Two little girls walking with schoolbag, entering the school gate marked by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan logo at Gandhi Nu Gam, Kutch, Gujarat, India
The 2001 earthquake had left this village devastated. The redevelopment of this entire village was carried out, re-creating everything bit by bit. While building the village again, the team took utmost care in keeping the village’s socio-cultural traditions intact. The project constructed 455 traditional bhungas together with three schools, a grass bank, community buildings, production centres, religious shrines, the electricity network and a water harvesting system. Sixty of these dwellings were on a new site situated centrally among the existing settlements in the area; the remaining dwellings were in the existing hamlets spread over a 10 km2 area. Each dwelling was provided with its own individual dual pit toilet system and a bathing cubical. Gandhi Nu Gam is a living example of sheer grit and determination that can preserve the past, as well as shape the future.
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Location: Gandhi Nu Gam, Ludiya Village, Kutch, Gujarat, India
Photo credit: © Arunabh Bhattacharjee / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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