April 01, 2010 ,
MIT School of Government organized a one day visit to Walava (Islampur) Panchayat Samiti and Koregaon Grampanchyat in Sangli district on 1 April 2010. The emphasis of the visit was on understanding the administrative and political arrangement at block and village level.
The participants interacted with Mr Satyajit Bade, the Block Development Officer of Walva and also the departmental heads of Child Development, Primary Education and Agriculture. The BDO explained to the participants that the work done at this level is of immense significance in view of nation building because all it is related to the very basic needs of life.
The participants learnt that if the team of dedicated officers is headed by a dynamic and cooperative officer it certainly accelerates the developmental tasks. The Walva Panchyat itself was a testimony to the fact. Few days back the Walva Panchayat Samiti ranked 138 out of 256 block in the state, now it ranks 38th in the state.
After the Panchyat Samiti, the next visit was to GramPanchyat of Koregaon in Islampur block. In this village the participants observed the dynamic leadership of the Sarpanch (village head). A well maintained Gram Panchyat displaying the Citizen Charter on the wall. All the walls in the office displayed the demographic chart, Irrigation scheme, Indira Awas Yojana and other such schemes. The village had won the prize of ‘Gram Swachhata Abhiyan’. By using the prize money of the scheme the villagers had purchased a Ghanta gadi’ (Motor Vehicle with a bell) to collect the garbage.
The participants got an opportunity to interact with a group of women who were successfully running the self help group for saving and giving loans. At the end of the day the participants visited the Jal Swaraj Project and a Biogas Plant in the village.
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