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प्रश्न
What problem did the villagers in Hardas village face? What did they do to solve this problem?
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उत्तर
The villagers in Hardas village faced the problem of acute water shortage. The hand pump water had gone well below the point up to which the ground had been drilled. They hardly got water in the taps. Women had to travel 3 km to the Suru River to get water.
The Gram Sabha got together to discuss the problem. Many people came up with short-term and long-term suggestions for dealing with the problem at hand, e.g., piping water from the Suru and making an overhead tank, deepening the hand pumps and cleaning the wells, conserving and recharging water through watershed development.
After the discussion in the Gram Sabha, the Gram Panchayat discussed the suggestions and decided that the money it had received for the maintenance of handpumps could be utilised for deepening two hand pumps and cleaning one well so that the village would not go without water. The Panchayat members also discussed options for a long-term solution. In the end, they decided to approach the Block Development Officer and get more information about the watershed programme.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question in one or two words/ sentence:
Mention any one optional function of the gram panchayat.
Answer the following question in one or two words/ sentence:
What does the Nyaya panchayat do?
Answer the following question briefly:
What is the importance of Gram Panchayats?
This is a village scene representing an important function of the gram panchayat.
Is it a compulsory or an optional function?
Read the following news item.
Nimone is a village on the Chauphula-Shirur Road. Like many others, this village has also been facing a severe water shortage for the last few months and villagers depend on tankers for all their needs. Bhagvan Mahadeo Lad (35) of this village was beaten with sticks, iron rods and axes by a group of seven men. The incident came to light when some villagers brought a badly injured Lad to the hospital for treatment. In the FIR recorded by the police Lad said that he was attacked when he insisted that the water in the tanker must be emptied into the storage tanks constructed as part of the water supply scheme by Nimone Gram Panchayat so that there would be equal distribution of water. However, he alleged that the upper caste men were against this and told him that the tanker water was not meant for the lower castes.
Adapted from Indian Express, May 1, 2004
a. Why was Bhagvan beaten?
b. Do you think that the above is a case of discrimination? Why?
Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below:
The work of the Gram Panchayat has to be approved by the _____
State whether the sentence is true (T) or false (F).
The Secretary of the Gram Sabha is an elected person.
Very Short Answer Type Question:
What was the next agenda for the Gram Sabha?
Short Answer Type Question:
Why do Gram Sabhas in some states from committees?
What is the importance of Grama Sabha?
