another simple principle has been emerging in our minds to develop  dilapidated houses on small hillocks in the vicinity of Shamlaji (Gujarat). These hills 

comes  both the sides on National Highway No-8 while driving from Ahmedabad to Udaipur. We recognize that the potential of this plan may hold the key to a series of eco-development drives in India . 

To Support Prime Minister Mr Modi’s initiative of Clean India, I along with NCCL team, visited beautiful Shamlaji Hill’s area on 2^nd October-2014 and selected 6 dilapidated houses of village Odhapadia. NCCL will reconstruct these houses and will handover it to the poor residents with toilets and other amenities in few months time as a part of its small contribution to the Nation. We are hopeful that the place will turn into a beautiful landscape worthy of emulation and appreciation.

V K Saxena

President

NCCL

Ahmedabad.

Pictures of Odhapadia: