Digital-Divide/D0/Model-Village-Hiware-Bazar/English

Title of script: Script for Model Village – Hiware Bazar (Digital Divide)

Author: Mayank Milind, IIT-B, Summer Intern 2013

Video: Spoken Tutorial Team, IIT Bombay

Keywords: Problems faced Hiware bazar, Current condition of Hiware Bazar

Visual Cue	Narration
Opening Slide	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Model Village : Hiware Bazar
Learning Objective	In this tutorial we will learn about:- Problems faced by people of Hiware Bazar Current Condition of Hiware Bazar and Practices that helped bring about these changes
Show Slide Title: Problems faced by the people of Hiware Bazar Pic 1	Problems faced by the people of Hiware Bazar The people of Hiware Bazar depended on rain for agriculture.
Pic 2	Heavy soil erosion had degraded the land quality.
Pic 3	Drinking water was scarcely available.
Pic 4	They did not have enough fodder.
Pic 4	Fuel wood was also unavailable.
Show Slide Title: Social Problems Pic 5	These lead to a lot of social problems like:- Unemployment. People were finding it difficult to get jobs Migration. People started migrating from the village Increase in crime rate
Show Slide Title: Current Condition in Hiware Bazar Pic 6	Current Condition in Hiware Bazar Per capita income increased from Rs 830 in 1995 to Rs 30,000 in 2012 The village has 60 millionaires The number of families below poverty line decreased from 168 in 1995 to only 3 in 2012
Pic 7	During the same period, milk production per day increased from 150 litres to 4000 litres.
Pic 8	Literacy rate has grown from 30% to 95%
Pic 9	The crime rate has come down drastically. Employment has increased.
Show Slide Title: Practices that helped improve the condition Pic 10	Practices that helped improve the condition. Five pronged approach (Panchsutri) Free voluntary Labour (Shramdaan) Ban on Grazing (Charai bandi) Ban on Tree-cutting (Kurhad bandi) Ban on liquor (Nasha Bandi) Family planning (Kutumb Niyojan)
Show Slide Title: Shramdan Pic 11	Shramdaan People started working together for community welfare. Villagers developed a work culture.
Pic 12	They came together to construct check dams near the hill, to reduce water flow speed. Check dams helped in increasing the ground water table and reduce soil erosion.
Show Slide Title: Charai bandi Pic 13	CharaiBandi Overgrazing of cattle was banned.
Pic 14	Overgrazing leads to desertification (land degradation) and soil erosion.
Pic 15	Ban on grazing - increased the production of grasses from 200 tonnes in 1994-95 to more than 5000-6000 tonnes in 2001-2002
Pic 16	Kurhad Bandi Cutting of trees was banned. Trees help in preventing soil erosion
Pic 17	Soil erosion causes degradation of land and hence less farm produce. Trees slow down rain water and helps in increasing groundwater level. Tree wastes are useful in increasing soil fertility.
Pic 18	Nasha Bandi 22 liquor shops were closed Consumption of liquor and tobacco was completely banned Gram Sabha tied up with the bank to provide loans to those who had liquor shops Crime rate reduced People got involved in more productive work which helped the community
Pic 19	Kutumb Niyojan A strict one child per family rule was imposed Birth rate has been reduced to 11 per thousand It helps prevent pregnancy related health risks in women Family Planning also reduces infant mortality It helps empower people and enhance family education Family Planning is the key to creating a sustainable community
Show Slide Title: Conclusion Pic 20	From this tutorial we can conclude that Collective effort of the village can bring great changes Panchsutri principles have proved to be very effective Following these practices can lead to creation of more such Model Village
End	This brings us to the end of this tutorial.
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About the contributors	The Script is contributed and narrated by Mayank Milind Drawings by Saurabh Gadgil This is Mayank Milind signing off from IIT Bombay. Thanks for joining.

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